Officer Meeting/ Goals for Next Semester

Attendance:
Kara, Virginia, Livy, Allison, Ellen, Lindie, Corey, Abby, Jess

Brainstorm:

Social:
Dinner, movie, bowling, devotions/ inspirational, ice skating.

Fundraising:
Dinner nights at Buccetos, Fazolis, Coldstone, etc., sell holiday themed items (flowers)

Publicity:
Plan a public event (random holidays), campus posters, outside counties, club newsletter, spring volunteer fairs, shirts!!!, food night,

Service:
Advertise sooner, more group projects, river or roadway, boys and girls club

4-H related:
Project workshop day, recruit more 4-H alumni (ask to share at project workshop day), mentoring within the 4-H community, recruit with junior leaders, new member workshops, integrate into monroe programs, 4-H spectacular day with projects and events (president's day, etc.), leadership development training, college prep at officers training (especially at junior leaders'), plan programs more thoroughly and in advance, share the fun talent shows, goal: 4 officer trainings, goal: 30 project workshop day participants, attend large 4-H events, go to Monroe County Fair, go to Indiana State Fair, Find Out Night

Meetings/ miscellaneous:
Find advisor, short brainstorming sessions during meetings (open floor or small groups), each chair accomplish at least one thing, themed meeting, go for dinner before or after, committee reports

New Business:
Recruitment for Monroe County 4-H.
Go to schools the entire week before 4-H Find Out Night (Feb. 12, 2008). Send members to classrooms to explain 4-H and promote Find Out Night.

Meetings for Spring Semester:
Wednesdays at 8 at the Education Building. Room TBA.

Ugly Sleeping Bags:
Donate to Shalom Center on Wednesday, 12/12. Meet for lunch and then take our 2 lovely sleeping bags to the shelter! Great teamwork on this project guys!

Holiday Hoopla:
Volunteer for Girls, Inc. event this Saturday. Email lwilz@indiana.edu if you need more information.

IU Collegiate 4-H Mass Meeting Minutes Nov. 28th, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting- Wednesday, Nov 28^th, 2007

1. Welcome!

2. Icebreaker-we skipped this because we didn’t have enough members in attendance.

3. Past Events

a. Ugly Sleeping Bag Party-discussed at the last meeting

b. Area One 4-H Officer Training-Kara gave a brief overview, 30-40 children attended, we received really good reviews. We also received a $100 donation!!

4. Sign up for Committees-A sign-up sheet was sent around.

5. Elections-Jess explained the rules of voting.

a. President-Jess and Ellen ran for the position.

i. It was unanimous that Jess and Ellen will serve as Co-President

b. Vice President-Abby nominated Livy and Cory to split the position.

i. Ellen moved to unanimously accept the Cory/Livy position of Co-President. Cory seconded the motion, it was accepted.

c. Treasurer-Cory made a motion, Abby seconded it to accept Alicia as Treasurer and Lindie as Secretary.

d. Service-Abby was elected as Chair.

e. Social-Cory made a motion to accept Kara as Chair, Alicia seconded the motion. Kara was elected.

f. Publicity-Virginia was elected as Chair.

g. History and Website-Allison was elected as Chair.

6. Volunteer Opportunities-Livy discussed these:

a. Ugly Sleeping Bag Party II-Jess can acquire a sewing machine to use, Alicia completed one sleeping bag over break and has extra pieces to use. We will meet Saturday, 1pm at Cory and Abbie’s house. Please let Livy know if you can attend!

b. Girls Inc Holiday Hoopla-Saturday the 8^th, Jess gave a synopsis of what we did last year. 2 slots are available (9-11, 11-1), please sign up on Facebook! We need someone to attend a volunteer training; it is Monday, 5:30pm at Fountain Square Mall. Livy, Kara, and Ellen will attend the training session.

c. Relay for Life Team-we need a captain who can attend monthly meetings if the club is interested in forming a team. Please contact Jess if you are interested!! If possible, ask your family members over Christmas break to donate. Kara will register our club on the website so that the club will receive updates.

d. Study-a-Thon-Lindie will send out an email with dates and times!! Please make checks out to IU Collegiate 4-H.

7. National Collegiate 4-H Conference- February 21-24
1. Early registration is due January 7^th!!! Prices increase by $25. Also, consider booking airfare to the conference. Please talk to Jess if you are interested in attending!
2. Each club has to vote for the location of the 2009 Conference. The choices are: Minnesota or Kansas City. The club voted to select Minnesota National Conference in 2009.
8. R100 Class-Jess will contact the GA to come and talk to the club about participating.

9. Upcoming Meetings:
Officer and Chair meeting-Wednesday December 5^th, Forrest Lounge 8pm. Please bring ideas with you to be efficient!!

10. See you next year!

IU Collegiate 4-H Mass Meeting Min. Nov. 7, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Mass Meeting

November 7, 2007

Role Call: Kara, Ellen, Corey, Abby, Virginia, Lauren, Lindie, Gail, Livy, Alicia, Lisa, Allison, Jess

Upcoming events:

• Officer Training: Tuesday, 11/13

North Vernon (1 ½ hrs) to serve 10 counties. Leave at 4:15. Need 6
people! Livy, Kara, Jess for sure. Send an emergency email to recruit more participants.

• 4-H College Prep Weekend:

Various workshops on applying for college, scholarships, preparing, etc. Canceled due to lack of interest. Revamp for next year. Possibly create a traveling event. Lack of
advertising, late logistical planning.

• Ugly sleeping bags: Friday, 11/9 @ 7- Corey’s house

Service project that creates sleeping bags out of old clothes (donated by Salvation Army) for the homeless. Coordinated with the Shalom Center. Cut cloth while watching a movie and having a potluck! Bring scissors and a dish to share. Friends welcome! Use our gift
card to buy scissors. Watch for the email. Sewing the following weekend.

• Holiday Party:

To be scheduled.

• Study-a-thon: Sunday, 12/9

Pledges for study hours. Ask for donations from friends, family, professors. Fundraiser for National Conference: 80% amount raised goes to your personal expenses, 20% to club. Teter formal lounge.

• National Collegiate 4-H Conference: February 20-24

Denver, CO. Optional ski trip one day before or after ($150). Actual conference cost: $225. Airfare: $284 or drive 16 hours (possibly with Purdue). Possible participants: Jess, Gail, Virginia, Corey, Lindie, Alicia. Workshops and service projects.

New Business:

• Officer nominations:

January-December
President: Ellen, Ellen/Jess,
Vice-President: Corey, Livy/ Jess
Treasurer: Alicia, Corey,
Secretary: Lindie,

• Chair nominations:

Spring Semester
Service: Abby, Gail
Social: Kara, Alicia, Heather
Publicity: Lisa, Allison, Virginia
History and Website: Jess, Allison
Regional Communication: Jess

Additional nominations will be held via email. Elections will be held at the next meeting for voting members.

