Achievement Night for all non-animal Projects
You should have received a postcard from us inviting you to the 4-H Achievement Night. The Silent Auction planned
Will have a lot of items for kids, youth, and adults. The money is used for putting on Achievement Night!
The Ambassadors – Regional and County – and the 4-H Youth Leadership Team will be giving out most of the awards!
And of Course DINNER will be served! Ephraim Senior Center is the place. Starts at 6:00.
Please call Cheryl if you plan to attend and haven’t called her yet!

TRY Training
Nov 5 & 6 at thanksgiving point. Cost is $15. Applications due Friday Oct 1.
Some youth are interested in Robotics and looking for a coach.
Space exploration is the new TRY training. . . grades 8 through 12.
For those who are unaware, TRY training is about science. The kids are taught
How to teach their topic and more about kids younger than they are.
We expect the kids to come back and teach 6 hours – and we pay for registration.
The 4-H’ers who did it this year, did a fantastic job!
Call Cheryl at 283-7599 if interested.

October 30 at the usu equine education center, logan, Utah
Each class is $5 entry fee and you may enter as many or as few as you please!!!
Classes offered:
____ Huntseat Equitation on the Flat
____ Hunter Over Fences
____ Hunter Hack
____ Showmanship
____ Costume ($1)(please keep costumes safe!)
Levels offered are cricket, grasshopper, pre-novice, beginning novice, & novice
Name__________________ Phone_____________________
Email__________________ County____________________
Horse__________________ Level______________________
Please have your county extension agent e-mail me your 4H eligibility at:
Rebecca.Winstead@usu.edu
Please have completed entries and payment postmarked by October 8.
Classes may be added, but not dropped the day of the show.

The Sewing Conference
The USU Sewing Conference will be held Nov. 3rd & 4th at the Park City Landmark Inn. We have space for 100 participants. We will take a waiting list after the first 100 people. We think that we have been able to get some great teachers and projects for you. The information is also available on-line at: http://extension.usu.edu/sewing/htm/upcoming-events and http://www.utah4-h.org/htm/utah-4h-news/articleID=10361

We will have Sew and Tell again this year. If you have something to share please email or send with your registration so we can make it available to all participants. We are also making pillowcases for the Wasatch/Summit Women’s Shelter as a service project. You will keep one as a sample and the other will be donated. We are asking you to bring two-one yard coordinating fabrics (not flannel) that is appropriate for women, boys or girls. They give each person that comes to the shelter a new pillow and pillowcase and often they have their children with them.

USU Cooperative Extension in Sanpete County will be glad to pay the conference fee ($35) and one night’s stay at Landmark Inn ($78) for people attending – and we then expect you to share some of the skills learned with the 4-H’ers and youth. It sounds like a great workshop! Please take advantage of this opportunity. Bring your receipts to us afterward (within 30 days) and we will reimburse you and schedule your time with 4-H/youth.

Prudential Spirit Of Community Awards
Dear Colleague:

I am delighted to report that 4-H again will have the opportunity to participate in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and its annual search for our nation’s top youth volunteers. Last year, 137 county 4-H programs selected honorees in this prestigious youth recognition program, and 17 4-H’ers were among the 102 State Honorees for 2010. This recognition is extremely beneficial to 4-H’ers who have performed exemplary acts of service in their communities and to 4-H as a whole.

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, sponsored by Prudential Financial 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.prudential.com or ww.principals.org/spirit. Applications must be submitted to a county 4-H agent by November 1, 2010. Then, each county 4-H program can select one middle level Local Honoree for every 1,000 members (or portion thereof) in grades 5-8 and one high school Local Honoree for every 1,000 members in grades 9-12. Once county 4-H programs have selected Local Honorees, they must certify those applications by November 8, 2010 to a state-level judging committee, which will pick the top youth volunteers in each state and the District of Columbia.

All state-level honorees receive special recognition, while the top high school and middle level volunteer in each state and the District of Columbia receive silver medallions, $1,000 awards, and a fabulous trip to the nation’s capital for national recognition events. In Washington, a national selection committee (on which I serve) will name America’s top 10 youth volunteers for 2011. Each will win an additional $5,000, a gold medallion, a crystal trophy, and a $5,000 grant from The Prudential Foundation for a charitable nonprofit organization of his or her choice.

You can help by urging your county 4-H agents to nominate their 4-H’ers for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Please review promotional material which they will receive, along with a press release being issued today. Feel free to use the release in your publications and encourage reporters you know to use the story. Additional information is available at http://spirit.prudential.com .
I have attended the national recognition events for The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and I have seen first-hand the power of this program to reward and inspire young people. By participating, we can applaud the terrific volunteer work of 4-H’ers and highlight the emphasis that the 4-H community of young people across America places on community involvement. Thank you for your help with this important and unique youth recognition program.

Sincerely,
Don Floyd
4-H Council – National