4-H Fly By Zoom Sessions

4-H Achievement Day

Hey 4-H’ers!!
You’re all invited to the 4-H Achievement Day Event!
We’re doing things a little differently this year…so please see the details below and contact me ASAP to register for your time slot!

WHEP - Wildlife Program

Date: Thursday October 8, 2020

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Warrensburg

We will meet at the Hackensack Trailhead in Warrensburg. From there we will take a leisurely hike looking at fall foliage, fall birds, possible amphibians, and mammals of the area.

Bring a mask, binoculars if you have them, and a water bottle.

Regisrtation is required and can be done by calling the CCE Education Center at 518-623-3291 or by e-mailing mlb222@cornell.edu

If you would like to know more about WHEP and wildlife programming, contact John at jfb32@cornell.edu

NOTE: Dates and Locations are subject to change due to weather or scheduling.

Basic Archery

Basic Archery Program

Date: Sunday, November 1^st

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Location: Dunham’s Bay Fish & Game Club.

Must be at least 8-years old and an enrolled 4-H member. Fee $5.

NOTE: Dates and Locations are subject to change due to weather or scheduling.

Registration is required and can be done by calling the CCE Education Center at 518-623-3291 or by
e-mailing mlb222@cornell.edu

Sportsman Education Program

Date: Saturday, September 19^th

Time: 9am—4:30pm

Location: CCE Education Center in Warrensburg.

Limited to 10 participants. Call the CCE Education Center at 518-668-4881 to register.

Fall Into 4-H

4-H Families, Volunteers, and Supporters,

The new 4-H year is almost upon us. Re-enrollment starts at the beginning of September.

ENROLLMENT FORMS AND PAYMENTS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 30^th FOR YOUTH TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY TRIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, OR CLUB CREDITS….watch for yours in the mail! As an added incentive, for new members or those who re-enroll before November 30^th, the membership will be the same as the 2019-2020 rates: Single Youth

Membership $10; Family of Two or More Youth $15; and Inclusive Membership (which includes FREE admission to all programs with a program fee of $5 or less) $30.

Those re-enrolling AFTER November 30^th, the fee will be $20 for a single youth, $30 for a family, and $60 for inclusive programming with $5 admission or less.

There are no fees for volunteers at this time. Warren County is still one of the most affordable programs in the state.

We are all looking forward to another exciting year of 4-H!

The Art of the Mask: A FACE MASK DECORATION CONTEST

Click on Photo for Contest Entry Form

Throughout human history, many cultures have used decorated masks in traditional dance, theatre, and social events. Now, Warren County youth residents and youth who are here for the summer have a chance to express their artistic side by decorating a facemask and sharing it with others.

In order to participate you must:

RULES:

1 . Arrange to get a FREE plain, white cotton facemask from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County. Participants must use these masks to assure all participants are starting from the same point.

2 . Decorate the mask with 4-H appropriate content of your choice. “4-H appropriate” is defined as
non-violent, no swears/swearing, no nudity/pornography, no hate based language, symbols, or themes, and no political statements. If you are unsure, contact us.

3 . Take a photo of you wearing the facemask in question and provide your first name and last initial, age, and a means to contact you should you win.

4 . Complete a photo permission form so that all entry photos can be used in a video or photo montage.

5 . Winners will be announced on Saturday August 8^th

6 . Each participant is limited to one entry.

7 . There will be four age categories: Cloverbud Youth ages 5-8, Youth 9-12, Youth 13-18, and 19-21.

8 . The judging will be done by a group of volunteers (youth and adults) selected by Cornell Cooperative Extension.

9 . Entries will be judged on artistic expression, creativity and originality.

1 Disclaimer: By submitting an entry to this contest, you are giving Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County permission to use your image on our Facebook, social media, website, blogs, and in any public displays we can arrange for entries.

1 Prizes: The winner will receive two (2) Stewart’s ice cream certificates and recognition during the Warren County Youth Fair video release on the Cornell Cooperative Extension website.

1 Deadline: All entries must be submitted by email to mlb222@cornell.edu as a jpeg or PDF file. Emails must arrive by 4:30pm on August 5^th to be considered.

For more information about The Art of the Mask,
please contact CCE of Warren County at 518-668-4881.

Safely get out, get creative, and join us for the Virtual Fair!

VIRTUAL TALENT SHOW COMPETITION

Click on Photo for Competition Entry Form

WARREN COUNTY VIRTUAL YOUTH FAIR

We're going VIRTUAL with the Youth Fair this year!

