Our October Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting on October 17th will begin with a Trunk-or-Treat in the upper parking lot at Dimond Recreation Center.
We are asking families to participate by decorating their trunk or hatchback in some Halloween/Fall/Dias De los Muertos manner, provide a very simple activity or game kids can do to win treats or small prizes. Member families are providing their vehicle, decked out with decorations, game/activity and individual wrapped candy or inexpensive prizes. Participate and be a part of the fun!
General Guidelines

• Set up for participating vehicles: 6pm
• Trunk-or-Treat open 6:15-6:50
• all candy/treats must be individually wrapped and handed out by one teen/adult per vehicle. 
• Trunk-or-Treat concludes at 6:50 with a costume parade down into Dimond Recreation Center for a Costume Contest
• Prizes will be awarded for the costumes that are the
  

1. ​​Funniest
2. Farm Themed
   
3. Best Group
   
4. Scariest
   
5. Most Artistic
   
6. Cutest
   
7. Best Homemade
   
8. Most Realistic
   

Date: 10/17/2022 (Mon.)

Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT

Location: Dimond Recreation Center Upper Parking Lot

​Hello All! So happy to see you in this new year, and can't wait to meet the newcomers! Some order of business for the upcoming Community service year is; A NEW PARK CLEAN UP TIME!! Now, instead of the Sunday before... It's only 45 minutes before the meeting starts! Now you can come a little early and help your club out. We would love to see you there! 

Hope you have had a great break! 
 - Mira. Community Service Officer

·   Where: Dimond Park "Dimond Grove" picnic area, near "tot lot" 
·   When: Monday, September 12, 2022 6:00-7:30 pm
Dimond Picnic Grove*
    What: 
General Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting for YOUTH
Meeting organized and led by Youth Officers
Games & Activities
Dinner (sandwich OR dinner salad, fruit, chips and cookie) will be provided. PLEASE bring your water bottle
Business Meeting led my youth Club Officers
Meet Project Leaders and learn about the Projects they are offering, what it involves and if any dates for meetings have been set up
Parent Q&A opportunity
*Slight time adjustment in September to allow for outdoor meeting


OCTOBER MEETING:      
o   Monday, October 17, 2022, 6:15-7:45 PM  Dimond Recreation Center
o   Continuing every 2nd Monday through May*

With the California State 4-H Office's restrictions on 4-H meetings being held indoors, Oak Town 4-H is planning a virtual meeting again this month. Unlike the rapid turnaround time for the change in format in January, the officer team is planning several hands-on, collaborative activities and "shared snacks". This will mean that members will all have meeting supply packets to pick up before the club meeting Monday, February 14th on Zoom. Packets will likely be available for pick up Sunday, 2/13/22 from 10-6pm and Monday, the 14th from 8-5pm. 

While you are picking up your meeting supply packet(s), take this opportunity to drop off any children's books that can be used to restock the Little free Library at Dimond Recreation Center. Be sure to indicate the family name of the donor so the member's 4-H Club House can be credit4ed!

More information on the meeting agenda, pick-up packets and links will be coming soon.

​WE ARE HOPEFUL WITH THE COMING CHANGE IN DAYLIGHT HOURS THAT WE CAN RETURN TO IN-PERSON, IF OUTDOOR, MEETINGS IN MARCH.

After discussion with the executive officer team and club leaders, we've decided to have the January club meeting be virtual due to the rise in Omicron variant transmission in the community right now. We are hoping this latest surge will be over for us to meet in person again in February.

Zoom meeting information has been added to the club calendar.

PLEASE NOTE: Parents, please also attend so club leaders can share Presentation Day information with you while the kids are learning about it in their club houses.

Thank you!

January 2022 Club Meeting
Monday, January 10, 2022, 6:15 pm on ZOOM
Meeting Agenda:
Virtual "Brown Bag Skits" with participation and Presentation credit for all members!
4-H Presentation Information
Upcoming Events

Due to the last-minute decision to pivot this meeting to a virtual platform, no meeting refreshments will be provided.

County Presentation Day - Sign up now!
The links for the Alameda County 4-H 2020 Presentation and Interview Event is now operational and open for youth and volunteer sign-up. The virtual event is on Saturday/Sunday the 12th and 13th of February.

We are using a similar format as the virtual event last year in that people will sign up for a specific 2 hour slot – there are a limited number of available spots in each slot and it will be closed once it is full. We encourage everyone that wants to participate to sign up for a slot in a timely manner. Our goal is to accommodate all youth that wish to participate but we will attempt to limit all 2 hour slots to 6 unique presentations. In the event that the current slots all fill up, we will evaluate adding slots to the event at that time.

As with all events, we need volunteers to help put on this event – evaluators for the presentation and interview sessions and room hosts that assist in the coordination of the presentation slots.

Youth Presentation Registration 2022
https://form.jotform.com/220027003679146

Youth Interview Registration 2022
https://form.jotform.com/220037027211135

Evaluator Registration 2022
https://form.jotform.com/220037481904148

Room Host Registration 2022
https://form.jotform.com/220036565068151
 
Links to the appropriate California 4-H handbook are available through the sign-up links.

We will be having training/Q&A sessions for the youth and volunteers on Sunday the 30th and the Zoom call information will be provided to those that have registered.

If anyone has any questions, please contact me at kevcornish@gmail.com.