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November Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting

11/12/2024

November Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting

11/18/2024, 6:15 pm
Dimond Recreation Center
NEW MEMBER WELCOME with Celebratory Refreshments!
2023-2024 Oak Town 4-H Awards and Recognition
Club House Meetings: Design a Club House Mascot with YOUR Club House Team!
Parent/Leader Meeting
Bring:
- Water Bottle
- Ideas for your Club House MASCOT
- A friend who isn't already an OT4H Member
- Wear an Oak Town 4-H T-Shirt

NEW MEMBER WELCOME!
The Oak Town 4-H Officer Team would like to welcome our new families and members! we are excited to have you as part of our Oak Town 4-H family and hope you enjoy our club. In celebration of our new members, we will be having a special WELCOME! during our November OT4H Club meeting with tokens of our appreciation of new members and celebratory refreshments for all. Please join us in our celebration of all our new faces!

POINTS For YOUR Club House!
Our 4-H Club will be continuing our Club Houses at the November Meeting. The 4 Club Houses will met separately to work on special activities and track points. At the end of this 2024-2025 4-H year, the members of the Club House with the most point will get each get a gift certificate for ice cream or something equally YUMMY. For the November Club Meeting, you can earn points for YOUR Club ouse by

Showing up!
Bringing your water bottle
bringing a friend not already signed up with Oak Town 4-H
Participating in the Club House Mascot activity and presentation
Wearing an Oak Town 4-H T-shrt
Completing the October Healthy Living Challenge (visiting a local park once during the month)

2023-2024 Oak Town Member Recognition and Awards
Several of our Members and Leaders will be honored at the CASES Field Day Sunday, November 17th at Dublin Library from 3-5:30 pm. Attend to cheer on members Aidan, Amelia, Delilah, Julianna, Kiera, Rae, Roshan, Tillie and Leader Allie Dilauro.

Then, at our November Club Meeting we will also be recognizing members that will be receiving their 4-H Year Completion Pin, 100% Attendance, and Primary, Spark and Star Awards. Congratulations to all members receiving awards and recognition!

Oak Town 4-H Club Calendar
Did you know that our oaktown4h.org website contains a calendar that lists project, club and county events? Check out the Club Calendar page to check to make sure you haven't missed anything!

OAK TOWN 4-H Parent Meetings
Our OT4H Leadership Team tries to host a parent/leader meeting at most Club Meetings during the time the members are working in their Club Houses. Topics that are appropriate for the time of the 4-H year are presented and hopefully clarified. However, any time you have a question or concern, please bring it forward during our meetings so it can be addressed and, if you have questions about something, doubtless other parents have questions as well. We appreciate and are grateful for any issues you may raise and want to add clarity to the 4-H experience.

Oak Town 4-H October Club Meeting

10/17/2024

October Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting
October 21st, 6pm
Dimond Recreation Center

Trunk or Treat Car Trunks and Tailgates Set Up in Upper Parking Lot
Costume Parade and Contest with PRIZES
Introductions to 2024-2025 Oak Town 4-H Club Houses
Open Project Information
October Birthday Celebration!
TO BRING:
- Come in Costume!
- Water Bottle
- Friend who might become a member!

Oak Town 4-H October Meeting Happenings
Oak Town 4-H will be continuing our annual Trunk or Treat to kick our October 4-H Club Meeting off in the upper parking lot of Dimond Recreation Center. Any interested family is encouraged to create a "trunk or treat" in their vehicle trunk, tailgate or hatchback. Use our Signup Genius Club Meeting Trunk or Treat Signup to be part of the games and challenges for members. Members are also encouraged to come in costume as we will be having a costume parade and contest following the Trunk or Treat. Prizes will be awarded for Spookiest, Cutest, Best Homemade and Funniest. Club House points will be awarded for showing up in costume as well as WINNING! Get ready for Halloween by trying your costume out at our Oak Town Club Meeting!

Oak Town 4-H September New!

9/7/2024

Oak Town 4-H 2024-2025 Year BEGINS! Welcome!
Your Oak Town 4-H Officer Team has begun planning a great, fun-filled program year including a Picnic Dinner n the Park (Dimond) for September, A Trunk or treat for October, Club Awards and Club House activities for November and much more.

Enrollment information and links for both returning and new Youth 4-H Members can be found on the club's website 'Enrollment" page. Returning 4-H members and new members who are certain they wish to join should be enrolling right now. The sooner members get registered online and complete our in-house survey for Project Signups, the sooner projects can begin meeting. Remember that EACH 4-H member needs to complete and send in this supplemental form so that Projects can be assigned correctly. If you wish to be involved in Oak Town 4-H this program year, please sign up SOON.