Next meeting will be Wednesday 11/28. Watch for the email surveying about possible meeting times for next semester.

IU Collegiate 4-H Mass Meeting Min. Oct 24, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Mass Meeting

October 24, 2007

School of Education

Ellen presided over the meeting.

Upcoming Events:

4-H Achievement Banquet-Sunday 3:30-5:30pm, October 28, 2007

If you would like to go, please contact Ellen and she will try to coordinate rides. Ellen will send messages on Facebook about rides.

Need to come up with a 30 minute activity for participants. Consensus is to do a variety of icebreakers. Suggestions include: ”Trainwreck,” or human scavenger hunt. All members are encouraged to brainstorm some questions (approx. 10) to Ellen by Thursday (tomorrow). Another idea is to hold a fundraiser for Ross at the Banquet by using a jar of M&Ms or a large cookie and guessing how many M&Ms are in the jar or chocolate chips in the cookie. Ellen will be contacting the Monroe County Office to get papers printed.

Officer Training-November 13, 4:30-9:30pm. Jess, Livy, Kara can attend. We really need at least 6 people to go, please sign up if you can attend.

College Prep Weekend is Nov. 10- come to the committee meeting next week if you are interested in planning for this event!

Fundraiser Events:

Please pay dues-$5, Lindie will be collecting these at meetings.

We will not be raking leaves this weekend, there aren’t enough leaves on the ground yet!

Please consider raking leaves next weekend.

Ellen will be contacting restaurants this week to schedule fundraising dinners.

Those who will be attending the Regional Conference will need to pay back Jess for express mailing registration forms.

A vote was taken to pay back Jess for the booth at the Volunteer Fair and pay for Regional Conference dues.

IU Collegiate 4-H Club Featured in the IDS newspaper!

Check out the article about our club at http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=45406&comview=1

Mass Meeting Minutes October 10, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes

School of Education

October 10, 2007

Jess opened meeting and conducted icebreaker.

Past Events:

Pumpkins in the Park-Allison gave a brief overview

Middleway House-Cory gave a brief overview

4-H Volunteer Meeting-Livy and Jess presented, let the leaders know that we were available to help them

Ellen discussed how the meeting 2 weeks ago went with representatives from Monroe County. Please see meeting minutes from the last meeting for further details.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Jill Behrman Run for the Endzone-Sat Oct. 13, Alicia is coordinating and picking up packets. Meet Alicia Saturday for more information, please send Alicia your shirt sizes.

Cory, Jess and Abby will volunteer Saturday (13^th) for the race-Cory is coordinating this, please contact him if you would like to help!

Cornhole Painting-Alumni Center, Oct. 14^th, 4-8; Lindie, Lacy, Allison, Gayle, Alicia, Jess-please meet there at 4pm

College Prep Day-Nov 10^th, 9-5; registration is online for participants, please contact Livy if you would like to help plan this event! Look at the website to get a better idea of what will go on that day.

Shalom Center Sleeping Bags-please keep this in mind, more information to come! Abby is going to contact Salvation Army

Pop Tabs-please keep collecting these and bring them in!

IU vs. Purdue canned food drive: drop off sites around campus or bring them to the meeting! Possible tailgate with Purdue Collegiate 4-H

4-H Opportunities:

4-H SET Launch: Oct. 11, Webcast 2-3pm; you can register online to watch the video, Jess will send out the link

Monroe County 4-H Achievement Banquet-Sun. Oct 28^th, 3:30-6:30pm, we need club members to facilitate a simple 30min. activity-Alicia and Livy will plan an activity.

-----Ellen, Jess, Livy, Gayle, Lindie, Alicia will attend

Car Show Benefit for Ross Arvin- Nov. 3^rd, 1-7pm flyers were sent around for donations for the event

----Cory, Gayle; if anyone else can volunteer please email Jess!

Officer Training-Tues, Nov. 13, 4:30-9:30pm, Jess, Livy and Gayle(maybe)

4-H Board of Directors Meeting-Nov.,we need a few members to speak that night about IUC4H, please contact Jess if you are interested in helping!

Fundraising Opportunities:

Keen Show Company-Wednesday 16^th, 5:30-7:30pm, STAND, we need your help to distribute keychains and posters; a vote will be held at the end of this event to award $1000 to the most well-known student organization. Please contact Lindie if you have any questions.

Pizza Sales- Oct. 18, 11-2:30, Ballantine Hall; if anyone has any contacts with local pizza contacts please let Lindie know! A sign up sheet was sent around.

Flyering for Raking-flyer Oct 19 in local neighborhood, Oct. 21^st, we will ask for free-will donations to rake leaves. If you sign up please watch your mailbox for more information!

Dues are $5, please get those to Lindie ASAP

Other:

Anthropology Interview-Ellen knows a girl that needs to conduct a few interviews to prove/disprove a theory, please contact Ellen if you are interested in helping out!

Next Mass Meeting: Oct. 24^th

College Prep meeting –Oct. 16^th

College Prep Seminar for 4-H Members

The members of Indiana University’s Collegiate 4-H Club are inviting all high school Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors who are 4-H members in the selected counties to come to Bloomington for an informative and interactive college prep seminar! We will provide valuable information poised to help students transition into college life.

Some of the program’s features are:

• A Hands-on scholarship and college application workshop
• One-on-one interaction with college students
• Learn about college life from the “experts” at a round-table discussion
• Financial Aid advice for parents
• Chance to earn a scholarship by attending
• Chance to network with other college bound 4-H members

The program costs $6 if you preregister by October 26^th. Onsite registrations will be accepted for $10.

Application forms can be found at: www.indiana.edu/~c4h/collegeprep

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes Sept. 26, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes
September 16, 2007
8-9pm, School of Education Room 1225

Twelve members were in attendance with three guests from the Monroe County 4-H community.
Alicia Jennings, Livy Wilz, Corey Wright, Gail Gardiner, Ellen Weinzapfel, Lindie Hohler, Kara Thompson, Katie Graham, Kayla Chapman, Anna Casserly, Lisa Mallinger, and Jackie Macal. Guests: Jeff Holland, Shawn Hamm, and Sharon Aires.

Alicia led an icebreaker titled, "What's Your Name?".

Coming Events/ Announcements:

• 4-H Volunteer forms needed to be completed for all new members. Ask a club officer for the application.
• Regional Conference:
• November 2-4
• Registration due October 5! Register online.
• $45 rebate if a qualifying member.

• Service Events:
• Middleway House
• Sept. 29 1-3pm
• Yardwork and indoor cleaning

• Pumpkins in the Park
• Oct. 6 1-4
• Volunteers needed!

• Pop tabs for Ronald McDonald's House
• Goal: 1 million
• Ask students, family, community, tailgaters
• Collaborate with other organizations such as American Humanics or Greek houses.

