IEPYE NEWS
Illinois Extension Professionals for Youth Education
February 2002
IEPYE
2001-02 IEPYE
Leadership Team
Officers
Diane Baker, President
Bill Million, President-Elect
Lisa Woessner, Vice President
Lori Quinn, Secretary
Fran Streitmatter, Treasurer
Judy Taylor, Past President
Regional Directors
Cheryl Geitner, Northwest
Katie Wagner, Northeast
Stacy Dorethy, West Central
Kim Goodrich, East Central
Melinda States, Southern
Committee Chairs
Peggy Hampton, Diversity
Cathy Deppe, Member Recognition
Lisa Woessner, Membership
Natalie Bosecker, News & Views
Dave McMurtry, Policies &
Resolution
Deanna Franklin, Professional
Improvement
Chris Hill, Programs
Tina Veal, Public Relations
Judy Taylor, Advisory
Related Committees
Fran Streitmatter, IL 4-H
Foundation
Diane Baker, Field Staff Advisory
Diane Baker, IJCEP
Judy Taylor, IJCEP
Bill Million & Lori Quinn, State
4-H Advisory
2002 Upcoming Meetings
Spring Meeting
Peoria
Fall Meeting
TBA
NAE4-HA
Norfolk, VA
03/06-07
08/29
10/27-31
IEPYE … Making The
Best Better
by: Diane Baker, IEPYE President
We all know that the 4-H motto is
“To Make the Best Better.” That
motto applies to our 4-H kids, our
4-H volunteers, our 4-H clubs, and
the work we do with 4-H at the
county level and beyond. But do
we remember to apply that motto to
our professional association? That
is a question we must all answer for
ourselves, individually.
I am a member of IEPYE because
I believe it is a good organization
where I can benefit both personally
and professionally. But, I have
become actively involved in our
association, because I believe we
can take a good organization and
make it even better. In cleaning out
files recently, I came across this
parable – and thought it was a good
example of our association.
“The Obstacle in Our Path”
In ancient times, a king had a
boulder placed on a roadway. Then
he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the huge
rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest
merchants and courtiers came by
and simply walked around it. Many
loudly blamed the king for not
keeping the roads clear, but none
did anything about getting the big
stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along
carrying a load of vegetables. On
approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and
tried to move the stone to the side of
the road. After much pushing and
straining, he finally succeeded. As
the peasant picked up his load of
vegetables, he noticed a purse lying
in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many
gold coins and a note from the king
indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder
from the roadway. The peasant
learned what many others never
understand. Every obstacle
presents an opportunity to improve
one’s condition.
IEPYE has certainly faced some
obstacles over the past decade with
Extension reorganization and a subsequent downsizing. During that
time, our association committees
and regional activities struggled.
Your current IEPYE Board of
Directors is taking a close look at
our “boulders” and is looking to the
opportunity with-in each challenge.
They are talking about committee
structure and how it can best meet
the needs of our membership. They
are looking at ways to revitalize
IEPYE at the regional levels. They
are brainstorming creative ways to
re-structure the fall and spring statewide IEPYE meetings so they are
even more beneficial to our
changing membership.
What are the real boulders that
keep you from being more actively
involved in your professional
association? Is it taking the time to
fit IEPYE into an already busy
schedule? Is it the risk of trying
new things and meeting new
people? Yes, these are boulders
that we all face. But behind those
boulders are wonderful opportunities for you to get involved with
your profession at new levels and to
work with people that you
otherwise would never meet.
Register for Spring Meeting
today! Deadline is Feb. 25.
See attached flyer.
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Highlights of NAE4-HA
Definitely the "Happy Feet" program is
worthwhile to be introduced to the 4-H
clubs in our state as well as to the public.
This successful program speaks for itself
how 4-H youth can make a difference! It
will be inspiring to our youth that 4-H
can do "big things" starting from one pair
of shoes.
~Virginia Kuo
Sally Hamlin, Leanne Million, Judy
Schumacher and I all participated in a
Tomahawk throwing activity, and we were HIGHLY successful in hitting our targets on their mark - watch out!