Adult Volunteers should be signed up NOW. Information on adult certification and enrollment can be found on the Alameda County 4-H Website "Volunteer" page but returning volunteers need to scroll down the page for more specific information on recertification.

Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting Schedule
Due to the way national holidays fall this year, our club opted to meet on the 3rd Mondays for the remainder of 2024 (Sept-Dec) and then revert to the 2nd Mondays for the rest of the program year (Jan-May). Club Meeting dates and other dates of interest are posted, and added to throughout the year, on our Oak Town 4-H Club Calendar.

Oak Town 4-H Informational Picnic

8/22/2024

When: Saturday, August 24, 2024 3:30-5:00 pm 
Where: Dimond Park, Picnic Tables and Grassy Area
Who: NEW & Returning FAMILIES. Parents AND KIDS invited
What:
- Oak Town 4-H Information
- Share Snacks & Dessert on us
- 3:30 Meet & Greet 4-H Officers, Project Leaders and Oak Town 4-H Families
- 4:00 Presentation by Youth Officers and Leaders
- 4:20: Parent Q&A
- 4:20: Games and Activities for youth led by Youth Officers
Need More Info: Visit us at www.oaktown4h.org
Contact us at [email protected]

Oak Town 4-H May 2024

5/10/2024

May Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting

May 13th, 6:15pm
Dimond Recreation Center
Community Service: Color Me a Smile
Speeches and Elections for the 2024-2025 Oak Town 4-H Officer Team (members turning 9 by 12/31/24 are eligible)
Final Club House Meeting
Parent Meeting
Personalized Record Books
Club T-Shirts Available
Snacks - Sign up here to bring snacks!
Door Prizes!

May Club House Points
To earn your Club House team points towards winning the team prize in June be sure to do and bring the following to the May Club Meeting:

completed the April Healthy Living Challenge (read 20 minutes a day outside of school work)
wear a 4-H t-shirt
bring a water bottle
complete a Color Me a Smile in House Meeting
prepare an Officer Speech

Parent Meeting
During the youth members' Club House Meeting there will be a companion Parent Meeting. This is a great time to bring up any concerns or ask questions. We will also be covering:

Record Books
County Fair and Cake Booth
Club Officers
Next Year's Oak Town 4-H

4-H Record Books
Tracking what you've done through your 4-H year is one of the Life Skills 4-H encourages and rewards. This year many members have worked at filling out their Spark Charts or Primary Reports and Annual Project Reports in Club House and Project Meetings. These will be returned to you at the May Club Meeting in a personalized 4-H Record Book cover. For those 8 and older, the Record Book will also contain a "My 4-H Story" worksheet. Take these home and complete the new form and add any forgotten items to the Spark Chart or Primary Report and bring them back to the June Club Picnic June 9th. Turning in your Record Book will get you your 4-H Year Pin and Stripe and also gain your Club House points.

For those wishing to go an extra step and gain additional awards, there is a County Record Book competition in September. More information is available about County record Books if you are interested.
Oak Town 4-H: Fair Submissions: Deadline May 15th!

For a list and information on what can be entered as Youth Still Exhibits, be sure to read through the Alameda County FAIR YOUTH STILL EXHIBITS GUIDE.

The link for entries in on page one of this guide
The dates entries are due and the delivery dates are on page 2
All youth photography entries must be accompanied by an uploaded image of the photograph
Entry fees are made at the time of the online entry
These additional entries can be included in our group “carpools” of entry items as space and local family drop-off sites can be arranged
Baked Goods, Decorated Foods, Preserved Foods and Table Setting have entirely different entry and delivery schedules. Please check the above-linked guide for info on these
There is also a Youth Gardening Entry Guide as produce, mini gardens, flower arrangements and such can also be entered by youth.

Please NOTE: We WILL need 2-4 families willing to accept club members fair Still Exhibit entries right before deliveries are due and ferry them out to the Alameda County Fairgrounds either Friday, May 24, 12-8pm OR Saturday, May 25, 8am-4pm.
Reminder, we get funding when you sign up for Farm Fresh To you!

We have a great fundraiser we've been doing for a couple years now and I want to remind folks about it. As a reminder, your club's promo code is OAKTOWN4H, and you earn 10% back from every delivery when someone in your community adds your 4-H Club's promo code to their account.

