September 24th, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at the Farm Bureau in Livermore
638 Enos Way, Livermore, CA 94551
 
Camp Academy is a county wide project open to 4H members born 1996 – are eligible for staff to teach leadership skills and prepare members to be staff at 4H camp. Staff members will be selected from the members of the camp academy project based on merit. For this purpose we will look at the following:

• Number of successful years in the Camp academy Project
• Number of successful years as a staff member at camp
• Resume and Interview
• Standards met this year (see below)
• Age of member during the program year

To receive credit for completing the Camp academy Project, each member must complete and turn in an Annual Project Report Form to the project leader.

Saturday, September 20, 2014
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fruitvale Village [Fruitvale Ave. and East 12th St.]
Near Fruitvale BART, Oakland, CA 94601

Schedule of Events: http://cealameda.ucanr.edu/100years/

Join UC Cooperative Extension-Alameda County for our Centennial Celebration that honors urban food growers across Alameda for their hard work during the season and gives them the opportunity to show off their harvests!

Hello OakTown 4-H Members

I am so excited about our new club and want to say welcome! Thank you for making a commitment to our youth. I know you are busy people and perhaps a little shy about stepping up as leaders, however... We would like to offer a few more projects to club members this year. There are a several ways you can help, most are not time intensive.

Learn all aspects of breeding show pigs by hands on experience, “Learn by Doing”.  All members will learn how to evaluate breeding gilts and sows, select boars, breed, vaccinate, farrow sows, process litters, select show pigs and manage a small sow herd and show pigs.

For more information, please contact:
Brian Cook, (925) 303-7625, brianm_cook@yahoo.com
or Trevor Stoneham, (925) 784-2931  

New Alameda County 4-H project! The first meeting of the Rising Stars project will be on September 16th, 2014 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm in the Community Room at the Pleasanton Library. This project is for members from 11–14 years old or in the 6th–9th grade. It is a county-wide public outreach project in which members

Concept is to have the kids who sign up for the Equine Related Occupations project select the 'speakers' that I can 'corral' for them. Speakers list includes:

• The Equine Hospital at Golden Gate Fields - Albany
• Race Horse Trainer at Golden Gate Fields - Albany
• Veterinarian at Golden Gate Fields - Albany

October 4th and 5th, 2014 – Merced County

If you have an interest in sharing your archery skills with youth, how about becoming a 4-H Archery adult volunteer or teen leader. There will be a 4-H archery leader certification training offered in October 2014. The class will be held Saturday, October 4th, 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday, October 5th, 9 am - 12 noon, at the Safety First Shooting Association, River Oaks Range, 11584 Shaffer Rd, Winton, in Merced County.