4-H CLUB PLEDGE – I pledge:

My HEAD to clearer thinking,

My HEART to greater loyalty,

My HANDS to larger service, and

My HEALTH to better living

For my club, my community, my country, and my world.

4-H COLORS – Green & White

4-H CLUB MOTTO – To Make The Best Better

4-H CLUB EMBLEM – Four-leaf clover with “H” on each leaf

PORTFOLIO RECOMMENDATIONS-

-You may print by hand or type on the computer!

-Save each section to your computer before you input information.

-Use a 3-ring binder for your book.

-NEW pages each year for the cover page and sections 1, 6, and 7.

-Add information to the cumulative sections of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8.

-Keep all previous year's records in your record book when you turn it in; place the current year's records in front of the previous years'.

A separate form is to be completed for each project each year in which the member has enrolled. A Project Record is a record of what you did in each individual project. You will record goals and project plan, then throughout the year, complete the summary with your financials, knowledge and skills, and a summary of your exhibits and placings. Place the current year's project records in front of the previous years'. This will make your Section 1 appear in reverse-chronological order.

The judges really like when the knowledge and skills sections are matched to the goals for that project and the ideas were explained clearly

If you indicated that you met a goal last year, do not re-use that goal, create a new one. The judges look for growth and more challenging goals as you get older and have more experience

GOALS FOR THIS YEAR Describe your goals in this project for this year. What new things do you want to learn this year? What things would you like to do with your project? What skills do you want to improve this year? Goals need to be SMART: Specific-how much, how often, how many, what is it exactly you want to learn Measurable- a quantitative amount (how often, what score do you want to achieve) Achievable-something you control (not the judge, the animal or someone else) Realistic-something you can achieve Time Bound-by when do you want to meet the goal Goals should be about something you want to learn or a skill you want to accomplish:

I want to learn how to... I want to learn what to do with... I want to be able to keep track of... I want to explore how different feeds affect my animals' weight gain.

PROJECT PLAN Use this section to briefly describe how you plan to accomplish your goals within your project. Information might include the people you know in the area who might be able to help, what supplies you have on hand that you do not need to purchase and what those are worth. Tell the judges information you think they will need to know to understand other parts of your project record. Materials & Equipment on hand- this is to show that everything has a cost. Say you plan to make chocolate chip cookies. While your family may have all the supplies at home, they still cost.

NOTE: A project is an area of

study (for example Fabric &

Fashion is a project), the individual

activities that fall under that

project may include a purse, a

skirt, a jacket, etc. In Shooting

Sports, you need a separate Section

1 for each style of shooting sport

(archery, muzzleloading, pistol,

rifle, shotgun).

PROJECT SUMMARY Use this section to briefly describe your project. Include information you think helps to explain what you did in your project this year. Here is your chance to describe what your project entailed. Be sure to include information like:

People who helped you whether that is leaders or family Where you found information in person, book, online What all activities you participated in (including

Livestock Judging, times you went out taking pictures and reflecting on the work, etc)

Tours, workshops, clinics, jackpots you attended How many practice attempts you made on your project All the materials your project included

PURCHASE AND EXPENSE/INCOME When completing a project record, use this section to record the financial information about your project. Seniors start to look at additional numbers - i.e. dollars invested, profits, losses, or savings, time prepared, etc.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN? Address how your goals were met or why they weren't met, but what you learned instead. This is the area that ties together your Project Record. We may not be able to tell if you wrote appropriate goals, but we can judge what you learned or how you addressed your goals. Briefly describe your project and explain the actual skills you gained while completing it.

Learned how to compare sugar levels in cereals. Learned how to control my breathing to be obtain a tighter shot pattern. Learned the genus and species of two new orders of insects. Learned how to safely apply insecticides to plants. Learned how to use acrylic paints on ceramics.

What about the future? How will you use what you’ve learned in the future? Maybe you decided to learn livestock judging to help you pick a higher quality animal for the following year. You could have completed a sewing technique book so you have example for future sewing projects. When looking back at the goals you set at the beginning of your project, how did you go about accomplishing them? Did you create additional goals along the way? These questions will help you to reflect on your year with the projects you worked on.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY List the projects that you enrolled in and exhibited somewhere at the county, state, or national level. Include a list of all the placings you earned with your exhibits in this project, or provide an explanation of no placings were awarded. You do no list trophies, plaques, medals, or other awards in this section.