Sign up here: https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/

Get ready for Santa Clara 4-H Camp!
This year, sign up for Santa Clara County’s 4-H Camp June 23-27th! With a fun music theme, there is something for everyone at camp! Some examples of activities there are hiking, woodworking, arts & crafts, archery, and more! Sign up today!
Register here for Camp! https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42077

-Jackson, Camp Youth Director

2024 Cake Booth is 6/29/24! Mark your calendars!
Oak Town has selected Saturday, 6/29/24 to be our Cake Booth day at the Alameda County Fair. Cake Booth is the one Countywide 4-H fundraiser we have each year. Each club selects and staffs an entire day and the kids really love to sell cake slices. Please sign up here! It's fun for the whole family. I've done this many times with my kids and the time flies by. The kids learn communication with each other and with the public, how to run the cash register, how to cut cakes, food safety/food prep. The adults have fun frosting and cutting cakes, and cleaning the knives and cake scorers. Please mark your calendars and sign up for shift! Oh, I forgot the best part, all the volunteers get free fair admission and a free parking pass for that day so you can attend the fair for free before or after your shift! WIN-WIN!

Oak Town 4-H June Picnic
Our last "Club Meeting" of the year is a June Picnic. This year it will take place on Sunday, June 9th, likely within the window of 2-6pm. We NEED help planning this party. If you would like to be involved in the planning process for food, games, activities and such, a paper signup will be at the May Club Meeting or contact the club by email at [email protected].

Although the Officer Team chose the date and general time, they would like you to be involved in making the choice of the location. There are two available options and you will be asked to vote for your choice at the May Club Meeting. Your vote counts so read the comparisons and decide which you would prefer.

Option 1
Venue: Dimond Park BBQ
Cost: $215 with $100 refunded if area is cleaned adequately
Location: Dimond Park right below Dimond Recreation Center
Amenities: BBQ (need to haul in supplies), picnic tables, grassy area, playground nearby. Ice chests would need to be hauled in, public bathrooms
Possible Activities: Picnic, Lawn games (parachute, bubbles, hula hoops....)
Cons: no AV set up

Option 2
Venue: Butko's home
Cost: $75 (Life Guard fee)
Location: near Oakland Zoo
Amenities: Pool, hot tub, BBQ w/ supplies on hand, refrigerator/freezer if needed, tables, indoor bathrooms, Projector and screen (for year-in-4-H slide show)
Possible Activities: BBQ, Swimming, Slide show, limited team games or STEM activities
Cons: limited space for "lawn games"

Oak Town 4-H April 2024 News Blast

4/6/2024

April Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting

April 8, 6:15pm
Dimond Recreation Center
Craft Fair for County Fair Submissions
Community Service "Color a Smile"
Club House Meetings
Parent Meeting
Upcoming Events
April Birthdays with Nyla
Healthy Living Challenge
Snacks
Door Prizes
TO BRING:
Your water bottle
Children's book donation for Little Free Library
Your Club Name Badge if you took it home last meeting

Sign up to bring snacks to the April meeting!
Please check out the signup genius and sign up to bring snacks! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044CAEAC23A0FF2-48812968-snacks#/
Rising Stars 4-H International Field Day
The Alameda County 4-H Rising Stars Team has planned a fun event they hope you will come to, participate in and learn from! Eight booths will be available to learn about other countries, and Community Service opportunities around the world, sample food and playing games from that country and watching a performance related to that country. Attendees will get to vote for their favorite food samples and games, and earn candies or small prizes filling out their event passport as they visit the booths on France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan (Oak Town's submission!), Poland, Puerto Rico as well as 4-H Programs around the world. The County Ambassadors will be giving information about the County 4-H Ambassador Program. 4-H International Field Day will be held Saturday, April 13th from 2-4:15pm at Hill & Valley Club, 1808 B Street, Hayward. Parking is available on-site. Members and their families and friends are invited and encouraged to attend.

Additionally, if you would like to earn leadership credits for helping with our Oak Town 4-H "Japan" booth, there will be an in-person work session Sunday, April 7th at 5pm at the Butko's. Help finalize our poster, design the arrangement of our booth, sample our proposed food samples and try our activity. Help is also needed staff our booth for short time periods so all attendees can visit other club booths as well.

4-H Record Keeping, Documentation and Record Books
One of the Life Skills 4-H promotes and patterns for youth is the ability to document what they have achieved.

One of the ways 4-H offers its members the opportunity to practice this skill is by documenting what they've learned and done in their 4-H Projects which our Club Project Leaders should be working on with their members over the course of project work during the year.

Another form we are using to help new and younger members track what they've done and earn achievement for it is the Spark Chart the Club House Leads have been working with their House members over the year.