~Carolyn Ashton
Research Seminar: Societal Trends Which Will Impact the way
Extension Utilizes Volunteers
This seminar shared results of a research study conducted by Ken
Culp, III, Ph. D. (Kentucky) and Michael M. Nolan, M.S. (Ohio).
Volunteer administrators from three national organizations (the
State Volunteer Contacts from the NAE4-HA, the Association of
Volunteer Administrators, and the Association for Research on
Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) were surveyed to
determine their predictions of current and future societal trends
which could potentially impact volunteerism over the next ten years.
The top five ranked trends identified (from a list of 25 trends total)
were: (1) technology/virtual volunteers; (2) volunteer administrator's
professional development; (3) corporate/workplace volunteers; (4) short
term/episodic volunteers; and (5) volunteer interests, skills and abilities.
Submitted by Steve Wagoner
Seminar: Does Your 4-H Program Need a Few Good Men?
This thought provoking seminar examined men as a potential target
audience for 4-H volunteer programs. Specific examples of gender bias
were shared that impact volunteer recruitment efforts. Tips were also
shared on how to define volunteer roles for men, how to identify
potential male volunteer audiences, and how to learn to speak the
"male vernacular."
Submitted by Steve Wagoner
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Member Recognition
Award Categories
by Cathy Deppe, Member
Recognition Chair
You’ve worked hard all year,
now it’s time to celebrate your
accomplishments and share your
success stories. NAE4HA/IEPYE
Recognition Program Book will be
arriving in your mail soon. You can
also access the book through the
NAE4HA website at nae4ha.org.
Under Items of Special Importance,
click on 2002 Member Recognition
Program Book.
Award applications are due to the
Woodford County Extension Office,
117 W. Center, Box 162, Eureka, IL
61530 no later than 5:00 p.m. on
March 1, 2002. Please note that
the deadline is a month earlier than
in the past.
Begin collecting supporting data
for the award application now.
Eligibility for submitting
applications are those IEPYE
members who have information to
submit or conducted programs
between January and December
2001. If a team application is
submitted, only one member of the
team is required to be an IEPYE
member. Categories include:
25 Years of Service – members
who have completed 25 years or
more of service to Extension 4-H
youth work.
Achievement in Service –
members who have served more
than three, but less than seven years
in Extension youth programs.
Air Force Recruiting Salute –
members who have created a
positive Extension image through
his/her leadership and citizenship as
it relates to the development of the
4-H program.
Meritorious Service Award –
members who have served fifteen or
more years in Extension youth
programs.
Diversity Award – members
exhibiting outstanding effort and
accomplishments in achieving and
sustaining diversity in programs.
Educational Technology Award –
members who utilize technology in
delivering or managing educational
programs.
Excellence in 4-H Club Support –
members who support and
strengthen their 4-H club program.
Excellence in Teamwork – teams
that demonstrate effective
performance and significant results
(impact) at community, area, state
or multi-state levels.
Natural Resources/
Environmental Stewardship
Award – members who make a
significant contribution in Natural
Resources/Environmental
Stewardship.
Power of Youth Award – members
that exemplify youth and adult
partnerships which engage young
people in decisions that affect them
and their world.
Professional Development
Opportunity Award – members
planning to attend workshops,
seminars, professional study tours,
individual educational experiences
applicable to the youth development
profession.
Stiles Memorial Scholarship –
members enrolled in a college or
university degree program.
Mary Ann Krug Innovative
Program Grant – members
designing an innovative program in
youth development.
Educational Package (Individual
or Team) – members who educate
through accurate, research-based
information on one subject using
two different mediums.
Educational Piece (Individual or
Team) – members who educate
through accurate, research-based
information on one subject (this is
not a promotional piece).
Exhibit/Display – members who
provided educational and/or
promotional material that is
accurate, concise and makes the
audience respond in a positive way.
Feature Story/Series – piece used
to capture the mood of the event or
person(s) and create reader interest
(this is not a news story).
Media Presentation –
educational/promotional
information that holds the
audience’s attention (must be
produced by Power Point, Corel
Presentations or similar presentation
software package).
News Story – piece used to present
factual information or results in a
manner clear and understandable to
the reader.
Periodical Publication (Individual
or Team) – newsletter, magazine,
tabloid, etc. designed to inform,
update, and make the reader
respond in a positive way.