Year Month What did you share/show? Where? Placing?

(if applicable)

2017 Aug Shooting Sports- .22 Pistol Fun Shoot

2017 Aug Market Beef County Fair 3rd

2017 May Garden- Carrots and Tomatoes Club Tour

NOTE: You may find it helpful to keep a calendar to count money

spent (feed, fees, equipment, animals, etc.), time (when started, meetings and classes attended, end date, etc.), animal illnesses, when learning skills beyond the project, deadlines, etc. These will be useful when completing this section and

for your personal records.

This is an accumulation of your 4-H years. Add the current year to the previous items listed. This section is for any other awards or recognitions you receive other than ribbons. These can come from club meetings, fairs, achievement night, etc. An award is something won in a competition or contest. A recognition is earned through your actions. Briefly describe the project or activity for which you received the Award or Honor.

Wyoming 4-H Annual Achievement When Record Books are turned in every year, they are judged. These scores can accumulate to where members can reach the Wyoming Honor’s Club. Points are given for each year (Green=0, Silver=1, Gold=3). Inclusion in the Wyoming 4-H Honor’s Club requires 19 points.

Year Select what you received:

2013 Green

2014 Silver

2015 Silver

2016 Gold

Award and Recognition

Write down what you received as the award or recognition. Here are some suggestions for items that you will want to list in your awards and recognitions section of your record book:

Rosettes including Grand and Reserve Champion Awards Belt Buckles Any money awards Medals, pins, plaques, etc. Jackets, hats, t-shirts (that you did no pay for) Trips (that you do not pay for) for example: the Raton shooting sports trip, State Fair trips, Denver

Roundup, etc. Scholarships

Year Month Description of the Award or Recognition

2014 Sept Most Improved Beginner Sewer in Wrangler 4-H Club

2015 June 3rd Place Medal Junior .22 Air Pistol at County Shoot.

2016 Aug Champion Intermediate Dog Showmanship

2017 June “Mother Hen” Award at 4-H Camp.

2017 Aug Denver Roundup winner in Fashion Revue

NOTE: Do not list ribbons or fair exhibit

placings here. List those in Section 1.

This is an accumulation of your 4-H years. Add the current year to the previous items listed. This section is for leadership actions performed throughout the 4-H year. Leadership actions are things you did that demonstrated how you took initiative and guided or led others. This section is not limited to elected offices held. Briefly describe your leadership experiences. Things such as offices in clubs, committees, marketing and promoting, or things asked by others to lead in. Be very specific - how you did the action and how applies to leadership. For example, instead of just listing "Fair Basket," you should put "A-Served as member on your club's Fair basket committee."

Types of Leadership V= You Volunteered A= You were Appointed E=You were Elected Volunteer Leadership- list experiences in which you have participated, such as performing at 4-H activities, camps, achievement programs, workshops, judging events, directing community tours, field trips, fairs, and other. Appointed Leadership- identify and describe the various committees on which you have served. Elected Leadership- list 4-H offices you have held.

Year Month Description of Leadership Responsibilities

Include the offices held, activity in which you were involved, or committee to which you were assigned.

2014 Dec, Mar, Sept

V- Lead the 4-H pledge at the Camo Clover 4-H Club meetings.

2015 Oct V- Created and voiced radio ads for 4-H Week with club members

2016 Oct A- Sang National Anthem for Achievement Night

2017 June E- Voted in as the 4-H Camp Co-Chair for the following year

This is an accumulation of your 4-H years. Add the current year to the previous items listed. List 4-H related community service experiences. Include dollars raised, how much time, how often you did activity, etc. Record what you did that contributed to the welfare of your club or group members, other individuals or community citizens without reimbursement or trade. List numbers of participants, recipients, items prepared, etc. Examples may include:

Adopt a family at the holidays Volunteering at the soup kitchen Cleaning up a section of road with the Coal Country Trash-A-Thon Contributing to hurricane relief efforts Donating to the animal shelter, etc

Year Month Description of Community Service

Include what you did as a 4-H member, with whom, etc.