These two pieces of documentation go together with the member's "My 4-H Story" to create their 4-H year's Record Book. The annual Record Book forms are kept and added to each year to show the growth and achievements of the members. As members age, the thrust of the forms they are to complete change from trying new things for newer and younger members to setting goals for themselves on what they would like to accomplish to getting out and making a difference in their communities.

But, for now, for our newer and younger members we are attempting to have them just accomplish small steps. Putting together the basics of a simple Record Book in the easiest, most painless, process possible. At our May Club meeting we will be giving back the Project reports and Spark Charts kids have been working on over the year in their Projects and Club Houses in a 4-H folder along with a form that they can fill out that mirrors what is usually written in a "My 4-H Story". Completing this form and adding it to their Spark Chart and Project reports and turning this in at the June Club Party will get them off to a good start, getting them acknowledgement for what they've done and the possibility for those that want to go a step beyond to clean it all up to make it look nice and compete at the County 4-H Record Book Competition.

More information about the steps in this process will be out in May.

Oak Town 4-H: Fair Submissions

The Alameda County Fair is just around the corner. Our Club Members are encouraged to submit Still Exhibit items to the Alameda County Fair. How can our Oak Town 4-H members do this? Below are three sample routes for Youth Still Exhibit Alameda County Fair entries.

At our April OT4H Club Meeting we are having a Craft Fair. Members are given the opportunity to create a few crafts that can be entered in the fair.
IF they fill out a short form (Name, craft item, craft title) their entries can be submitted by the Club.
Members would need to take their craft home and keep it safe until fair entries are due to be delivered and then
Entries will have the family email contact on file with the club as the “Contact Number” so you WILL get a notice letting you know the item was entered
Our club member families will make every effort to set up “car pools” for the items to be delivered to the fair at the correct date/time
Some Projects may be working on fair entries as part of their project work. Some of these items created MAY be able to be entered in the Fair by the Project Leader. Please check with your Project Leader to see if they are planning to enter any items made as part of their Project work
Additional items can be entered directly by the member family. These Still Exhibits can be related to something they learned in their 4-H Project or can be something entirely different. For a list and information on what can be entered as Youth Still Exhibits, be sure to read through the Alameda County FAIR YOUTH STILL EXHIBITS GUIDE.
The link for entries in on page one of this guide
The dates entries are due and the delivery dates are on page 2
All youth photography entries must be accompanied by an uploaded image of the photograph
Entry fees are made at the time of the online entry
These additional entries can be included in our group “carpools” of entry items as space and local family drop-off sites can be arranged
Baked Goods, Decorated Foods, Preserved Foods and Table Setting have entirely different entry and delivery schedules. Please check the above-linked guide for info on these
There is also a Youth Gardening Entry Guide as produce, mini gardens, flower arrangements and such can also be entered by youth.

Please NOTE: We WILL need 2-4 families willing to accept club members fair Still Exhibit entries right before deliveries are due and ferry them out to the Alameda County Fairgrounds either Friday, May 24, 12-8pm OR Saturday, May 25, 8am-4pm.

Get ready for Santa Clara 4-H Camp!
Santa Clara County 4-H camp is June 23-27th. Jackson and I are both camp staff there this year and we hope to see more kids from Oak Town and Alameda county. There are fun activities like shooting sports, archery, various arts and crafts, and you also improve your computer science skills.
-Leo, Camp Staff

Register here for Camp! https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42077

-Jackson, Camp Youth Director

2024 Cake Booth is 6/29/24! Mark your calendars!
Oak Town has selected Saturday, 6/29/24 to be our Cake Booth day at the Alameda County Fair. Cake Booth is the one Countywide 4-H fundraiser we have each year. Each club selects and staffs an entire day and the kids really love to sell cake slices. Look for a Signup Genius coming soon with 3 hour shifts. It's fun for the whole family. I've done this many times with my kids and the time flies by. The kids learn communication with each other and with the public, how to run the cash register, how to cut cakes, food safety/food prep. The adults have fun frosting and cutting cakes, and cleaning the knives and cake scorers. Please mark your calendars and sign up for shift! Oh, I forgot the best part, all the volunteers get free fair admission and a free parking pass for that day so you can attend the fair for free before or after your shift! WIN-WIN!

Oak Town 4-H Youth Fair Entries

4/6/2024

The Alameda County Fair is just around the corner. Our Club Members are encouraged to submit Still Exhibit items to the Alameda County Fair. How can our Oak Town 4-H members do this? Below are three sample routes for Youth Still Exhibit Alameda County Fair entries.