This years Fair will feature:

Physically distanced, face-to-face judging
Virtual display of all exhibits
Superintendent jobs (for youth ages 11-19 years) using COVID safety guidelines
The possibility to show your 10 best exhibits
Pie eating, hula hooping, and bubble gum blowing contests...LIVE FROM YOUR HOME!
Virtual Talent Show
Most Creative 4-H-A Facemask Decoration Contest (more info will be sent out asap...so watch your e-mail!)

THE FAIRBOOK AND FORMS CAN BE FOUND HERE ON OUR BLOG...PLEASE CONTACT THE CCE OFFICE WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE FAIR BY CALLING 518-668-4881/623-3291 OR E-MAILING MLB222@CORNELL.EDU

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR EXHIBITS THIS YEAR!!!

Join in the fun from home when the Warren County Youth Fair and Talent Show goes virtual on Saturday, August 8, 2020! The Warren County Fair Committee, with input from the Warren County Extension Services Committee, voted to move to a virtual format for the safety of the exhibitors, staff, youth and volunteers involved in the operation. All those involved hope that the Youth Fair will return in 2021 and feature a homesteading theme.

Some of the most popular contests during Fair are pie eating, hula hoop, and bubble gum; and youth are encouraged to compete at home this year with prizes to the top winners. For those who are interested in viewing these events, please see our website listed below on Thursday, August 6 at 4:30PM for a list of links and expected times. For internet safety reasons, all participants will be asked to register with name and email.

In order to still have these youth favorites and encourage participation virtually, we will be handing out “Fair Care” packages on Friday, August 7 to those who want to participate and have pre-registered with us. The package will include the materials needed for bubble gum blowing and pie eating contests. You must provide your own hula hoop for this popular contest.

Judging of project exhibits by youth will still be conducted in a safe physical distancing format and will not be open to the public this year. Judging will be conducted in an open side pavilion to assure proper ventilation, as suggested by Cornell University and NYS sources. A video recording link will be released on the CCE website on Saturday, August 8 at 11AM.

The 2020 Warren County Youth Fair Talent Show will be still be conducted using recorded performances by the artists. The recording must have been performed in 2020 and must be submitted along with a release for public viewing by Tuesday, August 4^th at 4:30 PM by email to warren@cornell.edu.

All entry forms and fair book will be posted to the CCE Warren website: warren.cce.cornell.edu or the Warren County, NY 4-H blog: warrencounty4-h.blogspot.com If you would like more information about Warren County Virtual Youth Fair and Talent Show programs or any program that 4-H has to offers, please email warren@cornell.edu or call 518-668-4881.

WILD BIRD ART CONTEST RESULTS

Thank you to all of the participants in the Wild Bird Art Contest. We received 14 total entries.

The following are the winners in each category:

Cloverbud Participant Awards: Avery P., Age 7 of Monroe C. and Pilar C. of Saratoga Co., age 7

Youth Ages 8-19: 1st place: Kelly D., Age 17 - "Snowy Owl"
Honorable Mention: Thomas Patterson, Age 8 of Glens Falls - "Northern Cardinals"

Adult First Place: Chris Dittus of Lake George - "Cardinal"
Honorable Mention: Molly Smith of Saratoga Co. - "Wood Duck"

This video highlights all of the art entries. Join us in congratulating these imaginative, creative, and talented artists.

SENIOR SATURDAY - WENDY ZIMMERMAN

Our fourth graduating senior is Wendy Zimmerman. Wendy joined 4-H at the age of 10 and has participated in natural resource programs, public presentations, shooting sports and leadership events such as STARR (State Teen Action Representatives Retreat) and Career Explorations at Cornell. She earned the Advanced Level II Adirondack Guide designation during her five years in the Guide program. Wendy presented at the Capital District Public Presentation event and served as the Mistress of Ceremonies for the Annual Meeting and Dinner of Cornell Cooperative Extension in 2018.

Wendy will graduate from Saratoga Springs High School. During the pandemic she helped organize a virtual induction ceremony for the National Honor Society and has been a long-time volunteer of the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in Saratoga. In the fall she will be leaving for the University of Rochester where she will be a biomedical engineering student.

Congratulations, Wendy! Enjoy some highlights of your 4-H experience. We are proud of you and each of our graduates who mean more to 4-H, their community, their country, and their world than you can ever imagine!

