A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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What do teens, workshops, leadership and social networking have in common? Survey says – 4-H STARR! The State Teen Action Representative Retreat (STARR) is a three-day, fun-filled event where 4-H teens participate in a variety of workshops and activities meant to challenge, excite and further develop life skills. The event is planned by teens and adults serving on the youth/adult STARR planning committee. STARR is open to all NYS 4-H teens. Beginning on, Friday, April 12th, a group of nine t...
Since Thanksgiving, for each Wednesday, the 4-H after-school mentoring program participants were provided with the opportunity to be creative and make a homemade Christmas-like craft. From making a tiny box from recycled cards, crafting a holiday design snowman, tree, gingerbread man or stocking, making cookie cutter Christmas cookies to making homemade ice cream, the participants were eager to taste and share the final results. Utilizing a nostalgic traditional hand crank ice cream maker,...
What does the Pamper Pole, Zip Line and Flying Squirrel all have in common? Each of these is a significant name given to a High Ropes Challenge at 4-H Camp Overlook, in Mountain View, New York. Recently, the Salmon River Mighty Shamrock Mentoring program participated in a series of team challenges held on October 19th and 20th at the camp. A total of 35 students consisting of nine (9) Mentors and twenty six (26) Mentees were engaged in low and high rope activities that encouraged each to leave t...
The 4-H Mighty Shamrocks, a mentoring program of Franklin County Cornell Cooperative Extension, had the opportunity to exhibit their projects at the recent county fair held in Malone, New York. The fair is an opportunity for all 4-H Members to “show off” their projects that have been completed during their project year. Projects are judged according to the category in which each item is entered. The 4-H Mighty Shamrocks members exhibited their Tye dye shirts and Blue-Bird Houses that were mad...
The very unique 4-H Tribal Mentoring program, a grant funded opportunity that was created with a Tribal Resolution by Franklin County Cornell Cooperative Extension, has been having an exciting successful summer program. Utilizing research and evidence based programs through Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H, the goals for this program are to provide academic and social skills exploring a variety of interests, to assist with redirecting youth from negative activity and to strengthen the bond of...