2015 Oct Bake and Take Week, delivered cookies to seven widows with my club.

2016 April Food for the Homeless Shelter, designed and distributed 30 ads/fliers for placement on the bulletin boards in local businesses.

2016 Nov, Dec

Helped with County Wide Koats-for-Kids drive during November and December.

2017 Jan Helped our Junior Leader Club paint the fence at the Senior Citizens Center for 10 hours over the space of 2 weeks.

This is an accumulation of your 4-H years. Add the current year to the previous items listed. This section is where you should list experiences at the club, county, state, or national levels. Include each projects' meeting attendance in the spaces provided. Examples:

Making a poster for carnival or 4-H week is a county opportunity (not leadership)

Decorating for carnival is a county opportunity, not leadership, however, being a member on the carnival decorating committee or being a chair of that committee would be leadership.

Attending a presentation is participation, record if it was a county opportunity, state, club or other.

Club Opportunities:

Year Month Describe the Club Activity or Event

2015-2016

Oct- Sept

7 Club Meetings- November, January, February, March, May, June, & September

2016 July Club Tours

2016-2017

Oct- Sept

10 Club Meetings- October, November, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, & September

2017 March Club Leathercraft Class

County Opportunities:

Year Month County Activity or Event

2016 Jan Chili Bingo

2016 July Campbell County Fair

2016 Oct Achievement Night

2017 Mar Project Week Classes: Entomology & Photography

2017 May Trash Pickup

2017 July Campbell County Fair

State and National Opportunities:

Activity or Event (Check each box for which you participated)

‘ 1 4

‘ 1 5

‘ 1 6

‘ 1 7

Showcase Showdown X X X

State Shooting Sports Match X X

Wyoming State Fair X X

Levels Club- activity sponsored by one or more clubs.

County- activity sponsored by your county. State- activity sponsored at the state level.

National- activity sponsored by National 4-H.

A separate story is to be completed for each year in which the member has enrolled. My Story is where members get to tell their 4-H Story from their involvement in the program. It should be of some length, not one or two lines. Emphasize your personal growth and development experienced through 4-H.

What did you do in 4-H that you enjoyed the most? What did you think was the most successful part of your 4-H year? What did you learn in 4-H this year? Tell about any problems you might have had this year in 4-H. What will you apply to your life? How was your year important to you?

Highlight all 4-H projects and activities – including major learning experiences, special interests, and unusual situations. Explain how 4-H helped you become a better leader and citizen. Describe how 4-H has increased your interest and participation in community affairs, and what you have learned from team efforts. Describe how 4-H participation has helped you to feel good about yourself, influenced your school and career goals, and impacted your use of leisure time. Tell about your future plans and the career you want to pursue. You may want to elaborate on your leadership and community service experiences

A separate section 7 is to be completed for each year in which the member has enrolled. Pictures & Clippings This section is for photographs and clippings that document your 4-H year. Include or mention your projects, volunteering, any events you attended. You may have up to two pages of 4-H photographs and clippings. Collect photographs that are representative of your total 4-H involvement.

Use pictures that are applicable to your 4-H year Try to select photographs that will show your personal

growth experiences in the project areas. Each photo should be captioned with an interesting

description or explanation. Use captions - label all pictures with names and dates Each caption should be on the same page as the photograph it describes. Photographs may be cropped, but should not overlap one another on the page. Use action shots, not just from County and State Fair. Put the current year's photos at the front of section 7

NOTE: Don’t include ribbons, certificates, or other items.

This is not a scrapbook!

This is an accumulation of your year. Add the current year to the previous items listed. The other participation section is judged at a small amount. We want to see how active you are elsewhere in our community. Examples of participation may include: FFA, German Club, Church choir or youth group, athletic teams, dance, rotary club, etc. Include leadership, community service, and awards received within the organization.

Organization Leadership Community Service Awards

Boy Scouts Taught others in our group to build box cars for the races.

Raised funds to support fire victims in Montana.

High School Choir Sang at 3 swim races. Top Freshman Singer

Youth Group Went to Mexico for a week to help build homes for orphans.