At our April OT4H Club Meeting we are having a Craft Fair. Members are given the opportunity to create a few crafts that can be entered in the fair.
- IF they fill out a short form (Name, craft item, craft title) their entries can be submitted by the Club.
- Members would need to take their craft home and keep it safe until fair entries are due to be delivered and then
- Entries will have the family email contact on file with the club as the “Contact Number” so you WILL get a notice letting you know the item was entered
- Our club member families will make every effort to set up “car pools” for the items to be delivered to the fair at the correct date/time
Some Projects may be working on fair entries as part of their project work. Some of these items created MAY be able to be entered in the Fair by the Project Leader. Please check with your Project Leader to see if they are planning to enter any items made as part of their Project work
Additional items can be entered directly by the member family. These Still Exhibits can be related to something they learned in their 4-H Project or can be something entirely different. For a list and information on what can be entered as Youth Still Exhibits, be sure to read through the Alameda County FAIR YOUTH STILL EXHIBITS GUIDE.
- The link for entries in on page one of this guide
- The dates entries are due and the delivery dates are on page 2
- All youth photography entries must be accompanied by an uploaded image of the photograph
- Entry fees are made at the time of the online entry
- These additional entries can be included in our group “carpools” of entry items as space and local family drop-off sites can be arranged
Baked Goods, Decorated Foods, Preserved Foods and Table Setting have entirely different entry and delivery schedules. Please check the above-linked guide for info on these
There is also a Youth Gardening Entry Guide as produce, mini gardens, flower arrangements and such can also be entered by youth.

Oak Town 4-H February 2024 Club Meeting

2/8/2024

February OT4H Club Meeting

Monday, February 12 at 6:15 pm
Dimond Recreation Center
Valentine (Toiletry) Gift Bags for Operation Dignity (Link for needed supplies)
Club House Brainstorming for International 4-H Field Day
Snacks
Door Prizes
February Birthdays
Bring
- water bottle
- a non-registered friend
- Little Free Library book donation
- Toiletry supply donations
- Ideas for our Japan table at International 4-H Field Day for representative food, games/activities, Fun Facts, Cultural Highlights and easy Performances
Remember to
- Sign in when you arrive and pick up your name badge and door prize tickets
- Return your name badge when you leave

Oak Town 4-H: January 2024!

1/6/2024

January 2024 Oak Town 4-H Club meeting
Where: Dimond Recreation Center, 3860 Hanly Rd, Oakland, CA
When: January 8, 2024, 6:15 pm

Club House Meetings
Games
Intro to Public Speaking and Record Keeping
Refreshments
Parents Meeting
December/January Birthday Celebration
Door Prizes

Oak Town 4-H Parent Meeting
At the same time as the youth members' Club House Meeting we will hold a parent meeting, likely in the kitchen at Dimond Rec, to answer any questions and talk a bit more about our efforts to promote public speaking, record keeping and community service. If you have questions and/or what to learn more about making the 4-H program work best for you and your youth pear plan to attend.

Club House Competition Credits
Our Oak Town 4-H Club Houses first met at our November Club Meeting. These sub-groups, Head, Heart, Hands and Health, meet monthly at club meetings and accumulate points for their member teams by participating and just showing up. In January points will be awarded to Club Houses for members that

show up for the meeting
bring their water bottle
completed the November Healthy Living Challenge (read for 30 minutes twice a week)
participate in the Club House activities
Give a Project or Spark Report at the general Club Meeting
Bring a book for the Little Free Library

Members of the Club House with the most accumulated points in June will all get prizes that are likely to include individual Ice Creamery gift cards. So....pay attention to monthly credits, show up and participate!

New Projects Commencing Shortly
While some Projects have ended or are winding down, Mini-Gardens and Photography will begin in January. If you haven't already signed up for either of these Projects but want to participate, please contact Barbara at [email protected]

Food-Packing/Toy Sorting CLUB-WIDE Community Service

12/12/2023

Join other Oak Town 4-H Families helping out in our community. Davis Street Community Center is inviting us again to help with Toy Sorting and Food Bag Packing for the holidays.

