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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Inservice Date Set for 2009 UPCOMING EVENTS September 14-18
September 20
September 20-28
September 26-27
October 2-5
October 3-5
October 5-11
October 11
October 17-18
November 3
November 15
November 28-December 2
November 29
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/08-index.htm 4-H INSERVICE DATE SET FOR 2008 The 2008 4-H inservice has been set for April 21-23, 2009. The inservice will be held at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill. We will have more details later, but wanted everyone to have the dates for their calendar. Steve Sutton LEADERSHIP SERIES... PART FIVE I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you another leadership activity that you can use with your 4-H members. This activity,entitled Gone Fishin'! - Time Management Resources, may be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/attach/gonefishin.pdf. No matter where you "are" in life, time management is a challenge. It seems like there are never enough hours in the day to accomplish all you want. Leaders are in high demand! Good management of time is essential to developing strong leadership skills and positive self-esteem. While there is no magic formula to time management, this activity provides a few resources to help participants better manage their time and priorities. As a result of this activity, 4-H'ers will be better able to answer the following Positive Self Esteem life skills questions:
This activity was specifically designed for advanced level 4-H members. It works well for adult-level training as well. I hope you find the activity useful. If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions, please contact me at lbelew@utk.edu or 865-974-7239. Lori Belew STORYTELLING EVENT TO HONOR RALPH MEACHAM Saturday, September 20, will mark the First Annual Ralph Meacham Story Tellin’ Event. Activities will take place from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m CDT at the Barn at Grace Chapel in Leiper’s Fork. Directions are available from www.GraceChapel.com. This BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair) event is being conducted as a tribute to Ralph Meacham. Ralph, a long-time 4-H volunteer and the official photographer for the Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum, who is battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In honor of Ralph and his contributions to 4-H, the 2008 SRVF service-learning project is developing an awareness and dollars to find a cure for ALS. This storytelling event is being conducted as part of the SRVF project. Tickets are $5.00 each or $10.00 per family. There will be nationally and internationally known storytellers as well as 4-H members who will be showing off their singing talents, and some great door prizes to give away! Concessions will be provided. Donations will also be accepted and can be made to the ALS Foundation or to the Ralph Meacham Hope Scholarship Fund. For those who cannot attend, donations can be sent to Susie Pratt at 6875 Bizzell Howell Lane, College Grove, TN 37046 or forwarded to the Williamson UT Extension Office, 4215 Long Lane, Suite 200, Franklin, TN 37064. For more information, please contact Susie Pratt at 615-417-5075 or Lisa Winters at 615-491-5858. An informational flyer can be downloaded from 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/attach/meachamflyer.pdf. Steve Sutton Unlike a person's own investment accounts, endowments are typically set up for charitable purposes using donated funds. Because endowments serve a different function than that of personal or corporate investment accounts, the criteria by which they are managed must also be different. Endowments are usually permanent, restricted, non-liquid accounts designed to provide an annual payout that may be expended for the purpose(s) for which the endowment was established. Donations can be added to the endowment's principle account. Expenditures are made from a separate expenditure account, which holds the payout monies awarded from the endowment principle account. Because endowments are largely made up of donated funds, they are managed by using lower risk investment options than private or corporate accounts. In theory, once an endowment is established it will exist forever, providing funding as prescribed in the original memorandum of agreement through the payout of earnings generated by the investment of the principle account. To view a state map of counties having endowments, go to 4hfoundation.tennessee.edu/endowmentstatus.html. For information on establishing an endowment for your program, contact Mark Gateley at mgateley@utk.edu. Mark Gateley THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
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