• Jill Behrman Run for the Endzone
• Oct. 13
• Benefits Jill's House
• Need a team/ volunteer coordinator

• College Prep Weekend
• November 10
• Activities include essay writing tips, FASFA information

• Ungly sleeping bags with Shalom Center
  
• Need donated fabric and volunteers
• Collaborate with 4-H community

• Operation Military Kids
• Contact Livy if interested

• Walk for the Animals- Humane Society
  
• Oct. 7

• Ross 4-H benefits
• Achievement Night
• Oct. 28 3:30
• Volunteer at mixer event (hayride, etc) followed by hog roast

• Car show at fairgrounds
• Nov. 1 at 1pm
• $7 dinner followed by auction

• Fundraisers
• Rake Leaves
• Oct. 19 at 3-4: Flyer in neighborhoods
• Oct. 21 at 1-4: Rake leaves

• Pizza/Burrito Sales in Ballentine
• Oct. 18 at 11-2:30
• Volunteers needed for shift

• Restaurant dinners
• Details TBA

• Monroe County 4-H T-Shirt sales
• Details TBA

• Social Events
• Men's Soccer Game
• Oct. 3 at 7

• Laser tag
• Details TBA

Brainstorm session with 4-H guests:

• Mentoring program
• Recruitment in school classrooms
• Follow up
• New member orientation/ educational program

• Collect donation of 4-H supplies
• Encourage diversity in 4-H program
• Continue and expand project workshops

Next general meeting: October 10 at 8pm. Please bring $5 dues!

Conference Call 9/23/07

IU Collegiate 4-H Conference Call
September 23, 2007
10:30-11:00 pm

In attendance:
Livy, Ellen, Katie, Lindie, Jess, and Alicia

Jess opened the meeting. We discussed this week’s brainstorming meeting with Jeff and two Adult Leaders from Monroe County. The first part of the mass meeting will be conducted as a regular business meeting and the second half we will have open discussions. Alicia will bring an icebreaker that will last approximately 5 minutes. Livy will discuss some of the volunteer opportunities at the next meeting. Ellen will discuss Regional Conference, registration is due before our next meeting. Jess’s recommendation for reimbursement is to do this after the conference is over. We will require club members to fulfill the requirements for reimbursement by the date of the Regional Conference (requirements are: dues paid, participate in fundraising event, attend 2 meetings, attend social or service event).

We will collect dues at the next meeting ($5).

Lindie will contact the Student Activities Office about flyering and scheduling a time to sell pizza.

Kara and Alicia will discuss social events at the mass meeting.

Jess will be emailing out 4-H Volunteer Forms and requesting that members bring the filled out form to the next meeting.

First, divide into small groups and make sure that an officer is in each group along with other members. Second, come back together as one big group to discuss everything.
Ellen, Livy and Lindie will serve as facilitators for the small groups. During the small groups we will discuss: volunteer opportunities, issues Monroe County 4-H is having, and how our club can help the Monroe County 4-H Program and how our club can establish a relationship with the Monroe County 4-H Program.

Volunteer Fair, 11-2, Tuesday (25th)—Alumni Hall, IMU
Jess can work 11-12:30
Lindie 11-12:30
Jess needs to be reimbursed for the table fee ($15).

Please email Jess if you have anything to add to the agenda.

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes Sept. 12, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2007
8-9pm, School of Education Room 1225
Fourteen members were in attendance.
Kara led an icebreaker.

Past Events:
Cents for Humanity-Tyler gave an update.
Movie/Game Night-Ellen gave an overview

Leadership Opportunities:
Jess and Ellen explained all of the different committees available-sign-up sheets were passed around, please email Jess if you are interested in signing up and didn’t get to sign up at the meeting!
Please contact Livy if you have any suggestions for volunteer opportunities.
Committees will meet on the nights that we don’t have mass meetings, School of Education Room 1225, 8-9pm.
If you are interested in serving as the chair for a committee please indicate on the sheet.
Service and Fundraising committees will be meeting next week-Emails will be sent out.

4-H Opportunities:
National 4-H Week-Oct 7-13
BBQ-Oct7
Service-Oct13
Please email Jess if you have any ideas to celebrate national 4-H week
Volunteer Opportunities:
Fall Volunteer Fair-Saturday, Sept. 15, 9-1
We need at least 3 other people to sign-up
A Night at Hogsworth-Saturday, Sept 15, 6-9:30pm
Pumpkins in the Park-Saturday, Oct 6, 8-4:30 (shifts)
Sign up sheets were sent around, please contact Livy if you have any questions.

Regional Conference-November 2-4
This will take place at Purdue
Conference starts at 6pm, we will be leaving around 3pm on Friday
Registration deadline is October 5th
The club will fundraise to off-set the registration fee of $95
Requirements have been set to qualify for the club to pay half of your registration fee.

Registration deadline for R100 is today!
Upcoming officer training-Area 1, Mount Vernon, Indiana
We need people to commit to this event. Our travel expenses will be paid for.
November 13th, we will be leaving at 4:30pm
We need at least 6 people to volunteer for this event, we need to let them know by this Friday. A sign-up sheet was sent around, please email Jess if you have any questions.

Upcoming meetings:
Wednesday, Sept 26, Oct 10
There will be a special guest on the 26th, please attend.
September 19th-Service, Fundraising, and 4-H Committees will be meeting
Please bring dues ($5) and your 4-H Mail Order to the next meeting!!!

Conference Call

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes
Conference Call

In attendance:
Rachel
Lisa
Livy
Jess
Ellen
Katie
Alicia

We discussed:

1. Monday- Ellen and Alicia flyering
2. Meetings for the 2007-2008 school year will be held Wednesday evenings, 8-9pm at the School of Education
a. Mass meetings will be every other week
3. Our first meeting will be September 5th
4. Student Involvement Fair-Wednesday, September 5th
a. 11am-3pm
b. Livy will compile a volunteer schedule, please send her your availability
c. August 29th, 8pm will be a meeting to plan the display board
5. Email Jess if you want a 4-H shirt
a. Jess will post a link to the 4-H website
6. Lisa will coordinate the newsletter
a. Please send Lisa your articles
7. Weekend Seminar
a. If interested please contact Livy

September 5, 2007 Meeting Minutes

IU Collegiate 4-H Call-Out Meeting
September 5, 2007
Education School Rm. 1225
8-9 pm
Twenty-one people were in attendance.
Jess welcomed the group while they ate snacks. Jess led the icebreaker-change collected for local Monroe County 4-Her injured during 2007 County Fair.
Jess and Ellen discussed What is Collegiate 4-H?
A few members of the club discussed past volunteer activities, past 4-H events, past social events, past leadership events and future events.
Jess led another icebreaker.
Livy discussed volunteer opportunities. If you are interested please contact Livy.
Cents for Humanity- Sat. Sept. 8th (9-5): 2 hour shifts
A Night at Hogsworth-Sat. Sept. 15th (6-9:30)
Fall Volunteer Fair- Sat. Sept. 15th (9am-1pm)
Pumpkin Patch at Bryan Park-Sat. Oct 6th
Emails will be sent out if you sign-up.
Kara and Alicia discussed the social events. They are open to suggestions.
Movie/Game Night-Sun. Sept. 9th (7pm)-please contact Kara or Alicia if you are interested or have any suggestions.
Ben Smith discussed getting credit for participating in the club-R100 Participant Leadership Development, Organizational Leadership Development-1 credit class
Participants do not have to attend any classes-just stay active in the club.
Leadership journals are required-this is a graded class
Free for anyone taking less than 17 credits, one open book exam (Sept. 26th)
Leadership speaker series-required to attend 2
Email Ben if you have any questions-smithbd2@indiana.edu
September 12th is the deadline!!
2 Courses-Organizational and Participant course
Please contact Jackie M. if you are interested in helping put together a workshop to teach local children about the dog project.
Jess gave out a door prize.