Personal Column – members who
develop a personal style of writing
for publication in any type of print
media.
Promotional Package (Individual
or Team) – two or more pieces
(video, brochure, poster, bookmark,
tabloid, electronic media, etc.) used
to attract the audience’s attention
and make them respond in a
positive manner.
Search for Excellence in Teen
Promotional Piece (Individual or
Programming – members
Distinguished Service Award –
Team) – piece used to attract
conducting outstanding programs
members who have served seven
reader’s attention and make them
for and with teen audiences.
years of more in Extension youth
respond in a positive way.
programs.
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Published Photo – tell a story
through a photo.
Radio Program – program that
attracts and holds the listener’s
attention, uses accurate and concise
information and makes the listener
respond in a positive way.
State Association Publication –
informational piece designed to
inform, update and make reader
respond in a positive way.
Video Program – program that
attracts and holds the listener’s
attention, uses accurate and concise
information and makes the listener
respond in a positive way.
Research and Programs
by Chris Hill, Programs Chair
The research and programs team
is comprised of eight task forces
that include Animal Science,
Camping and Environmental
Education, Character Education,
Global/Multicultural Education,
Limited Resource Audience,
Volunteerism, Workforce
Preparation and Youth in
Governance. By joining one of
these task forces, you are able to
help “support, share, partner and
communicate” up-to-date
information with other members.
Following is a list of current
members who extend a enthusiastic
invitation to join us!
Anne Wend, Shelby County;
Debbie Moser, Ogle County;
Wendy Badarello, Grundy County;
Carroll Rodgers, Clay County; Janis
Blout, Fulton County; and Chris
Hill, Gallatin/Pope/Hardin/Saline
Unit, Chair
Character Education
Materials List on Web Site
by Judy Taylor
The Character Education Task
Force of the Programs Committee
of NAE4HA has begun compiling a
list of character education materials
developed by Extension
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professionals. With the help of
Allan Smith, USDA, that list has
been posted on the following web
site: http://www.reeusda.gov/
4h/curricul/character-edu.htm
The site is an alphabetical list of
materials by title. Each item on the
list includes a brief description,
target age, cost and directions for
ordering. The list includes both
juried materials and materials that
have NOT completed that process.
The committee makes no specific
recommendations. The list will
continue to change as materials are
developed and posted to the web.
Please contact Karen HatchGagne from Maine karenhg@
umext.maine.edu or Cody Stone
from Texas c-stone@ tamu.edu for
additional information about the
Task Force. Please contact Judy
Taylor, taylorj@mail.aces. uiuc.edu
if you would like to place additional
information about character
education materials developed by
Extension professionals on this site.
Please forward this information
to other Extension professionals
who could benefit.
4-H Public Relations: A
Blueprint for Expansion
A Little Book with Big
Ideas for Promoting and
Expanding Youth Serving
Organizations
A Review by Ruth Ann Vokac
Want a good book to spur on
your creative juices for ways to
expand your 4-H program? 4-H
Public Relations: A Blueprint for
Expansion will do just that. Written
by Judith S. Baillere and Marilyn
Mozenter-Spiegel, 4-H agents from
New Jersey, the book shares really
practical advice and a philosophy
that comes from knowing the 4-H
program well.
As the term “marketing” has
expanded from promoting goods to
also promoting intangible services
and information, educational and
non-profit organizations have
learned the necessity of maketing
themselves. However, I’m
reminded many times that
Extension is the best-kept secret in
the educational market; how long
has 4-H been active in urban areas
and in school programming, but
how many people still think of 4-H
as that club for rural kids, especially
for those who want to show
animals? To expand the 4-H
program, those of us in Youth
Development must work diligently
to dispel that myth, and 4-H Public
Relations: A Blueprint for
Expansion book can show the way.
Baillere and Mozenter-Spiegel
begin by discussing the foundation
blocks of marketing: Product,
Price, Promotion and Post Sales
Service: To be successful we must
“develop and deliver an excellent
educational youth development
product available at a reasonable
price.” Next it is necessary to
“promote” with a good external
public relations plan resulting in
action (recruitment) and retain
enrollment with outstanding post
sales service (internal PR)” (4).
