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.

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