#4HGrowsLeaders #4HGrowsHere

SENIOR SATURDAY: TAYLOR STONE

Our third graduating high school senior is Taylor Stone. Taylor joined 4-H at the age of 12 and jumped right into 4-H programs participating in shooting sports, natural resources, public presentations, cooking classes (PINY-Produced in New York) and the 4-H Adirondack Guides. She has reached the Advanced Level II Guide designation and has participated in leadership events such as STARR and represented Warren County at the NYS Fair. Her artwork has been judged at the NYS Fair 3 of the 5 years that she has been exhibiting. She has been involved locally at the Warren County Youth Fair for four years working as a fair superintendent and overseeing the popular 4-H yard sale as the teen supervisor. In 2017 she was awarded the “Spirit of 4-H Award” for her commitment and support of 4-H.

Taylor will graduate from Glens Falls High School where she has been in the National Honor Society and participated in the Environmental Club, Friends of Rachel Club and the Art Club. She is a Girl Scout (Ambassador Level) and has participated in the Olympics of the Visual Arts. In the fall she will be attending SUNY New Paltz working towards her Bachelors in Fine Arts in Graphic Design as well as a science minor with a focus in Ornithology. Taylor is also the recipient of the 4-H Educational Award Scholarship.

Congratulations, Taylor! Enjoy some highlights of your 4-H experience. We are proud of you and each of our graduates who mean more to 4-H, their community, their country, and their world than you can ever imagine!

#4HGrowsLeaders #4HGrowsHere

Senior Saturday: MYA DARRAH

Meet our second high school graduating senior Mya Darrah. Mya has been a member of 4-H for six years. She has consistently participated in our natural resources programs since joining 4-H at the age of 12 and is a Level II Advanced 4-H Adirondack Guide and certified in wilderness first aid. She has worked as a Fair Superintendent each year and represented Warren County at the NYS Fair, STARR and Career Explorations. Her artwork has earned trips to the NYS Fair to be evaluated for the last four years.

Mya will be a 2020 High School Graduate from Corinth. In high school, she was an active member of the drama club working back stage in set design and also acting. Her passion for art developed into the choice of her further study and career. She will attend SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City this fall pursuing a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts.

Congratulations, Mya! Enjoy some highlights of your 4-H experience. We are proud of you and each of our graduates who mean more to 4-H, their community, their country, and their world than you can ever imagine!

#4HGrowsLeaders #4HGrowsHere

Senior Saturday: WARD SWEET

Our first Saturday Senior is Glens Falls High School Senior, Ward Sweet. Ward has been a member of 4-H since the 4th grade and has participated in shooting sports, public presentations, community service, and is an Advanced 4-H Adirondack Guide. After placing first in the Warren County Youth Fair’s talent show in 2018, he earned a trip to perform in the New York State Fair Talent Show.

He gives his “hands to larger service” in the community by volunteering for the Queensbury Land Conservancy, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Pennies For Pink, 4-H in Warren and Washington Counties and the Military Club at SUNY Adirondack.

As a student at Glens Falls, Ward competed on the GF National Alpine Ski Team for six years providing him the opportunity to become a more accomplished athlete and leader. He is also a member of the National Honor Society.

He will start his collegiate career this fall at SUNY Adirondack and then transfer to SUNY Plattsburg working to earn a Bachelors and Masters in Secondary Education with a concentration in history. He hopes “one day to maintain a classroom where students feeling left out, misunderstood and overlooked can feel included, valued and appreciated.”

Congratulations, Ward! Enjoy some highlights of your 4-H experience. We are proud of you and each of our graduates mean more to 4-H, their community, their country, and their world than you can imagine!

#4HGrowsLeaders #4HGrowsHere

SENIOR SATURDAYS

Each Saturday for the next five weeks leading up to what would have been graduation ceremonies for our enrolled 4-H teens, we will feature a different 2020 graduating high school senior and learn a little bit about them and their next adventure. All five youth are part of the popular 4-H Adirondack Guide program.

Congratulations, Senior 4-Her's! Enjoy some highlights of your 4-H experiences. We are proud of you and each of our graduates mean more to 4-H, their community, their country, and their world than you can imagine!

#4HGrowsLeaders #4HGrowsHere

FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST:

Lilacs are in full bloom and the rhododendrons have just started flowering. Peonies are not far behind. These flowers would make great subjects for the photography flower contest going on now.

Get out and safely get creative!

For more information, or to submit your entries, contact the 4-H Office at 518-623-3291 or e-mail jfb32@cornell.edu

FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST:

Get out and get creative with your camera, I-pad, or cell phone and submit your photographs into the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Warren County virtual photography contest. The program will be open to youth and adults, with several age categories and participants can be from anywhere within New York State. The contest will begin May 22 and end June 26.

