Test Your Knowledge (NEW)

Test your knowledge at 4-H Events and activities http://www.quia.com/jg/1500241.html When you arrive at the website click on one of the games, Matching or Concentration and see how many you can get correct in about five minutes.

Upcoming Training

Utilizing Plans of Action in your POW's and ROA's November 4 - Elluminate Training on New Plans of Action November 6 - Polycom Training on New Plans of Action

Florida 4-H Centennial coming 2009

Do you have any ideas to add to the state 4-H Centennial Database. We are trying to collect ideas to make this centennial celebration the best ever. Pleas send your ideas to Julie Wilson or any of the RSA's. For upcoming events and updates, please log into the website below: http://www.florida4h.org/events/centennial_kickoff.shtml

4-H Administrative Conference

Do you have your calendars marked for November 18-20, 2008? Join the Associate Dean, the RSA's, State Specialists, and 4-H agents as they present new ideas and helpful information to assist you with your professional development needs.

Great Websites to visit

Have you ever wanted a good quality video to feature in a presentation you were doing? Check out Monkeysee.com. http://www.monkeysee.com/

How to Recruit Minority Volunteers

New training available to all Florida 4-H Agents. Please call or email to schedule training.

Contact Germaine Pointer at gpointer@ufl.edu

OMK

Are you doing anthing in your county to suport our troops? Please share it on our blog.

Would you like to know how you can help? Visit the OMK website and get started today.

In Florida Georgene Bender is the state contact at: gmbender@ufl.edu

http://http//www.operationmilitarykids.org/public/home.aspx

Mini Grant Opportunity

Here is an FYI on mini grants for $500-$1000 giftcards from Home Depot to support youth gardening from the National Gardening Association. For more information, click on the website below. “NGA awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements: educational focus or curricular/program integration nutrition or plant-to-food connections environmental awareness/education entrepreneurship social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.” http://www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp