Thinking about Collegiate 4-H this fall?

We meet every two weeks and have many opportunities for you to volunteer with 4-H members throughout the year. We aim to have something for everyone and fit any schedule. We also offer many other optional volunteer opportunities within the community and on campus, allowing you to meet new people and make a difference in Bloomington and beyond.

What's cool about Collegiate 4-H? We're all the fun of 4-H with more things to choose from and less to commit to! And no 4-H projects. We serve as 4-H volunteers in a very non-traditional way meaning you're not committing to a club year-round or needing to be at every event. Lots of opportunities to select from. And if we don't have the 4-H volunteer opportunity you're looking for, let us know and we'll add it

We're still deciding on a fall meeting day and time, so please let us know which days and times work for you at http://doodle.ch/xucdsv7bt8gp9mah
so we can try to accommodate the schedules of everyone who's interested. We need your schedule by noon on Friday, August 29th at NOON! We'll announce the new meeting day and time on Friday afternoon. Right now we're thinking about Sunday evenings.


HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS FALL

1. Serving as volunteer leaders for the 4-H Explorers Club (our very own 4-H Club) that meets once a month!
* Plan activities for 4-H members to do during their meetings
* Mentor 4-H kids
* Recruit new 4-H members
* Time commitment (2-6 hours a month)

2. 4-H Alumni BBQ September 11, 4:30-6:30
* Free food!
* Come meet and hang out with 4-H alumni from all over the place
* Fun
* EVERYONE'S invited
* Sponsored by IU Collegiate 4-H, but intended for all 4-H alumni

3. College Prep Day- Saturday, October 18th
*Delivering 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
* Chance to network with other college bound 4-H members
* Time commitment (5 hours during event; additional leadership opportunities available for planning.)

4. Delivering 4-H Officer Trainings
* Work with 2-4 other Collegiate 4-H members to teach leadership skills to 4-H members in other counties
* Travel to other counties
* Workshop materials are already prepared for you to deliver! Anyone can do it.
* Time commitment (2-4 hours per event. You don't have to commit to more than one)

5. Recruiting New 4-H Members
* Spreading your love for 4-H to new kids and parents
* Presentations or displays needed at local schools' PTO meetings, family fun events, and other community events
* Time commitment 30 minutes-2 hours

6. Adopt A 4-H Club
* Select a local 4-H club to visit 2-3 times during the school year to
* Time Commitment (2 hours per visit)

7. Monroe County 4-H Leadership Trainings
* Delivering fun leadership workshops to 4-H members and volunteers in local 4-H clubs

8. Social Event with other Indiana Collegiate 4-H Clubs
* Date and location TBD
* Meeting old and new 4-H friends from the Collegiate 4-H Clubs at Purdue, Ball State, and University of Southern Indiana

9. Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference- November 14-16
* Road trip to Columbia, Missouri
* Meet Collegiate 4-H members and 4-H alumni from the 13 midwest states
* Socialize, socialize, socialize
* Learn new ideas for Collegiate 4-H

10. Volunteer and mentor 4-H members online

* In October, the new 4-H.org launches with a safe social network that will include all 4-H members, volunteers, and staff allowing the opportunity to share resources, mentor online, accept donations online for 4-H clubs, online 4-H games related to project areas, scholarship assistance, and opportunities to enhance the 4-H program in so many ways!

* IU Collegiate 4-H will be some of the first adults in the website

11. National Youth Science Day

* This national day of science for youth is sponsored by National 4-H.

Other Service Opportunities in the Community:
* Adopt a Highway (2 times per semester as a club and we go out to eat afterward)
* Making "Ugly" Sleeping Bags for the Homeless (No-sewing involved
* Registering people to vote

* Bloomington Health and Safety Fair

* Volunteering with kids at fall festivals
* Chocolate Fest
* Girls Inc Holiday Hoopla- help kids decorate Christmas cookies and gingerbread houses

Many more things to come! Let us know what you're interested in and we'll make it happen!