Meeting Minutes-August 29, 2007

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes
August 29, 2007
School of Education Room 1225
8-9:30pm

We discussed the following:

1. Student Involvement Fair-Wednesday September 5th
a. Livy and Lisa will coordinate display board
b. Livy will help update flyers
c. Ellen will bring a clipboard
d. Katie and Lindie will donate candy
e. Please wear 4-H shirts
2. Please consider IU Week
a. Ideas, suggestions on how the club can get involved
3. During callout meeting a jar will be passed around to collect money for Monroe County 4-Her injured during the fair.
4. Ellen will flyer at Ballantine, IMU; Alicia will check at HPER
a. Chalking party-Ellen, Livy, Alicia, Sabrina, Kara—Sunday evening 7pm, Main Library
5. Officer Training-Area 1
a. 2 options-Oct 21st-29th or Nov. 8th-15th
b. Waiting on response, ask for gas and donation?
6. College Prep Day
a. Need approval from Jeff
b. Nov 10th, tentatively 10-2pm
7. Representing IU C4H
a. Jess is talking with Jeff
b. Dates of meetings on website, will be updated
c. Need relationship with Junior Leaders
8. Student Organization Meting
a. All officers should attend
b. Tuesday September 11, 2007-7:30pm
c. Jess will let you know the location
9. Volunteer Appreciation Fair-September 25th 11am-2pm, Alumni Hall
10. Volunteer Appreciation Bloomington Multicultural Fair-October 1st
11. IU Emerging Leaders-October 6-7th
a. No times yet
12. National 4-H Week-October 7-13th
a. Day of Service is the 13th-Sycamore Land Trust Opportunity
13. Celebrate IU Week-October 13th-20th
a. Involvement ideas would be appreciated
14. National FFA Convention-Indianapolis, Indiana
a. Possible volunteer opportunity
b. October 24th-27th
15. Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference—November 2-4th
a. Registration information will be sent out later
16. Possible volunteer events:
a. Run for a Cure
b. Boys and Girls Club
c. PALS
17. Livy needs ideas for volunteer opportunities and will provide sign up sheets
18. Agendas will be sent out Monday by 12(noon)
19. Alicia and Kara will do icebreakers for callout meeting and will bring sign up sheets to meeting for social events
20. Member forms will be divided up among officers and merged
21. Hand out newsletter at September 5th meeting
22. Current members please arrive at 7:40pm for callout meeting

Welcome back!

The IU Collegiate 4-H Club is excited to be going into its second year on campus. We will be meeting on Wednesdays from 8-9PM in Education Building Room 1225. We meet every 2 weeks. Join us for some fun times volunteering with kids!

Our first meeting of the year will be September 5, 2007 at 8PM in Room 1225. Come learn about Collegiate 4-H and all the service opportunities and fun we can offer you!

Are you a 4-H alumni? Join the 4-H Alumni Facebook Group or the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Facebook Group

End of the Year Review

The first year of the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H has come and gone! We've been named the North Central Region Collegiate 4-H New Club of the Year, the National Collegiate 4-H Organization's New Club of the Year, and an Indiana University Student Organization Award of Merit for Civic Engagement.

Throughout the year our 20 club members have had 13 meetings, 12 service projects, 7 visits to the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, had club members attend a Regional and National Collegiate 4-H Conference, sent members to county and statewide 4-H volunteer training and leadership development workshops, and attended various county Jr. Leaders and local 4-H club meetings. In our spring semester we provided 4 leadership trainings for 4-H members of varying ages, held two successful fundraisers, and begin planning for our fall semester. We look forward to attracting new members and being able to conduct more and larger programs! In Fall 2007, the club looks forward to growing, attending the Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference at Purdue University, and possibly holding a 4-H host weekend at IU!

April 17, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club Meeting
8:15-9:15pm
April 17, 2007
School of Education Rm. 1004

Jessica opened the meeting.

Jill’s House—we generated ideas for fundraising
Trick-or-Treating for household goods, provide entertainment for the kids, jars in the Union to collect monetary donations

Project Workshop Evaluations—Jessica will email those out

Study-a-Thon—Teter formal lounge, Saturday April, 28th, 11am-7pm, contact Lindie if you need a pledge sheet, Monroe County Adult Leaders will provide dinner

Orange County Officer Training—Sunday April 29th, Jess, Ellen, Livy, and Heather are attending. We need 1 more person to attend, please contact Jessica if you are interested.

Boys & Girls Club—April 27th, 3:30-4:30-Rachel is coordinating apple crisp with ice cream. Katie and Ellen are also attending, please come out for some fun!

SAO Celebration—April 24th, 6-7pm, Alumni Center. Mary, Rachel, and Lindie are attending.

Wide-a-Wake—April 19th, 7-7:30pm, Grandview Elementary. Mary and Sam are attending.

Regional Conference at Purdue—November 2-4. $90, the club wants to fundraise to cover half the cost of registration. Livy, Lindie, Ellen, Jennifer, Lisa, Renee, Kara, and Sam would like to attend. More information at http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/collegiate4h/Regionals.html

National Conference—February 20-24th, Denver, Colorado. Sam and Lindie would like to attend. $150/person. Check out the website for more information—nationalconference.collegiate4h.org

Committee Elections:
Service committee: Livy and Rachel will be co-chairs
Jacob moved to re-open nominations for Social Chair. Jennifer seconded. Nominations were re-opened. Jacob moved to nominate Kara. Lindie seconded. Kara accepted. Jacob moved to close nominations for Social Chair. Jennifer seconded. Kara and Alicia will be co-chairs.
Regional Communications—Jessica will be chair.
Publicity and Promotions—Renee will be chair.
History and Website—Elizabeth will be chair.

Club members showed their appreciation for Jessica by giving her a $45 giftcard to Bloomingfoods.

Club members enjoyed a potluck dinner to celebrate the end of the year.

