P.E.I. 4-H Annual General Meeting and Awards Banquet
Find out what happened in 2010
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P.E.I. 4-H Vet Project
April/May 2010
Check it out!
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4-H trying to stay relevant
BRIAN MCINNIS
The Guardian
Ashley Profitt, second left, of Belmont Lot 16, won the provincial 4-H
award
for top livestockmember and Meghan Warren, second right, won the top member
award duringthe organization’s annual awardsbanquet in
Cornwall Saturday.
With them is George Webster, agriculture minister
and Christine MacKinnon,
provincialpresident of 4-H. Guardian photo
The days of thinking of the 4-H movement as being a club for rural
kids is gone and, in fact, the newest club on P.E.I. — The Lucky
Clovers — has been formed in downtown Charlottetown.
Christine MacKinnon, provincial president of the organization,
said that “we are in a bit of a decline and look for members in new
places so we have a new club started right in downtown Charlottetown
called The Lucky Clovers that meets in the Murphy Community Centre.”
In an interview Saturday, she said “4-H is like every other youth
organization on P.E.I., the numbers are declining especially in rural
areas because families are faced with decisions about how they spend
their time and their money and, to be honest, children these days have
an abundance of opportunities. 4-H used to be a way to get travel and
awards, but we have competition with school organization and children
now have a lot of wonderful opportunities.”
MacKinnon was attending the organization’s annual general meeting in Cornwall. During the meeting, prizes were given to top members, clubs and leaders. There are more than 600 4-H members along with more than 300 adult
leaders on the Island in clubs spanning the entire province, she said.
“It is the number one youth organization on the Island.”
She said that many people think of 4-H as an agriculture club and
indeed it does work to raise awareness of farming, “but we are looking
for new members in a whole lot of new places . . . and actually most of
our members don’t live on farms.”
She said people don’t have to be a farmer to be in 4-H “and many
of our projects are way beyond agriculture with projects in computers,
woodworking, outdoor adventure, cooking and many others.”
Because young people have so many choices these days “we have to
stay relevant for our young people and we have a really exciting local
food project that we are getting started that looks at local food, how
it’s grown, how it’s produced, how it’s cooked and served so we try to
keep it interesting and fresh for our young people.”
The 4-H movement has been going strong on Prince Edward Island for
90 years and is approaching its centenary in Canada. Since it began,
MacKinnon said, more than two million people have been members nationally.
She is interested to see the numbers for Prince Edward Island.
She explained “the name 4-H comes from our pledge — we pledge our
head to clear our thinking, our heart to greater loyalty, our hands to
larger service and our health to better living for our club, community
and country.”
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Intermediate and Senior Members Camp
"Go for the Gold"
Fill out the following and send it into the 4-H Office by February 19
Registration is$25.00,including a long sleeve shirt!
Application Form
Participant Health Form
Participant Conduct Form
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Need a community project AND have some fun!?
Big Brothers Big Sisters
PEI
Bowl for Kids Sake
2010
The Event
When:
March 6th & 7th, 2010
Where:
Tignish, Alberton, Tyne Valley, Summerside, North Rustico, Charlottetown,
Montague (Wii Event) and Souris
A Change of shoes can change a life!
We’re celebrating Bowl for
Kids Sake
with a superhero theme. It’s time
to be
an every-day hero and collect some much needed money for island children.
Step 1
Declare
yourself captain of your superhero
league. Round
up 4 or 5 superfriends
and develop your fundraising
goal.
Step 2
Talk
to a BBBS team recruiter to book
you bowling time.
Step 3
Fill in your Super Friends Information
Sheet and fax it to 892-5593.
Step 4
Get your team signed up for on-line pledging at www.pei.kintera.org/bfks. Use the new facebook application to send e- mails to friends and family. Just by receiving on-line pledges, you will
get twice as many Air Canada
Ballots. And you can win great prizes
just by receiving pledges on-line!
Step 5
Check out the fundraising sheet for some great ideas. Need help reaching your
goal? Big Brothers Big Sisters is just a
bat call away!
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
for even more ideas (can connect through bbbspei.ca)
Step 6
After all you hard work fundraising, put on your best
cape, come to the bowling alley and have fun!
Visit
E:mail: info@bbbspei.ca
Website: bbbspei.ca
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4-Hers looking for an exciting international opportunity are invited to attend the UPEI Leadership Center on February 11. The Global Leaders Centre explores a variety of Global opportunities as well as some leadership skills. Those who attend the Global Leaders Centre are then eligible to apply for the position to represent Prince Edward Island at the G8 / G20 summit in Huntsville, ON - as well as the National Youth Forum in Ottawa, the Junior Team Canada Trade Mission to China, and a Mission to the APEC CEO summit in Japan. Those who are interested can register online at http://action.globalvision.ca - more information is available at our website www.globalvision.ca. It is a great opportunity to do some travel both in Canada and abroad and represent their communities. There are similar delegations coming to the summits from all of the G8 + 5 so it will be a great opportunity to meet young leaders from other countries.
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New at the Provincial 4-H Office
New resources at the 4-H Office available to be lent out include:
- Stierwalt Style - Beef Clipping DVD
- Stierwalt Style - Beef Daily Care DVD
- Stierwalt Style - Beef Fitting & Grooming DVD
- Stierwalt Style - Beef Showmanship DVD
- 4-H Horse Project: Leader Resource from Alberta
- Functional Conformationof Dairy Cattle: Interactive CD ROM, from Holstein Canada
- Livestock Comparative Judging: Interactive CD ROM, from BC 4-H.
Apply for FCC 4-H 4-Ever Funding before it's too late!
FCC Farm Credit Canada
“Our vision in to enhance the development of 4-H in rural clubs across Canada through
the support of youth members and volunteer leaders.”
The hope of this program is to increase 4-H Youth Membership through sustainable youth programs; consistent with the
provincial 4-H mandate of supporting local club development and youth leadership:
- To provide financial support to rural 4-H clubs across Canada
- To assist clubs in providing members with quality programs and activities.
- To provide increased awareness of FCC support of the Canadian 4-H Council programs.
Successful applicants will each receive up to a maximum of $500 for any of the following areas;
to purchase consumable equipment and supplies;
- subsidize activity costs;
- use for start-up costs for new clubs (administration, membership fees, supplies etc);
- develop existing programs and activities;
- entarnce and admission fees for member activirties;
- club participation in exchanges and club trips;
- developing or purchasing resource materials;
- volunteer support and recognition;
- speaker fees and recognition;
- seed money for fundraising activities
Visit https://www.4-h-canada.ca/register/FCC/ for more details!