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Dear 4-H Members, Parents, & Leaders, It is beginning to feel like fall outside and as such it is time to gear up for another exciting year in 4-H. We are hoping that this year will be both exciting and challenging for all of you and help you develop leadership skills. Speaking of challenging this year, we were selected to be part of a test group for a new online 4-H enrollment process. Unfortunately it is not ready to roll out right now, when all of you are anxious to get started. The State 4-H Office is working on getting this program up and running in the next couple of weeks. We had a great discussion at the recent 4-H Council meeting about what it is that youth should be getting out of 4-H, and many leaders are concerned about the service and community involvement of many youth. In addition another concern that came up was the participation of the youth enrolled in 4-H participating in the club activities. After a very thought provoking discussion it was determined for this year that as leaders, all of us will strongly encourage club participation. The 4-H pledge is, “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.” The challenge then is what as participants are you doing to reach those objectives? Are you reaching out and giving back to the world around you or are you just enjoying the ride? Speaking of giving back, 4-H has established a great presence in the area and many people are willing to donate to help a service oriented organization succeed. We need to make sure with the fundraising that we are doing, that we give back to the community. Not necessarily monetary donations but one of the great things we can give is our time. It may be as club participation in community cleanup days or finding unique ways to volunteer. Also, many clubs are starting to accumulate sizeable funds and those funds are for the kids. One quote that I like about those funds is “they were earned by the kids for the kids and not for their retirement.” Let’s use those funds for fun things that the kids would like to do and include community service projects as an option. By giving back to the community both it and us will be better people because like the 4-H motto says, “To make the best Better.” I’m excited to see what new education growth we can make this year and let’s make this the best year so far. Keep up the great work!! Damon Bunting Glacier County Extension Agent Thought for the month: “You can’t cross the sea by merely staring into the water.” Rabintranath Tugor

Damon Bunting Glacier Co Extension Agent MSU Extension Courthouse Annex 1210 E. Main Cut Bank, MT 59427 dbunting@montana.edu (406) 873-2239 Kate Gordon Administrative Assistant glacier@montana.edu

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Round Table

Achievement Day

National 4-H Science Day

Fundraisers

Horses & Livestock

Enrollment

Scholarship/Awards

4-H Citizenship Seminar

October 2012

Glacier County

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National 4-H Week “Join The Revolution of Responsibility”

National 4-H week is October 7-13th.

A group of judges will be going around to check out the 4-H clubs window displays. Please contact the office and let us know where your window display is.

Round Table Discussion: October 14th from 2:00-4:00pm Location: First Presbyterian Church, 201 South Central Ave

Achievement Day: October 28th at 2:00pm Location: Senior Citizen Center, 715 East Main Street

The theme this year will be “Halloween” so dress up in your costumes. There will also be a pumpkin contest. Bring your decorated pumpkin, favorite dessert, or anything pumpkin.

Don’t forget to turn in any nominations you may have to the Extension Office by October 10th!

NATIONAL 4-H SCIENCE DAY October 10th

This years experiment is the Eco-Bot Challenge.

For the experiment, you can purchase a kit with all of the supplies for about $25 which contains materials for five Eco-Bots.

For more information on National 4-H Science Day go to: http://www.4-h.rog/4-h-national-youth-science-day/nysdhome.aspx

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*BUTTER BRAIDS*

Don’t forget that we are doing our Butter Braids fundraiser. Or-der forms need to be turned into the Extension Office by the 26th. If you need an order form please let Kate know, she will get you one.

SCHWAN’S FUNDRAISER

August 3rd was our Schwan’s fundraiser. We totaled $578.32 for this fundraiser. Breakdown: $421.92 from actual food sales $56.40 in cash donations $100 Knute, Schwan’s Man, do-nated from his own pocket. (If you see him, give him a BIG THANK YOU)

2012-2013 Enrollment

The State 4-H Office is still working on getting our new enrollment program up and running. We expect that it will be available to families in the next couple of weeks. Your family will re-ceive information on how to enroll electronically either through email or mail, depending on how you receive your newsletter. If it is not convenient for you to enroll online, please come into the office and we will assist you with the enrollment process.