Jess will send out club evaluations, please be honest about your thoughts.

Club Planning Meeting-April 24th, 8:15-9:15, School of Education Room 1004. All new and old committee chairs please attend. This is open to all club members.

Items requested for Adopt-A-Platoon

Information Provided by Rachel Bogle
Our care package will be very much appreciated by 10 soldiers working in
a medical clinic in Iraq. They are deployed from Ft. Lewis, WA until
July 2007. These medics work very long, hard hours taking care of the
wounded soldiers and they truly appreciate our thoughtfulness.

Requests: dvd movies, coffee, creamer, instant oatmeal,
tuna pouches and snack packs, drink mix singles, snacks, magazines and books

(as far as movies go, ASK around: Movies Music and More (in the dorms),
Libraries and Movie Rental places are sometimes looking to get rid of
movies. Also, check out Walmart or any other places that may have great
deals on movies. Also, ask roomates or friends if they have any dvds
that they would like to get rid of!)

MORE ITEMS TO SEND:

You can always feel free to send hygiene/personal products as well:

Here are some ideas--

PERSONAL ITEMS:
*Baby wipes (ALWAYS NEEDED!)
*Razors
*Toilet Paper
*Shampoo, conditioner
*Soap or body wash
*Toothpaste
*Toothbrushes
*Mouth wash
*Dental floss
*Deodorant
*Eye drops
*Contact lens cleaner
*Chapstick
*Sun block
*Bug spray
*Skin so soft (Avon)
*Lotion
*Liquid hand sanitizer
*Baby powder
*Foot powder
*Socks (white and black)
*Towels
*Combs and brushes
*Cotton balls
*Nail clippers
*Nyquil and Dayquil
*Tylenol

Practical Items:

*Batteries
*Phone cards (AT&T)
*Clorox wipes
*Stress balls
*Small flash lights
*Hand Warmers
*Paper and envelopes
*Pens and Pencils
*Magazines
*Newspapers
*Paperback books
*Jokes and comics
*Puzzles
*Journals
*Disposable cameras
*Yo Yo's
*Squirt guns
*Frisbees
*Dart boards
*Hackie sacks
*Jump ropes
*Mini fans
*Balloons
*Electronics hand held games
*Portable CD players
*Bandannas
*Wool Blankets
*CDs and DVDs
*all occasion blank note cards (birthdays, holidays...)

For Females:

*Hair bands
*Hair clips
*Q-tips
*Small mirrors
*Body sprays
*Hair spray
*Hair gel

Food Items:

*Instant coffee
*Tea bags
*non-dairy coffee creamer
*Powdered Gatorade
*Powdered hot chocolate
*Kool-Aid (presweetened)
*Slim Jims and Beef Jerky
*Chex mix
*Crackers and Easy Cheese
*Cookies
*Single servings of bagged chips
*Little Debbie snack cakes
*Rice Krispie Treats
*Dry cereal
*Microwave popcorn
*Granola bars
*Power bars
*Dried fruit
*Tuna or Chicken (canned or in a pouch)
*Sardines
*Spices
*Oatmeal
*Salsa
*Lollipops
*Hard Candy
*Bubble gum
*Marshmallows
*Fast food condiments
*Canned or Instant soup
*Ramen Noodles and Cup a Soup
*Ragu Express
*Kraft Easy Mac
*Canned Fruit
*Canned Beans and Franks

Also, if you have the means to send home-made cookies, that is one of
their favorites. I sent a ton to a team in the 101st Airborne in Tent
25, and I still get e-mails saying how much it meant to them, and
asking if I will be doing it again when they go to Afghanistan!

Here are some examples of "DON'T SEND" items:

WHAT NOT TO SEND

*Pork, or pork products
*Alcohol
*Pornograhpy
*Pressurized Items - they may explode
*Products in glass containers
*Chocolate in the summer time to the Middle East
(Chocolate Chip cookies are OKAY though, and usually APPRECIATED!)

Also, feel FREE to write a short (or long) letter or send a card. If we
can get 10 letters or thank you cards for this platoon that would be
wonderful. So if you all could bring one along I can add it to the box
and we will have more than enough (which is good because sometimes
soldiers get sent over to join a platoon later than the others, so no
one should be left out!) In the letters, you are more than welcome to
ask them to write back, and include your address. They usually will
write you a letter to thank you, and you may even gain a penpal if
you'd like.

April 3, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club Meeting
8:15-9:15pm
April 3, 2007
School of Education Rm. 1004

Jessica opened the meeting.

If you have not paid dues please contact Lindie.

Ellen gave an update on Share the Fun in Ellettsville, Indiana. Jess, Mary, and Sabrina judged at Share the Fun and Lindie and Ellen hosted the event.

Elizabeth recapped Relay for Live where IU Collegiate 4-H raised over $1200.
Kara gave an overview of the Junior Leader meeting. At the meeting Junior Leaders were asked to help with project workshop day.

Ellen gave an overview of the Committees and a sign-up sheet was passed around.

Lindie discussed the Bloom Magazine Fundraiser. Please contact her if you can help!
Jessica explained the details of the VITAL service project. It will be held at Monroe County Library, Monday-Thursday 6:15-9pm.
Ellen and Livy are taking care of food for Project Workshop day.
Jr. Leader Lock-in—contact Jessica for details
Mary and Jessica will be attending the Monroe County Adult Leader Meeting
Ellen, Rachel, and Mary will be attending the Student Organization Award ceremony on behalf of IU Collegiate 4-H.
Renee, Ellen, Katie, and Rachel will be attending Boys & Girls Club, Friday April 27. Rachel is coordinating a Microwave Cooking project
Lindie discussed with meeting attendees the possibility of doing a Study-a-thon. Please contact her with any suggestions.
Ellen, Kara, Jess, Livy, and Heather will be attending the Orange County 4-H Officer Training.
Kara and Jacob are coordinating an End of the Year potluck dinner. Kara will send out an email regarding what each member should bring. Please contact them for more information.
Rachel discussed the Adopt a Platoon project—the club is responsible for 15 medics, Rachel has a list of items needed and will email everyone.

Committee Chairs were nominated:
Service—Jess nominated Livy, Ellen nominated Rachel
Social—Ellen nominated Alicia
Publicity and Promotions—Katie nominated Renee
Regional Communication—Livy nominated Jess
History and Website—Alicia nominated Elizabeth

Livy moved to close nominations, Heather seconded. Nominations were closed.

Contact Jessica if you are interested in:
4-H Host Weekend
Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference
National Collegiate 4-H Service Projects of Emphasis
OMK
Resource Library for the 4-H Community

Our last meeting will be April 27th.
There will be a Fall Planning meeting April 24th- mandatory for old and new committee chairs!!

Relay for Life!

So far the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club has raised $932.60 for the American Cancer Society through their Relay for Life team. And it keeps growing every day!

