"OakTown 4-H Welcome"

Interested in Oakland's City Stables?

3/16/2015

Child and horse spend a quiet moment.

My fingers remain crossed that OakTown 4-H will be a major participant in the City Stables master plan - equine - bees - garden - meetings - demonstrations. Please join OakTown's 4-H's own Equine Care Project, our neighbors and our community to make this dream a reality!

– Michelle Burrill

Check here for an update that aired this week:
http://wn.ktvu.com/story/28193022/inspired-resident-aims-to-reopen-oakland-stables.

Calling ALL Interested Parents and Leaders!

3/15/2015

Sunday, March 15 from 1:30pm–5:30pm

I will host a gathering of parents and leaders discussing topics such as Record Books, Fair Entry, Camp and more. While this is meant for interested parents, if older youth want to attend that is fine but the focus will be navigating the end of our first year successfully. We will be having a guest speaker to introduce you to the Online Record Book program and how to use it to document all the hours and activities spent on 4-H Projects, Club Meetings and activities and other 4-H Events.

Contact Barbara at oaktown4k@gmail.com if you have additional topics and concerns you would like addressed.

Oak Town 4-H March Club Meeting

3/9/2015

Meeting Theme: Wear Your Sports Jerseys or Sports Hats

The March Oak Town 4-H Meeting will be Monday, March 9 from 6:30PM–7:45PM at Dimond Recreation Center. Our Club Officer Team has put together another fun meeting for you with an exciting guest speaker.

Community Service: Spring Basket Supplies Drive benefitting Oakland's Operation Dignity

Please bring: large spring baskets, paper grass, small new toys, books, stuffed animals, candy, personal care items (children's toothbrushes, tooth paste, shampoo, combs, brushes)

Program: Native Bees! Guest Speaker is Sara Leon Guerrero from Urban Bee Lab, UC Berkeley
Primary Project: Constructing Bee Hotels
March Birthdays Celebration with Jacob and Chloe
Games with our Recreation Team
Snacks: WHO SIGNED UP????
Door Prizes (we will limit the number of tickets in circulation this month!)

Spring Baskets for Operation Dignity

3/2/2015

By Jessica B., Abbie 4-H

Operation Dignity is an organization based in Oakland that helps the families of homeless vets. They help vets with emergency and transitional housing and services to help them get back on their feet. Abbie 4-H has been helping this organization provide a happy spring for these children for several years. This year, OakTown 4-H will be helping to make baskets as part of our Community Service efforts.

Here’s how you can help:
Bring to the March Community Club meeting (Monday, March 9th at Dimond Park) items to help make Easter Baskets such as:

New Stuffed Animals
Small games or toys such as Rubix cubes, decks of cards, Slinkies, balls, color crayons and books etc.
Bags of candy or chocolate bunnies
Useful items for homeless children such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoos, hand sanitizers, hairbrushes etc.
Large bows, ribbon or cellophane for wrapping baskets
OR Donate money to help buy ready-made baskets

Our goal is to complete baskets, not just gather materials. The children range in age up to young teenagers, so we will need a range of age appropriate items. Please bring supplies to donate.

Alameda County 4-H Camp Info

3/1/2015

OakTown Families,

Camp reg. Will open for chaperones and staff on March 1, campers will begin registration on March 15. Check out lpcamp.com then click the Alameda tab/link. All camp info and registration info is there.

Alameda County Annual Skit Night

3/1/2015

I am pleased to announce that Alameda County 4-H Skit Night will be held on February 27th, 2015 at 6:30 pm at Canyon Middle School.
19600 Cull Canyon Road, Castro Valley, CA 94552

Even if you are not participating in a skit, Skit Night is still a great experience for 4Hers young and old. Come one, come all for a night back to the future.

We will be extending the deadline and accepting short skit registrations from now up until two nights before or the 25th.
Link here http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=12330

There will be prizes for winning skits.

Thanks,
Angela Richards

Register for Alameda County Summer Camp on March 15th!

3/1/2015

Registration opens on March 15. Please go to lasposadas4hcamp.org

If your child wants to attend 4-H camp this year -- Register today! 4-H Camp is open for youth 9 and up and they just need to be 9 at the time of camp.

Camp registration fills quickly. Please speak to Emily or Michelle if your child needs financial assistance to attend camp. We want every OakTown member to attend camp if they want to attend.

Thanks, Barbara

Interested in Oakland's City Stables?

Calling ALL Interested Parents and Leaders!

Oak Town 4-H March Club Meeting

Spring Baskets for Operation Dignity

Alameda County 4-H Camp Info

Alameda County Annual Skit Night

Register for Alameda County Summer Camp on March 15th!

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