"OakTown 4-H Welcome"

Defining Camp Academy

9/24/2014

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.

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Centennial Celebration at Fruitvale BART

9/20/2014

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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!

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Clarification on Equine Project Location

9/20/2014

Project Leader: Michelle B., Jacobine H., Grady L.
Meeting Time: 4th Monday each month, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at Anthony Chabot Equestrian Center, 14600 Skyline, Oakland 94610
Ages: 5+ years old, (with parental supervision)

Please note the corrected location for the Equine Project (previously posted incorrectly as Oakland Stables). Each month, come hang out at the stables, listen to a brief talk, and ask questions. Learn about the many different careers that are available to horse-loving people!

Horse at Chabot Equestrian Center Stables.

Call for OakTown Project Leaders

9/19/2014

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.

Swine Breeding Project

9/18/2014

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, [email protected]
or Trevor Stoneham, (925) 784-2931

Pigs mucking about!

Show Rabbit Project

9/18/2014

This Project is held at Rabbit shows. Rabbit not required for participation.
This year in show Rabbit we will be learning about showing your rabbit, showmanship, Rabbit Bowl, rabbit dress up and Royalty.
New Educational activities planned for each meeting.
We are currently looking for a Teen Leader for this year.
If interested in being teen leader or joining this project, please call one of our leaders Linda Rouse or Roger Thornell for details at 510 538-1424.

Guide Dog Puppy Raising Project

9/18/2014

Tuesdays 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church, 2490 Grove Way, CA 94546
Room #14, Castro Valley

Project Leader: Lisa San Jose
[email protected]

Rising Stars Project Starts September 16th

9/16/2014

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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

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New OakTown 4-H Equine Careers Project

9/14/2014

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

Shooting Sports – Archery Workshop

9/14/2014

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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.

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Defining Camp Academy

Centennial Celebration at Fruitvale BART

Clarification on Equine Project Location

Call for OakTown Project Leaders

Swine Breeding Project

Show Rabbit Project

Guide Dog Puppy Raising Project

Rising Stars Project Starts September 16th

New OakTown 4-H Equine Careers Project

Shooting Sports – Archery Workshop

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