Want to contribute? Even $2-5 could go a long way in the fight against cancer.
Visit their Collegiate 4-H Relay for Life Website

Relay for Life Information

http://www.acsevents.org/relay/in/iu/collegiate4h

Here's the walking schedule so far for the event!

With 13 team members, we need everyone to walk at least 1 hour! The first 3 hours (4-7) are not walking hours, but the event starts then. (Registration at 3PM)

Contests, Activities and Themed Laps
Time	Walker 1	Walker 2	Contest	Themed Lap	Event Details	Band
4:00 PM			Relay Begins		At this time you should start having at least one peson from your team on the track at all times
4:30 PM
5:00 PM			Touch Football		Please sign up for this event
5:30 PM			Touch Football
6:00 PM			Touch Football
6:30 PM			Coach Hepp
7:00 PM	Alicia Jennings			Hoosier Lap	Dress in ALL your IU apparel to support Coach Hepp
7:30 PM	Livy Wilz		Survivor Lap
8:00 PM	Ellen Weinzapfel		Luminaria		No set time. Will happen when it gets dark
8:30 PM	Alicia Jennings		Luminaria
9:00 PM	Livy Wilz			Halloween Lap	Wear your halloween costumes!!!
9:30 PM	Rachel Bogle
10:00 PM	Ellen Weinzapfel		Euchere/ Other Card Games	Favorite Music Genre	Dress up like your favorite music icon…rock, rap, country etc. Please sign up for Euchere(each of these themed laps will be during each band's set up)	The Future 10pm-11pm
10:30 PM	Ellen Weinzapfel
11:00 PM	Rachel Bogle					The Romance 11pm-12am
11:30 PM
12:00 AM						Stereo Deluxe 12am-1am
12:30 AM				I love the 80s	Rock out your 80s gear
1:00 AM						The Buzzkills 1am-2am
1:30 AM				Freaks and Geeks	School is a huge Buzzkill…dress the part
2:00 AM	Ellen Weinzapfel					Crash 2am-3am
2:30 AM	Ellen Weinzapfel			What the???? Are you wearing	Dress in the most ridiculous outfits you can find
3:00 AM			Relay Idol Karaoke	Army Lap	Go Camo Make sure you sign up to be a Relay Idol!
3:30 AM				Army Lap
4:00 AM			Kool Aide Flippy Cup	PJ Lap	It's late. Put on your PJs!! Sign your team up for Flippy Cup!
4:30 AM				PJ Lap
5:00 AM			Oreo Eating Contest	Dance Dance Revolution	Dance competition Relay Lap Sign up for the Oreo contest…1person per team
5:30 AM			Ghost in the Graveyard	Jersey Lap	Wear your favorite sports team's jersey
6:00 AM
6:30 AM
7:00 AM			Gaint Twister Competition	Up With the Sun	Be a bahama mamma!!! Dress all tropical Good morning! Play a little twister to stretch out
7:30 AM
8:00 AM				Symbolic Color	Wear a color symobolic to cancer (i.e. pink for Breast Cancer)

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting, March 20, 2007

Education Building Room 1004

President Jessica Falkenthal called the meeting to order at 8:15 PM.
Attendance: Jessica Falkenthal, Ellen Weinzapfel, Rachel Bogle, Alicia Jennings, Livy Wilz, Jennifer Collins, Kara Thompson

Relay For Life Information (as presented by Jennifer Collins)

People signed up for Relay Time slots
A display with pictures of Cancer Survivors will be created by our Club for event- Please give copies of these pictures to Jennifer!
We are still in need of a tent! Contact Jennifer with information if you can help!
Jess and Alicia might be walking neighborhoods this Saturday afternoon (March 24th) asking for donations. If you are interested, please contact Jess!
Relay for Life team will be meeting next Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at 8:15 PM in Educ 1004. Anyone on the team or still interested in joining should come!

T-Shirts/Polos

Jennifer presented the info about T-Shirts and Polos. Those present voted for T-Shirts, green with Collegiate 4-H logo on front and slogan on back. These will be in the $6.50 price range, according to Jess’ connections. Jess will e-mail info to Jennifer, who will get estimates for 20, 30, and 40 T-Shirts. If they are cheap enough, we will order extra for next year’s new members.

Share the Fun on Friday, March 23, 2007 in Elletsville

We need to be there by 6:15, and the event will last from 7 to 9 PM. We are still in need of drivers- thus far, our only driver is Livy. We can use more stagehands, and anyone is welcome to come and watch the talent show!

Junior Leaders Meeting on Monday, April 2, 2007
Recruit our Project Workshop day. Starts at 7:30 PM, short time commitment. Kara and Jess are probably going- if interested, contact them!

Boys and Girls Club on Friday, April 6.

Mircrowave and cooking project. Ellen, Katie and Jacob will probably be there. Jennifer and Rachel will fill out volunteer forms so they can be there too. Jess- get project book from Jeff! If anyone has any ideas of what we should bake, e-mail Katie or Ellen. So far, we think we might be making puppy chow!

Also on Friday April 6- Bloom Magazine Delivery Fundraiser ($400!!!! Please Help!!)

We need 5 people to pick up the magazines on Friday and deliver them over the weekend. Need 5 drivers and 5 passengers- work in pairs. We may be able to deliver Monday, since this is Easter weekend. Lindie will e-mail with more details.
Livy, Rachel, Jennifer, and Kara- can possibly drive
Jess- free in evening to deliver
Ellen and Kevin are taking care of one of the pick-up and delivery shifts!

Orange Co. Officer Training on Sunday April 29, from 6-8PM
We need a few more people. So far: Ellen, Jess, Kara, maybe Alicia. We will train you in any area so you are an expert!! Please contact Ellen or Jess!!

Possible Volunteer Opportunity:
Egg Scramble on Friday March 30 7:15 to 9:15. Egg Hunt for Adults! Need people for course construction, registration, etc. Interested thus far: Rachel Bogle, Alicia Jennings, Livy Wilz, and Jess

Student Organization Award
Due April 6th- need people to help fill out. Ellen has volunteered to help, but we can use more people and split up the forms.

Study A-Thon Fundraiser
Members present agreed a good idea. Have people pledge money per hour of studying, rent a room, and study all day the Saturday before finals. We will discuss at next meeting…

Banquet/Party!! Last Meeting of Semester, on April 17, Jacob and Kara will plan something awesome for our club to do (probably go out to eat, maybe give out awards?)

4-H Host Weekend Committee: Livy, Ellen, and Alicia have signed up so far. We will need a lot of people to plan this, and it will be a lot of fun!

Project Workshop Day (Saturday, April 14):
Livy and Ellen will organize food for the event

Service Info from Rachel Bogle
Adopt a Platoon- Send a care package every so often (once a month, etc) to troops overseas. We will try to send a small package from just our club before the end of the school year, and will try to get more donations for next fall. We might be able to ask for donations at SAO end of the year banquet- Jess will look into it!!

