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Launch Ahead to 4-H Rewards

Launch Ahead to 4-H Rewards. What ARE the Rewards?. Trips. Conferences. Scholarships. Find the Best Schedule for You. TRY: Monthly schedule best Quarterly schedule workable. To Avoid: - Stress to meet deadlines - Forgetting important details - Extreme dislike of the process!.

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Launch Ahead to 4-H Rewards

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  1. Launch Ahead to 4-H Rewards

  2. What ARE the Rewards? Trips Conferences Scholarships

  3. Find the Best Schedule for You TRY: • Monthly schedule best • Quarterly schedule workable • To Avoid: • - Stress to meet deadlines • - Forgetting important details • - Extreme dislike of the process!

  4. Applying for “Rewards” • Illinois 4-H Award Application • 4-H LCP Award Application (17 yrs by December 1st) • Legacy of Leadership Scholarship Application (high school seniors) • All are available at local Extension offices AND on the 4-H website: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/state4h/

  5. Illinois 4-H Award Application • For National 4-H Congress & National 4-H Dairy Conference • Covers ALL years of 4-H participation • Submitted in specific program area • Complete ONE Summary of Accomplishments • Submit a different 4-H Story for each area

  6. Achievement Animal Science Community Involvement & Global Awareness Dairy Conference Environment & Natural Resources Food, Nutrition & Health Home & Family Engineering & Technology Personal Development Plants & Soils State 4-H Award Areas Awards areas are tied to 4-H Curriculum areas and involve multiple projects. The complete list can be found on the back page of the award application.

  7. Trips Awarded • Achievement – 10 • Animal Sci. – 4 • Community Inv. – 1 • Eng/Tech – 3 • Environment/Nat Resources – 1 • Foods – 4 • Home & Family – 2 • Personal Dev. – 4 • Plants & Soils – 1 • Dairy Conf. – 2 National Congress – Atlanta, GA – Thanksgiving Weekend National Dairy Conference – Madison, WI – Late Sept/Early Oct

  8. Summary of Accomplishments • 4-H/Extension Accomplishments • Program award area (30 pts) • Other 4-H/Extension involvement (20 pts) • Community, School, & OtherAccomplishments (25 pts) • 4-H Story (25 pts)

  9. Criteria for 4-H Award Application • 4-H/Extension Accomplishments (30 pts) • Size/Growth of Project – 7 pts • Knowledge & Skills Gained – 7 pts • Participation in Activities – 7 pts • Leadership Exhibited – 7 pts • Community Service – 2 pts • Illustrate what you have learned and done; NOT what you have won

  10. Criteria -- continued • Community, School, Other Accomplishments (25 pts) • Participation in Activities – 9 pts • Leadership Exhibited – 10 pts • Community Service & Citizenship – 6 pts • 4-H Story (25 pts) - Knowledge Gained (4) & Use of Knowledge (6) - Impact of 4-H on Family (6) & Future Plans (2) • - Ability to Communicate (4) & Organization, Neatness (3)

  11. Size and Growth • Size is anything that can be expressed in quantity: • Took 360 photos in 2011 • Earned $300 babysitting in 2010 • Growth shows a progression from the first year to the present • - Took 100 pictures in 2010; 250 in 2011 • Progression from simple to more complex (made after school snacks and now make entire meal for family) • Advancement through different project levels (Sewing I to Sewing III)

  12. Knowledge & Skills • Show a progression of skills from simple to complex • Learned to use a hand saw and hammer; select the correct type of nails; use a power saw; use a miter box to cut angles; use a router; design a chest and figure the lumber needed • Don’t need to list everything, but need to show progression of skills

  13. Levels of Participation • (L) Local – club level • (C) County – county held events/workshops • (M) Multi-County – 4-H Camp • (R) Regional – Space Camp • (S) State – Illini Academy • (N) National – 4-H Congress • (I) International – foreign exchanges

  14. Demonstrating Leadership • Leadership means taking the lead by: • Giving direction • Planning • Organizing • Mentoring younger 4-H member • Use active verbs & include numbers • Include how many you taught, led, scheduled, etc. • Trained 4 members in tool safety • Taught 16 mini campers to make leaf prints • Organized club foods workshop for 12 members

  15. Leadership “words” Be sure to use a variety of words to show your leadership: • Organized (club food drive) • Taught (nature campers to make leaf prints) • Led (club recreation activity) • Supervised (Cloverbud campers) • Arranged (supplies for workshop) • Planned (community service activity for club) • Judged (beginning 4-H foods projects)

  16. Community Service • Acting with concern for others as an individual or part of a group • Helping and assisting counts here • Community service projects • Do not duplicate items listed under Leadership • ONLY 4-H/Extension-related items should be under this section; School & Community projects should be under their specific section

  17. 4-H Story – 25 pts • Be Creative, but Factual • Look at criteria& scoring for the story and use that information to form your outline • Include something in story for each item being scored • Include the impact 4-H has had: • - Successes and Failures – What knowledge did you gain & how did you use it? • - On you and your family • - On your career choice & future plans

  18. READ & FOLLOWthe Directions! • Paper, Font Size (12 pt.), Margins (one inch minimum) • ONE Summary of Accomplishments • Maximum of 4 pages for Summary • Maximum of 2 pages for each 4-H Story (use two pages . . . Double space between paragraphs, make heading larger so it IS two pages in length)

  19. Launch Ahead to 4-H Rewards Prepared by Illinois 4-H Recognition for Excellence Committee

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