May Oak Town 4-H Club Meeting
LAST OT4H Healthy Living Challenge for the 24-25 Year
Our May Healthy Living Challenge was to do 5 push ups every day. Did you do this? If so, please remember to tell your Club House Leader so your Club House gets points for this!
Club House Competitions: Last Call for Club House Points!
The May OT4H Club Meeting will be the final meeting where Club House points are collected. Things YOU can do at this meeting to score points for your Club House are
Club Meeting Refreshments
Our Club Meetings include a time for shared snacks. We have a Signup Genius for help with providing these snacks at Club Meetings. At this time we are really short on snacks for May. Please visit the signup genius page to see what you might be able to contribute to our youth members meeting snacks.
Oak Town Club June Picnic and Planning Committee
Our OT4H end-of-year party will be in June. The Officers who met May 4th picked June 8th afternoon as the date of the party. However, several families have voiced their concern with the date as OUSD gets out the end of May and several families have already planned their vacations for that week. So.....we are conducting a poll to see which date is preferable to most families. Please fill out this google form ASAP. Entries by Sunday, May 11th will be considered and the final date choice will be announced at the Monday Club Meeting, May 12th.
Additionally there will be a planning committee for the party that will meet on Zoom May 18th to decide the activities, food and general agenda for the party. All members and parents who wish to have input are encourage to attend.
Oak Town 4-H Community Service Recognition
As the year ends we have so much to celebrate! We are going to appreciate the people that have come to the most community service events. We want to recognize the families who have made the time and taken the drives to come out and help us with taking care of our community. Kids will be awarded their prizes during the summer party! If you can not make it to the party, do not worry! We can find a time to give your award to you.
-Rae
Oak Town 4-H Participation in Alameda County 4-H Fair Exhibits, Fund-Raising and Outreach
The Alameda County Fair opens June 13th and concludes July 6th. There are several ways to be involved in the County Fair. Although all participation in the County Fair as a 4-H member/family is encouraged, participation in the only County 4-H fund-raising at the fair is STRONGLY encouraged and expected.
The 4-H Cake Booth at the fair raises funds that support the entire county 4-H program. The County 4-H Program does not receive any funds from the State 4-H office but runs all of the county activities from field days and events, conference/camp scholarships, recognition and awards and more. Each 4-H Club in the County is expected to staff the 4-H Cake Booth at the Fair for one day. The date for Oak Town 4-H is June 21. We will have a signup genius for filling this date in 3 hour shifts from 11:30am-10:30 pm and need both youth members 7 and up and parents and leaders. Fair entry and parking passes are provided for all members and parents that sign up. If you are unable to work this date there will likely be additional hours available on different dates that Clubs have not signed up for.
Another opportunity to participate in the County Fair is by helping with outreach activities at the 4-H Feature Booth in the new Safeway Farm area of the fair near the livestock pavilion. Help will be needed on all Fridays through Sundays, likely in 2 hour shifts between 1-6pm. A sign up genius will be available for this as well.
Participating in the Fair by exhibiting items made in Club Projects is also encouraged and hopefully your Project Leaders have been working on this with you. Most still exhibits must be pre-registered by May 15th at 5pm and are physically due to the fairgrounds Friday or Saturday, May 23/24. Information on Youth Still exhibits is here and includes entry and delivery information along with judging standards and requirements.
Community Service Fair Poster-Making Experience
When making the poster for the Rabbit display, I learned that rabbits like certain toys when they are feeling certain emotions, like stress. They like to dig and when they are just normally playing around for fun, they like things to chew on. There are toys that rabbits have to think about in order to use them, for example, the toilet paper tube with popsicle sticks in it, they have to pull the popsicle sticks out to get the treat inside the toilet paper roll. I also realized that rabbits never stop growing their teeth and that rabbits eating carrots is a myth. They don’t actually eat carrots – it’s bad for them.
By Jon
Alameda County 4-H Camp is BACK!
Hey everyone! This year, Alameda County 4-H is bringing back our county’s 4-H Camp from August 2-6th, and we need your help. We are severely short staffed, and are looking for teen staff members. If you’re interested, please email Ashley Wheeler at [email protected] before our upcoming meeting on Sunday, May 11. We hope to see you there!
If you can't be camp staff, then please save the date to attend! We'll send out registration info as soon as we have it. Our theme is Critter Camp!
- Jackson and Leo
- Monday, May 12, 6:15pm, Dimond Recreation Center
- Book drive for Dimond recreation Center- bring lightly used children's books to donate
- Officer Elections for Oak Town 4-H 2025-2026 Program Year. Please review the OT4H Officer Job Descriptions
- Club House Meetings to include
- 10 minute park stroll placing OT4H branded painted rocks and trash pick-up
- Club House Competition for most-trash-picked-up
- Write a "Stump Speech"
- Summer updates
- End-of-Year Party
- Fair Exhibits, Cake Booth and outreach
- Alameda County 4-H Summer Camp
- To Bring:
- Water Bottle
- Lightly used children's books to donate
- A Friend who isn't already a member
- Ideas of what Club Office YOU want to run for!