In the meantime, please let the Exten-sion office know what books you will need to order for this year. If you need help please come in and talk to us. We can look over the new Clover to-gether and figure it out. Kate will be making a list of books that need to be ordered so that we can get them all at once.

HORSES & LIVESTOCK

By vote of the Montana 4-H Horse and Montana 4-H Livestock Commit-tees, Butte was chosen as the loca-tion for the 2013 Montana 4-H Horse and Livestock Leaders Forum. Please save the first weekend of February for this event. The tentative dates are February 1-3, 2013. Silver Bow County is making final arrange-ments on hotels and facilities and will have a request for workshop proposals out soon. Please watch your email for updates as more infor-mation becomes available.

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NESTLE VERY BEST IN YOUTH

AWARDS

Nestle will honor youth who are

making a profound impact on their

communities by giving a $1,000

contribution to the charity of each

young person’s choice. Winners

will also be sent to the “Very Best

In Youth Awards” ceremony in Los

Angeles. For more information,

visit:

http://

verybestinyouth.nestleusa.com/

public/default.aspx

The application deadline is Novem-

ber 8, 2012.

PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF

COMMUNITY AWARDS

The Prudential Spirit of Com-

munity Awards program,

sponsored by Prudential Fi-

nancial in partnership with

the National Association of

Secondary School Principals,

recognizes individuals in

grades 5-12 solely on the basis

of their volunteer activities.

4-H’ers can apply online at:

http://spirit.pudential.com

or

www.nassp.org/spirit

Applications must be submit-

ted by November 6, 2012.

2013 Youth in Action

Award

National 4-H Council is

now accepting applications

for the annual “Youth in Ac-

tion” award., to presented at

the 4-H Legacy Awards

Gala in New York City on

April 18, 2013! This award recognizes

an outstanding young person from

your 4-H program who is realizing

4-H’s vision for youth driving positive

change in their communities.

The 4-H “Youth in Action” award is

open to 4-H members and recent

alumni ages 16-21. Applicants should

have led a project, service or event

that:

-Identified a problem in their

community;

-Included 4-H as part of the

solution; and

-Made an impact in resolving the

issue.

Please download 2013 Youth in Action

Award Guidelines for complete details.

Applications must be submitted by

Thursday, November 1st.

For questions email Jennifer Bellamy

at:

jbellamy@fourhcouncil.edu

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2013 MONTANA 4-H CITIZENSHIP SEMINAR

The 2013 Montana 4-H Citizenship Seminar is scheduled for March 2-4, 2013 in He-lena. The days have been changed to Saturday-Monday to minimize the number of days youth miss school.

Activities will take place in the State Capital building, other state buildings, and the Bill Hamilton Building at the Lewis & Clark County fairgrounds.

The Leadership Team will determine an appropriate service-learning project and each delegate and county will be given the opportunity to contribute. Each delegate is expected to sponsor one potential “bill” suitable for the 4-H Legis-lature to act on. This should be submitted, electronically, to Stephanie Davison (sdavison@montana.edu) or Torie Bunn (Victoria.bunn@montana.edu) by Febru-ary 1, 2013, along with your other registration materials. Prior to the event, the bills will be reviewed and grouped appropriately into committees in order to determine the first phase of committee work.

History Bowl– counties may send teams of two individuals to compete in the Mon-tana History Bowl. A preliminary written test given on March 2 will determine the teams to participate in the final event.

Eligibility: 4-H members must be 14 years of age by October 1, 2012 and must NOT have previously attended Montana 4-H Citizenship Seminar. It is recommended that participants are older youth who have had education and experience in vari-ous components of citizenship. Each county will be allotted two delegates if regis-tered by the February 1 deadline. After February 1, registration will be open to al-ternates on a first-come, first-served basis. Past experience show alternates have been able to attend.

Returnees: Several Returnees will have the opportunity to serve as the Leadership team. The application deadline is December 1, 2012. The Leadership Team will have one face-to-face meeting in Bozeman prior to the Seminar.