Committees meeting next Tuesday during normal meeting time, 8:15 PM in Educ 1004:
Relay For Life Team
Project Workshop participants and food people
Fundraising Committee

Cheers!

Ellen Weinzapfel
Vice President Collegiate 4-H

National Collegiate 4-H Conference

It's not too early to be thinking about the 2008 National Collegiate 4-H Conference being held in Denver, Colorado February 21-24th 2008! It's a wonderful opportunity to meet Collegiate 4-H members from across the country who are also passionate about 4-H! Visit the above link for more information!
If you're interested in going, we can start fundraising early in our 07-08 school year, so we can send as many delegates as are interested in going!

March 6th Meeting Minutes

Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club Meeting
8:15-9:15pm
March 6, 2007
School of Education Rm. 1004

The meeting was called to order by Jessica Falkenthal. A total of thirteen members were in attendance. Jacob led an icebreaker and provided snacks. Lindie collected dues ($5).

Those in attendance discussed ordering club shirts. Lindie moved to send this to committee, Jacob seconded the motion. Jennifer will form the committee and bring more information to the next meeting.

Old Business: Sabrina and Jessica commented on their trip to the National Collegiate 4-H Conference. Sam and Jessica outlined their experience at the Monroe County/Area 4-H Officer Training. Ellen and Sabrina discussed the 4-H Poultry Club Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction that occurred last week. Kara and Jessica attended Find Out Night. Lindie and Jessica attended the Central District Leaders Clinic and brought back information on how to judge at County Fairs.

New Business:
Share the Fun will be Friday, March 23 at Edgewood High School at 7pm. Those who volunteered include: Judges- Jessica, Rachel, Sabrina; Emcees- Ellen, Lindie; Backstage Assistance- Kara and Sam. Jessica will be emailing those who signed up to attend.
Relay for Life is March 30-April 1 from 4pm-9am. Money needs to be turned in by March 20th along with luminary bags. Our club still needs to turn in our $100 registration fee. Jennifer will check into restaurants for a fundraising opportunity. You can send the names of cancer survivors to Jennifer by March 20th to get the names printed in the programs. If you have a tent please contact Jennifer. Registration for the event will start at 3pm at the outdoor track.
Monroe County/Area 4-H Project Workshop Day is Saturday, April 14 10-2pm. If you need more information please contact Jessica.
Boys and Girls Club, Friday, April 6 4-5pm. We will be conducting at Microwave Food demonstration. Food will be provided by Jeff, Monroe County Extension Educator. Please contact Jessica if you can help out.

Potential Projects:
April Social with Purdue-these details will be handled by Kara and Jacob.
4-H Host Weekend-October 20007. Donors are pending.
ATV Safety Grant is due April 9. Contact Jessica if you are interested.
National Collegiate 4-H Service Projects of Emphasis
OMK-Rachel has volunteered to coordinate this program. Please contact her will any questions.
Resource Library for the 4-H Community- Please start formulating ideas for this project.

Our next meeting will be March 20th!

February 13, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes
9:15pm Conference Call
February 13, 2007

Jessica opened the meeting. Seven member in attendence.

Jennifer made a motion to reimburse Jessica $50 for national dues and $50 for regional dues. Ellen seconded the motion. It was put to vote, 6-0 in favor.

Jessica moved to delegate herself to cast 2 votes for the club at nationals. Lindie seconded the motion. Motion passes with 6-0 vote.

Find Out Night scheduled for February 27th. The club decided to attend this function instead of having a regular meeting.

Officer Training “Training” will be held February 20th from 8:15-9:15pm. Contact Jessica with any questions.

Officer Training is February 21st, please contact Jessica if you have not signed up yet.

Swine Speaking Opportunity- February 22nd. Contact Jessica if you would like to attend.

Poultry Club benefit dinner February 23rd at 6pm. Volunteers are needed to conduct craft activity with kids. Ellen volunteered to attend.

Family Night-Feburary 24th from 10pm-1am, contact Jessica if you would like to attend.

The Public Speaking opportunity for February 24th has been cancelled.

Jennifer discussed Relay for Life, which is March 31st-April 1st. She is working with Heather to finalize fundraising details. Register online for the event at, www.acsevents.org/relay/IN/iucollegiate4h. Contact Jennifer with any questions you might have.

Boys and Girls Club- March 2nd. Ellen and Katie will finalize the activity, probably a St. Patrick’s theme.

Orange County Officer Training-tentatively April 18th. Jessica, Lindie, and Ellen volunteered to train.

One member note: Rachel was 1st runner up for Miss IU—Congratulations!!

Meeting concluded.

January 30, 2007 Meeting Minutes

IU COLLEGIATE 4-H MEETING MINUTES:

January 30, 2007
8:15-9:15pm
School of Education Rm. 1004

The January 30, 2007 IU Collegiate 4-H meeting was called to order by Jessica Falkenthal. A total of eighteen members were present at the meeting.

Jessica opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. Kara led an icebreaker and provided snacks. Jessica outlined what Collegiate 4-H is by showing a powerpoint. She also discussed club logistics. Ellen promoted the committees to those present.

Upcoming events were outlined by Jessica, those included were:
Boys and Girls Club- Friday, February 2, March 2, April 6 from 4-5pm
Chocolate Fest- Saturday, February 3-1:30-4pm, Bloomington Convention Center: NOTE: please arrive 30 minutes early.
Junior Leaders Meeting- Monday, February 5-5pm-7:30pm, Monroe County Fairgrounds; we need 2-3 volunteers to go and explain what Collegiate 4-H and promote the club, Kara, Mary, and Jess volunteered.
Find Out Night-As of February 6, 2007 this event has been cancelled.
VolunteerIN-February 15, 7-9pm, Extension Office—Please RSVP to Jessica by February 7rh if you plan to attend.
National Collegiate 4-H Conference-Sabrina and Jessica are attending.
Officer Training “Training”-It is recommended that you attend this training, even if you cannot attend the training we are sponsoring for local 4-Her’s. Please RSVP to Jessica if you plan to attend.
Monroe County/Area 4-H Officer Training-Tuesday, February 21, 6:30-8:30pm
4-H Poultry Club Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction-Friday, February 23, 6-8pm—volunteers are needed to assist with crafts and organizers have volunteered to pick up those who can come.
Monroe County 4-H Family Night at the YMCA- Saturday, February 24, 10pm-1am

Jessica discussed additional opportunities:
Rabbit Club Speaking-4th Thursday of every month.
Heart and Hand Volunteer Awards- the deadline for applications is February 19-If anyone is interested please contact Jessica.

Jessica discussed upcoming events in March and April:
Public Speaking Workshop-March 3rd
Share-the-Fun Judging-the club receives $20 for every club member sent to the event in Indianapolis
Relay for Life-a weblink is located on the club webstie
Workshop Day-April 14th; we will be offering activities/workshops for participants

If you would like to register as a 4-H volunteer, fill out a Boys & Girls Club volunteer application, or sign up for committees or events please contact Katie.