LAST OT4H Healthy Living Challenge for the 24-25 Year
Our May Healthy Living Challenge was to do 5 push ups every day. Did you do this? If so, please remember to tell your Club House Leader so your Club House gets points for this!
Club House Competitions: Last Call for Club House Points!
The May OT4H Club Meeting will be the final meeting where Club House points are collected. Things YOU can do at this meeting to score points for your Club House are
- showing up!
- having done the May Healthy Living Challenge
- bringing a water bottle
- bringing a friend who ISN'T enrolled in Oak Town 4-H but who might want to be
- participating in the Club House placing of OT4H branded rocks in Dimond Park while collecting trash
- writing a Club Officer Stump Speech in your Club House. EXTRA points for giving your speech to the entire club
Club Meeting Refreshments
Our Club Meetings include a time for shared snacks. We have a Signup Genius for help with providing these snacks at Club Meetings. At this time we are really short on snacks for May. Please visit the signup genius page to see what you might be able to contribute to our youth members meeting snacks.
Oak Town Club June Picnic and Planning Committee
Our OT4H end-of-year party will be in June. The Officers who met May 4th picked June 8th afternoon as the date of the party. However, several families have voiced their concern with the date as OUSD gets out the end of May and several families have already planned their vacations for that week. So.....we are conducting a poll to see which date is preferable to most families. Please fill out this google form ASAP. Entries by Sunday, May 11th will be considered and the final date choice will be announced at the Monday Club Meeting, May 12th.
Additionally there will be a planning committee for the party that will meet on Zoom May 18th to decide the activities, food and general agenda for the party. All members and parents who wish to have input are encourage to attend.
Oak Town 4-H Community Service Recognition
As the year ends we have so much to celebrate! We are going to appreciate the people that have come to the most community service events. We want to recognize the families who have made the time and taken the drives to come out and help us with taking care of our community. Kids will be awarded their prizes during the summer party! If you can not make it to the party, do not worry! We can find a time to give your award to you.
-Rae
Oak Town 4-H Participation in Alameda County 4-H Fair Exhibits, Fund-Raising and Outreach
The Alameda County Fair opens June 13th and concludes July 6th. There are several ways to be involved in the County Fair. Although all participation in the County Fair as a 4-H member/family is encouraged, participation in the only County 4-H fund-raising at the fair is STRONGLY encouraged and expected.
The 4-H Cake Booth at the fair raises funds that support the entire county 4-H program. The County 4-H Program does not receive any funds from the State 4-H office but runs all of the county activities from field days and events, conference/camp scholarships, recognition and awards and more. Each 4-H Club in the County is expected to staff the 4-H Cake Booth at the Fair for one day. The date for Oak Town 4-H is June 21. We will have a signup genius for filling this date in 3 hour shifts from 11:30am-10:30 pm and need both youth members 7 and up and parents and leaders. Fair entry and parking passes are provided for all members and parents that sign up. If you are unable to work this date there will likely be additional hours available on different dates that Clubs have not signed up for.
Another opportunity to participate in the County Fair is by helping with outreach activities at the 4-H Feature Booth in the new Safeway Farm area of the fair near the livestock pavilion. Help will be needed on all Fridays through Sundays, likely in 2 hour shifts between 1-6pm. A sign up genius will be available for this as well.
Participating in the Fair by exhibiting items made in Club Projects is also encouraged and hopefully your Project Leaders have been working on this with you. Most still exhibits must be pre-registered by May 15th at 5pm and are physically due to the fairgrounds Friday or Saturday, May 23/24. Information on Youth Still exhibits is here and includes entry and delivery information along with judging standards and requirements.
Community Service Fair Poster-Making Experience
When making the poster for the Rabbit display, I learned that rabbits like certain toys when they are feeling certain emotions, like stress. They like to dig and when they are just normally playing around for fun, they like things to chew on. There are toys that rabbits have to think about in order to use them, for example, the toilet paper tube with popsicle sticks in it, they have to pull the popsicle sticks out to get the treat inside the toilet paper roll. I also realized that rabbits never stop growing their teeth and that rabbits eating carrots is a myth. They don’t actually eat carrots – it’s bad for them.
By Jon
Alameda County 4-H Camp is BACK!
Hey everyone! This year, Alameda County 4-H is bringing back our county’s 4-H Camp from August 2-6th, and we need your help. We are severely short staffed, and are looking for teen staff members. If you’re interested, please email Ashley Wheeler at [email protected] before our upcoming meeting on Sunday, May 11. We hope to see you there!
If you can't be camp staff, then please save the date to attend! We'll send out registration info as soon as we have it. Our theme is Critter Camp!
- Jackson and Leo
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