Chaperones: Each delegate is expected to have an adult as a designated chaper-one. Chaperones are asked to “act” as lobbyists during the legislative process.

Housing: Each county delegation must make its own housing arrangements.

Fees: There is a $70 registration fee for each adult and youth to offset program costs as well as delegate and guest meals. The Montana 4-H Foundation is contrib-uting $2000 to the event.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE YOUTH EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The U.S. Department of State announces scholarships for American high school students to study abroad: The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) offers merit-based scholarships to U.S. high-school aged stu-dents for overseas study of seven critical foreign languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajik), Russian and Turkish. This program is designed to immerse participants in the cultural life of the host country, giv-ing them invaluable formal and informal language practice and sparking a life-time interest in foreign languages and cultures. Applications for summer 2013 and academic year 2013-2014 programs are due November 1, 2012. Visit www.nsliforyouth.org for more information. The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad Program offers scholarships to American high school students to spend the 2013-2014 aca-demic year in countries that may include Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, South Africa, Thailand, Tuni-sia, and Turkey. This post 9/11 program focuses on increasing understanding between people in the U.S. and countries with significant Muslim populations. The application deadline is January 16, 2013. Visit the YES Program’s website for more information. The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) was established in 1983 to celebrate German-American friendship based on common values of democracy. Secondary school students live with host families, attend local schools, and participate in community life in Germany. Young professionals and high school graduates of vocational studies ages 18-24 study and partici-pate in practical training. Scholarships are now available for academic year 2013-2014; application deadlines vary by U.S. region and range from Septem-ber 2012 to January 2013. For more information and application deadlines, visit the organization in charge of recruitment for your state at USAGermany-Scholarship.org The American Youth Leadership Program offers opportunities for American high students and educators to travel abroad on a three– to four-week-long ex-change program to gain first-hand knowledge of foreign cultures and to col-laborate on solving global issues. Several different organizations implement this program, and each has organized an academic and experiential educa-tional exchange focused on dialogue and debate, leadership development, and community service. Recruitment areas and application deadlines vary, so please check the American Youth Leadership Program website for more infor-mation.

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PROGRAMS International:

Outbound: Applications for chaperones and delegates are due January 1, 2013.

Outbound opportunities include Argentina, Australia, Finland, Japan, Tanzania

and IFYE.

IFYE: Reporting requests are due to Stephanie Davison by December 15, 2012.

Citizenship: Citizenship Washington Focus: June 8-15. Application deadline for chaperones

and delegates is January 1, 2013.

Citizenship Seminar: March 2-4, 2013, Helena, MT. Application deadline to

include all forms and the submission of a bill is February 1, 2013. Leadership

Team applications are due December 1, 2012.

Summary of dates and deadlines:

December 1, 2012 Citizenship Seminar Leadership Team applications due

December 15, 2012 IFYE reporting request forms due

January 1, 2013 All Outbound applications due

Citizenship Washington Focus applications due

February 1, 2013 Citizenship Seminar applications and bills due

March 2-4, 2013 Citizenship Seminar event in Helena

June 8-15, 2013 Citizenship Washington Focus in Washington, D.C.

GREYTAK CALENDARS

Greytak calendars will be here soon. Check with the Extension Office next month to get them. This is a great fundraiser, your club

makes $1.50 off of each calendar sold. The Glacier County 4-H Council makes $1.00. Now’s the time to

get out selling them for the new year. It is hard to believe that a new year is coming soon! These also make GREAT

Christmas presents!!

Making a Difference in Glacier County

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Calendar of Events

October

7-13th National 4-H Week

8th Round Table Applications Due into Extension Office

10th National 4-H Science Day

Accept/Decline forms are due at the Extension office

11th Last PBS showing of 4-H:Six Montana Stories

14th Round Table Discussions

18-20th Ambassador Fall Training

26th Butter Braids orders into Extension Office

28th Achievement Day

November

1st Youth in Action applications deadline

6th Pudential application deadline

8th Nestle application deadline