Our next meeting will be February 13.

Fundraiser Committee Meeting

January 31, 2007

Lindie Hohler, Alicia Jennings, Ellen Weinzapfel and Jessica Falkenthal met in Teter Formal Lounge at 5 PM to discuss fundraising opportunities for the club. Here are the main ideas:

Moose Club of Bloomington, IN – Jess called at the meeting. All we need to do is give a short presentation on our history and what their donation will be used for.

Fazoli’s Night- Have a night where we get so much of the profits. Lindie is looking into this.

Selling food in Ballantine Hall- Pizza, Dagwoods, Chipotle

Bloom Magazine- We deliver their magazines for them on a Friday morning. They contact us on a Thursday, and we have to provide 10 people the next morning.

Baby-sitting- Tulip Tree Apartments give $10 an hour. We could go in pairs and make some money for the club! Also look into watching kids for adult 4-H leaders while they have their meetings every few months

Concessions or parking at basketball games

This Spring: A carwash, Study-A-Thon, Sidewalk Chalk Show, collaborating with Junior Leaders (cleaning up after sports events and we get a share of the profits), other campus events that the SAO can sponsor

Next Year: A 4-H day involving some IU sporting event (maybe Women’s Basketball?) and showing teenagers around the campus

We also discussed some grants that the club can apply for. In particular, the Service Grant worth $5,000 and the Heart and Hands awards ($500 to organization if someone wins)

We decided to go through Jeff Holland, 4-H Development Coordinator in Monroe County, to get a bank account. Lindie said she would get in touch with Jeff about this, and let us know when we can start collecting dues.

We also decided that it may be worthwhile to appeal to Monroe County for some kind of charitable donation since we are doing so much for their clubs this semester.

See everyone at Chocolate Fest!!!

Ellen Weinzapfel, IU Collegiate 4-H Vice President

January 23, 2007: 4-H Committee Meeting

4-H Youth Development, Social, and Relay for Life Committee Meetings

The meeting started at 8:15 PM in the Education Building, room 1004. In attendance were Ellen Weinzapfel, Kara Thompson, Jacob Taulman, Katie Graham, Livy Wilz, Alicia Jennings, Heather Oklak, Sam Snyder, Sabrina Slack, Jennifer Collins, and Jessica Falkenthal.

4-H Youth Development Committee Meeting Minutes:

Find Out Night- Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 6-8pm. Discussed activities to do with kids- a scavenger hunt in which kids go to each booth to find answers to questions about local 4-H clubs. Give a prize to child with most answers. Sam and Sabrina volunteered to make up questions. Renee volunteered to make a display. We decided that next year we should take up some kind of donation for Monroe County 4-H.

Officer Training- Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 6:30-8:30 pm. Fairgrounds booked, food will be prepared and served by 4-H Board of Directors. Registration forms are due to the 4-H office by February 14- Sam, Ellen, and Alicia volunteered to get the forms and organizing them for the event. We need to focus on Parli Pro. If need be, we can develop handouts for scrapbook and devotions leaders too.

Training for Officer Training- February 10, 1-3PM in Wilkie. Ellen will schedule room and let everyone know where this will be.

Orange County Officer Training- We agreed that the week in April after Easter (8-13) would work best. Sometime in the evening. They will provide compensation for travel (gas money), but they wanted us to come the same weekend as our project workshops, which seems like too much for one weekend. We will discuss rearranging the date, and hopefully it will still work out.

Public Speaking Workshop- Saturday, March 3, 2007, 10am-12pm Monroe County Fairgrounds. Give good and bad demonstrations, ask kids to tell us what is wrong and what is right.

Monroe County Share the Fun Talent Show- Jeff needs two-three Judges for this event that know about theatre and musicals. The rest of us might go to watch anyway!

Project Workshop Day- Saturday, April 14, 2007. Need to schedule Fairgrounds. Jessica passed around a sign-up sheet for different projects everyone is interested in talking about.

4-H Poultry Club- Friday, February 23, 2007, 6PM. Asked us to do a chicken-themed craft table to occupy children at their dinner. They will supply us with rides and anything we need for activities.

Relay For Life Committee Meeting Minutes

Jennifer and Heather are attending a meeting on Wednesday, February 7 to get more ideas for fundraising. One idea Jennifer had was to sell products from the Body Shop- we would get 20% profits of what we sell, and at the end we could have some sort of product party to demonstrate how products work to potential buyers.

Social Committee Meeting Minutes

For February 24, 2007- Collaboration with Service Committee about Bowl for Kids Sake- weeklong event with Boys and Girls Club. Inquire at next visit with Boys and Girls club.

For Second Meeting, January 30, 2007, Kara will bring refreshments and plan icebreakers.

Turn February 10, 2007 Officer Training Meeting into a Social Event. We can meet for lunch beforehand at Wilkie. Time- TBA

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:30 pm.

What Can Collegiate 4-H Do For Monroe County?

On Saturday, January 20, 2007, 7 of our IU Collegiate 4-H members attended the Monroe County 4-H Adult Leader Workshop. We facilitated a discussion on "What can Collegiate 4-H do for YOU?" and got some wonderful feedback. Here are my notes from the discussion. As you can see, not only did we gain volunteer opportunities, we also found out about some great fundraisers!

· Training youth leaders in clubs to take over and run meetings. Help them with an introduction to public speaking, parly pro, mixers, talking and engaging new club members, and working to involve everyone in club activites.

· 4-H websites: Attempt to have more resources online. Kids tend to be more internet savvy- perhaps we could sponsor a workshop to teach them how to design and run an efficient 4-H website.

· “Bringing the 4-H back into 4-H” Where did all of the good, old-fashioned fun go? Let’s focus less on the ribbons and prizes and more on working together and learning to have fun with projects.

· Having Collegiate 4-H members come speak at club meetings (we are completely willing to do so)

· Helping to set up and run livestock shows

· Work together with 4-H clubs on service projects. We have many ideas for service ideas, and can always use more people; we know many of the clubs have the same problem. Volunteering together is a great opportunity to integrate Collegiate 4-H into Monroe County 4-H!

· Mini 4-H Day Camp run by Collegiate 4-H (we think this is a great idea!!)

· Offer some technology training for 4-H clubs and officers in Power Point.

· Volunteer Opportunity with Junior Leaders- Operation Military Kids

· Volunteer Opportunity- Spaghetti Dinner (run a craft table for children)

· IU Bass Fishing Club coming to Sports Fishing 4-H Club to talk- I will look into that!!

Bloomington Moose Club- Funding Opportunity???

We will be discussing these opportunities at future meetings, but I would encourage everyone to pick out their favorite ideas and elaborate!

See you all soon,
Ellen Weinzapfel
Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Vice President