●     WHEN: Saturday, December 16th, 9-11 am
● WHERE: Davis Street Community Center, 3081 Teagarden Street, San Leandro
●     WHAT:
o Sort toys into individual bags for kids by age AND/OR
o   Pack food items from a list for individual families
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY:
●     Sign up for one or more sessions to help out
●     A parental unit or custodial adult must be present to sign in with Davis Street

December 2023 Oak Town 4-H Club Holiday Party

12/10/2023

Where: Dimond Recreation Center, 3860 Hanly Rd, Oakland, CA
When: December 11th, 6:00-8:30pm

Pot Luck Dinner - Sign up to bring a dish
Silent Auction Desserts - Bring a dessert for fundraising!
Community Service Drives and Hands-On Activities
Adopt a Family - Sign up here
Holiday Compassion Stockings - sign up here
Holiday Cards
Contests with PRIZES
Ugly Sweater Contest
Holiday Hat Contest
Guessing Jars
Games
Door Prizes

Holiday Party General Schedule
Event Schedule

5:30 Set up
Check-In 6pm
Guessing Jars Open: 6:00 pm
Community Service (Adopt-a-Family Wrapping and Compassion Stocking Stuffing): open 6:15
Meal time: 6:30
Bingo open 6:30
Dessert Silent Auction Bids Pulled 6:45
Hat/Sweater Contests: 7:30
Door Prizes: 8:00, bingo winners
(Announce group toy/food packing at Davis Street FRC Saturday 12/16 9am)
Check-Out
Clean Up and out by 8:30

Dessert Auction at our December Club Meeting - Volunteer Opportunity!
Who loves the Great British Baking show? Would you like an opportunity to make your own Signature Dessert? At our December meeting we are hoping to auction off some beautiful homemade desserts to raise some money for our club! If you'd like to participate, please look out for the Sign Up Genius for our club meeting and sign up for the "Auction Desserts". Bring your beautiful creation to our club meeting along with a label that lists any pertinent allergen information (nuts, eggs, etc).
Thank you for your contributions!
-Melina Moser

Oak Town 4-H November Community Club Meeting

11/8/2023

Monday, November 13, 2023 6:15 pm
Dimond Recreation Center large meeting room
NEW MEMBER WELCOME!!!!
Celebratory Refreshments!
Club House Get-To-Know-You Meetings
OT4H 2022-2023 Club Awards
Project Reports
Door Prizes
To Bring
Water Bottle
Children's Book for donation to Little Free Library
Extra Credit: a FRIEND not currently enrolled in Oak Town 4-H

Fall Hiking!

11/5/2023

Hello Oaktown 4-Hers, we will be kicking off Fall Hiking this year with 3 different trails. I will be the junior leader and our 2 co-leaders are Allie and Erich. Just like last year, the hikes will be informative, have nice views, and a breath of fresh air.
Hike 1 - Saturday, November 11 - Cameron Loop Trail at Chabot
Regional Park (10:00 AM start)
The first hike is at Lake Chabot Regional Park on the Cameron Loop Trail. That will be next Saturday on November 11th. It has abundant views of the lake for taking great pictures and experiencing unique biomes.
Map Link Here
Hike 2 - Saturday, December 2 -
Wildcat Gorge, Meadows Bay and Canyon and Curran Trail at Tilden Regional Park (10:00 AM start)
Our second hike will be at Tilden Regional Park at the Wildcat Gorge, Meadows Bay and Canyon and Curran Trail. Tilden is known for having some of the most beautiful birds in the East Bay!
Map Link Here
Hike 3 - TBD, January 2024 - Alhambra
Creek Trail at Briones Regional
Park in Contra Costa County (10:00 AM start)
Our final hike will then be at Briones Regional Park on the Alhambra Creek Trail. It has incredible grasslands and untouched oak lands.
Map Link Here

RSVP and Questions?
If you have any questions then please email [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].

Oak Town 4-H OCTOBER Club Meeting

10/10/2023

October Oak Town 4-H Meeting Info

Monday, October 16th, 6pm Starting in Upper Parking Lot
Dimond Recreation Center
Bring your water bottle
Dress in Costume!
Bring a Friend!
Bring a children's book for the Oak Town 4-H sponsored Little Free Library

The Officer Team has many fun Halloween-related games, activities and contests planned for the October Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting. The agenda includes:

Trunk or Treat (Sign up to host your trunk with a simple game with simple prizes and set up at 5:45pm in the Upper Parking Lot)
Costume Parade down into the Recreation Center
Short pause in front of Dimond Recreation Center to dedicate our new Oak Town 4-H sponsored Little Free Library
Costume Contest (Scariest, Prettiest, Funniest and Best Homemade) with Prizes!
Business Meeting
Birthdays with Nyla!
Upcoming Events and Reports

Bring a Buddy to 4-H This Year!

9/11/2023

So we’d like to talk about bringing a buddy to 4-H. We are trying to let more kids know what 4-H is about this year. You can bring your friends, your buddies, your school mates, your cousins, your siblings, anyone in your family or outside your family.