RULES:

This must be an original photograph taken within the contest entry dates and deadline dates.

Each participant is limited to one entry.

There will be four age categories: Cloverbud Youth ages 5-8, Youth 9-12, Youth 13-19, and Adults over the age of 19 as of May 22, 2020.

The judging will be done by a group of volunteers (youth and adults) selected by Cornell Cooperative Extension. Entries will be judged on artistic expression, creativity and originality, and the quality of the image.

Each entry should contain the following information: a) Title of photograph; b) Name of photographer (first and last); c) Date and location of photograph; d) A short (1-3 sentences) description of the photograph including any digital editing; and e) Entrant’s contact information (telephone number, e-mail address)

Disclaimer: By submitting an entry to this contest, you are giving Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County permission to use your image on our Facebook, social media, website, blogs, and in any public displays we can arrange for entries.

Prizes: Cloverbud (5-8) youth will each receive a Participant ribbon and no overall winner will be selected. For Youth 9-12, 13-19, and Adults Over the age of 19, the top recipient will received a $10 gift certificate to Hobby Lobby.

Deadline: All entries must be submitted by email to John Bowe at jfb32@cornell.edu as a jpeg or PDF file. Emails must arrive by midnight on June 26 to be considered.

Safely get out and get creative!

Plant Sale

Friday, May 29, 2020, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday, May 30, 2020, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Please join us for our annual plant sale fundraiser which benefits both
4-H and the Master Gardener Program.

We will have annual, perennial flowers, herbs, and vegetables.

Order form due ( click on this link ) with a deposit of 50% of your order by April 3rd.

Plants will also be available for sale on May 29th & 30th. Master Gardener specialists will be available for consultation.

Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

SPRING BREAK PROGRAMS

Please note: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Spring Break 4-H Programs have been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sportsman Education Program

Sportsman Education Program
Please note: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this 4-H program has been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Date: Tuesday, April 14^th

Time: 9AM—5PM

Location: Dunham’s Bay Fish & Game Club

Must be at least 11.5 years old and have completed the required homework. The homework MUST be picked up by April 1^st at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Warrensburg. No fee for materials or class.

Note: Dates and locations are subject to change due to weather or scheduling.

Registration is required for this event and can be done by calling 518-668-4881/623-3291 or by e-mailing jfb32@cornell.edu

WHEP: AMAZING AMPHIBIANS

WHEP: AMAZING AMPHIBIANS
Please note: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this 4-H program has been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Wednesday, May 13^th

6:00PM

Location: Cornell office in Warrensburg.

If possible we will visit Pack Forest Lake to see if we can find frogs, toads, and salamanders as they move into or out of vernal pools. Cloverbuds welcome! No fee.

NOTE: Dates and Locations are subject to change due to weather or scheduling.

Registration is required for these events by calling the CCE office at
668-4881/623-3291 or by emailing mlb222@cornell.edu

Map & Compass/Beginner Guide Camping

Please note: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this 4-H program has been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

When: Saturday, May 16th

Time: 9am—4pm

Where: CCE Education Center

The 4-H Adirondack Guides will be holding their annual Map and Compass/Beginner Guide training. These programs are mandatory for all new Guides, but are optional for experienced Guides.

During this program, Guides will learn how to read topographic maps, and how to use them in conjunction with a compass. All participants will be able to put their learning to use in a practical, hands-on portion of the class, in which they will use their newfound skills to navigate. Additionally, Guides will learn wildlife identification, fire starting, knot tying, and other helpful outdoor skills.

Pre-registration is required, and there is no fee for this program. To register, please contact Marybeth or Michele at: 518-668-4881 or via email: jfb32@cornell.edu

Wild Edibles Program

Please note: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this 4-H program has been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

When: Saturday, May 16th

Time: 9am—4pm

Where: CCE Education Center

Cost: $20/person

Open to all ages, youth 10 and under
must be accompanied by and adult.

What wild plants are able to be safely eaten?
Are certain parts of plants safer than others?
What about the timing of harvesting?

This interactive class, open to the general public, will cover identification, harvest, and preparation techniques of a number of safely edible wild plants.

Please note that this class will be held, rain or shine, so make sure to dress accordingly! Participants should plan on packing a lunch.

Registration is required and can be done by contacting Marybeth or Michele at: 518-668-4881 or via email: mem467@cornell.edu