Our goal is just have more people learn about and maybe join our 4-H Club. When you bring your buddy, you will show them what 4-H means to you and they can do the same activities as you, but you will guide them. You can bring them anytime to the monthly meeting.

Nyla , Recreation Leader

September Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting

9/5/2023

Join us for our FIRST Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting of the 2023-2024 4-H Program Year!

Monday, September 11, 2023, 6pm
Outdoors, Dimond Park, Dimond Picnic Grove (tables near middle “tot lot” playground
6:00 pm Start time
Dinner- Pizza, fruit and cookies: BYO Water Bottle
Projects- Meet Project leaders, hear a short description of the projects and visit project displays
Fair Exhibits- Returning members will share a 4-H generated item exhibited at our County Fair.
Club Yard Signs available for those wishing to promote our club
Games and activities for youth
Enrollment information for parents
Upcoming Events

Oak Town 4-H Open House/informational Picnic

8/13/2023

Learn about 4-H in your community. Meet our teen leaders and adult volunteers. Find out what project areas we will be offering this year.
Youth-led games and activities for current and potential youth members and more detailed information on the what's, why's. how's and where's of 4-H in general and Oak Town 4-H specifically.

Sunday, August 27th, 4-5:30 in the picnic area of Dimond Park near the tot-lot.
Light refreshments provided for all.
Activities for youth
Project and Enrollment information available
Youth and parental units are invited.
Meet and Greet our 2023-2024 Oak Town 4-H Officer Team and Adult Project Leaders

Our first Oak Town 4-h Community Club Meeting for the 2023-2024 4-H year will be September 11, 2023 in the same location.

More information on the 2023-2024 Oak Town 4-H Program Year coming soon.

Oak Town 4-H May Club Meeting

5/6/2023

MAY Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting

Monday, May 8, 2023 6:15 pm
Dimond Recreation Center
Officer Nominations and Election
Tie-Dying NEW Oak Town 4-H Club T-Shirts
Club House Meetings*
Snacks
Birthdays with Max
Door Prizes*

*Gain points for YOUR Club House by JUST showing UP! Also by bringing your water bottle, bringing a non-4-H member friend, tie-dying a NEW Club T-Shirt, completing the Healthy Living Challenge and giving a Project report! Some of these same things will get you extra Door Prize tickets as well!

Parents Corner
Parents are invited to join in a parent meeting while the members are meeting in their club houses at our May 4-H Club Meeting. How has the year been going for YOUR family? Are there things our club can do to improve your 4-H experience? Do you have enough information about the coming County Fair participation and alternate-county 4-H Camp invites? Come and share your thought so we can continue to strive "To Make the Best Better".

Oak Town 4-H Officer Nominations for 2023-2024 4-H Program Year

4/30/2023

Oak Town 4-H will be nominating and electing officers for the coming 2023-2024 4-H year. If you are interested in helping Oak Town 4-H Club out by being part of the club's leadership team, consider running for an office for the coming year.
Below are the expectations and job descriptions of our Officer Team:
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS OF ALL OFFICERS:

Attend all Oak Town 4-H Community Club Meetings or arrange with fellow officers for coverage when absences are necessary and notify club President and Adult Advisors
Attend an additional monthly Officers’ Meeting to plan and prepare for meetings, usually late Sunday afternoon 8 days preceding the club meetings
Actively participate in planning & running meetings. The ability to stay on-task is a big plus.
Practice good communication skills
Dependability is required
Involvement in club committees and community service is strongly encouraged
Officers are expected to adhere to the rules for all members, to perform the duties of the office and serve as role models for the Oak Town 4-H membership
Officers are expected to participate in Presentation Day and at least one other county event and one outside club event.
If you are not a member in good standing you may not run for an office.

PRESIDENT (13 and over)

Presides at all club meetings using parliamentary procedure to conduct business meetings.
Understands responsibilities of other club officers.
Holds monthly officer’s meetings collaborating to develop club meeting agenda with other officers & advisors.
Plans ways to get every member to participate in meetings and delegates responsibility.
Appoints committees as needed.
Maintains communication with Officer Team and Club as a whole
Calls the Vice-President(s) to lead the meeting if unable to attend.

VICE PRESIDENT (13 and over)

Leads meetings if the President is absent.
Serves as chairperson of the program planning committee.
Introduces educational program and guest speakers at club meetings.
Thank educational/guest speakers, presenters, member demonstrators, etc.
Assists committees as needed.
Possibly 2 positions. VP of Programs and VP of Membership

SECRETARY (11 and over)

Keeps an accurate written record of the business meetings.
Reads club’s minutes at each meeting.
Records club’s attendance at each meeting.
Writes thank you letters to speakers, sponsors, etc.
Writes all club correspondence as directed by the President, Executive Committee and/or organizational club advisor.
post Minutes on Club website.
Can be two positions. Recording and Corresponding Secretaries

TREASURER (12 and over)

Keeps an accurate account of all 4-H club’s money received and spent by the club.
Receives monthly bank statements and retains them for recording purposes
Gives a financial report at each 4-H club meeting.
Prepares and completes, with the assistance of the Treasurer’s Advisor, an annual financial report at the end of the year and arranges a Peer Review.
Prepares a 4-H club budget with Executive Committee, Finance/Fund Raising Committee and/or 4-H organizational club advisor and presents to the 4-H club membership for approval.
Balances the bank statement each month
Pays bills when approved by the club.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (11 and over)

Help get information about future and past club happenings to the membership
Help keep information flowing is whatever methods are in use and effective
Have a roll in posting to the club web site
Pursue additional methods if communication that might be useful in assisting in the dispersal of information to the membership
Works with Communication Advisor or Club leadership in posting club information
Can be two positions, one to focus on website, one to focus on news blasts

COMMUNITY SERVICE/CITIZENSHIP OFFICER (10 and over)

Plans a community service activity or drive for each Club Meeting
Gathers ideas for community service for the club to pursue
Coordinates community service or outreach events at Dimond Recreation Center or Off-Site with the assistance of the Community Service Advisor or Club leadership team and works with Communications Officer to calendar and promote them
Researches additional Citizenship programs that would benefit the club’s membership and consults with President/Vise-President about scheduling and promoting
Coordinates one Service-Learning activity each year.
Can be shared by two members

HISTORIAN (10 and over)

Takes photographs at all 4-H club meetings and activities.
Collects pictures, articles, etc. from other officers and club members to include in the 4-H club’s Facebook and website.
Puts together the 4-H club’s end-of-year historical record electronically or as a scrap book as decided by club officers.

SERGEANT AT ARMS (10 and over)

Makes sure that everyone is paying attention at the meetings
Confirms that the rest of the officers have what they need for the meetings
Assist with set-up and take-down of club meetings
Maintains order

HEALTHY LIVING OFFICER/RECREATION LEADER (9 and over)

Help members to set a goal every month - to meet the Health-H Challenge.
Provides a "Let's Move!" activity at every meeting.
Coordinate healthy snacks for each appropriate meeting
Fill out the Choose Health Report and give it to my 4-H leader at the end of the year.
Helps with community service activities at meetings.
Can be team of four members

HOSPITALITY OFFICER (9 and over)

Greets and welcomes people to Club meetings
Helps new members feel welcome
Assists members and families in finding provided flyers and information
Before meetings including community service drives, directs families to supplies deposit location
Assists with filling in for officers not present
Work with Healthy Living Officer to assign and notify members who will provide snack at Club meetings
9 and over
Can me two members sharing the duties

Oak Town 4-H April Club Meeting

4/3/2023

Monday, April 10 6:15 pm
Dimond Recreation Center
VOTE for your favorite OT4H T-Shirt design!
Craft Fair: 1 Community Service Craft and 3 County Fair Entry Crafts
- Decorated Egg for Operation Dignity's Spring Egg Hunt
- Painted Rocks
- Egg Carton Craft
- Pipe Cleaner Craft
Snacks!
Door Prizes!
April Birthday Celebration
Extra Door Prize Tickets for:
- bringing your water bottle
- wearing a 4-H Club T-Shirt
- bringing a friend NOT already enrolled in OT4H
Extra Points for YOUR Club House for
- Attendance
- Creating and donating decorated eggs for Operation Dignity's Spring Egg Hunt
- Giving a Project report to your Club House
- Completing the Healthy Living Challenge (30 minutes outdoor activity OR non-school reading daily)

PARENT CORNER!

Parent Help Needed!
Our April Club Meeting will involve creating quick and simple crafts for both Fair Entry and Community Service. Our teen leaders will be leading their Club House members in these activities as they rotate through them. However we need 2 adults at each of the tables to help with 2 things. First, all of the crafts for fair entry need to be photographed so they can be entered online. We need a parent at each table to take a photo of the completed craft both with the member's info card (for ID purposes) and alone for the actual entry. These images need to be able to be sent or shared with [email protected]. The second parent is needed to sort of reorganize the table supplies between the club house rotations and pick it up when the craft fair is over. The tables are scheduled to be active between about 6:20 and 7:10. If you are available and can help with this, please let us know and come a little before the meeting start time so we can go over the needs in more detail.

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