They suggest that we classify our
marketing audience into two
groups: internal—those with whom
we work on a regular basis, ie,
members, parents, volunteers,
advisory groups, and external—
those who have little knowledge of
4-H. The book suggests ways to
communicate with each group and
ways to start to evaluate that
communication. Does the internal
group “receive, read and understand
newsletters? What is the rate of
volunteer turnover? Is there a
welcome system in place? Is there
effective new leader orientation? …
Are families satisfied enough with
4-H to help sell it?” In the external
audiences, “do people in your area
know about 4-H and is their
perception accurate? What is the
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level of the private sector support?
Do legislators, decision makers, and
other organizations know about
4-H? How difficult is recruitment
of both adults and youth?” (14).
After a thorough evaluation of the
present state of your 4-H program,
Baillere and Mozenter-Spiegel
suggest setting long and short goals
that will take the program where
you want it. They remind us that
“those who must work toward goals
must help set them,” so “staff,
volunteers and others” must be
involved in the planning (15). (Is
anyone else thinking Expansion and
Review? In fact, this section and
others would be great as a guide for
the Expansion and Review
Committee.) Next comes the
strategic plan; the book has help to
formulate the plan and offers some
simple ideas for keeping everyone
on track as the plan unfolds.
The next section of the book
gives ideas for polishing our
professional image and for having
good relationships with the people
with and for whom we work. The
authors give suggestions for good
networking, being able to explain
our jobs, administrating our 4-H
programs, collaborating with
decision makers, serving schools,
and respecting and supporting our
volunteers. They include a list of
the top 11 reasons 4-H leaders quit
and give practical suggestions to
keep them active (25-35).
“Media Matters” is a chapter that
gives lots of practical help in
communicating the 4-H message.
To accompany this information, the
authors include chapters on writing
effective news articles and
newsletters. They also have
suggestions for accompanying
photos and for video presentations
and exhibits.
to meet the needs revealed in the
evaluation.
4-H Public Relations: A
Blueprint for Expansion is only 98
pages, so some sections don’t have
as many details as I would like; for
example, the last chapter on
evaluation needs more specifics.
However, each time I look at the
book, I am reminded of the
fundamentals of 4-H expansion. As
we rush from one programming
opportunity to the next, sometimes
the strategic plan is lost; we move
away from the map we’ve
established to focus our efforts.
Baillere and Mozenter-Spiegel’s
ideas can quickly remind us what
we need to do and help up reach our
expansion goals.
4-H Public Relations: A
Blueprint for Expansion is available
through the National 4-H Source
Book, 7100 Connecticut Avenue,
Chevy Chase, Maryland 208154997. Web: www.4-Hmall.org
Email: 4hstuff@fourhcouncil.edu
Judith S. Baillere and Marilyn
Mozenter-Spiegel are now
consultants with Public Relation
Programs for non-profit
organizations. Reach them at
judybaillere@aol.com or
marnan17@aol.com.
Building Positive Staff
Relationships in 4-H
Youth Development
by Mary Kay Munson and Sheri
Seibold
With the addition of new unit
youth development educators in
many offices over the past eighteen
months, it has changed the
dynamics of staffing and
programming in 4-H youth
development. This article addresses
three common themes that are
essential to building positive staff
relationships in unit 4-H youth
development programming. The
authors of this article interviewed a
number of experienced Extension
staff members to gain ideas or to
reconfirm ideas for the content of
this article. Our thanks to Chris
Anderson, Sangamon-Menard Unit;
Carolyn Ashton, Peoria County;
Jessie Crews, Clark County; and
Cheryl Geitner, Knox County, for
sharing their experience and insight
into this topic.
Communication and Access to
Resources
Communication among all staff
members doing youth work is
crucial. Clerical staff, paraprofessional staff, and professional
staff need to feel that they are in the
“communication loop” at all times.
Staff members need to feel
adequately informed about
programming efforts and initiatives,
so that they can field questions from
clientele, volunteers, or other staff
members and reduce conflicts in
planning other events. Customer
service is key to good public
relations, good programming and to
building of positive relation-ships
with clientele. In a “seamless”
organization, everyone needs to
have enough knowledge about unit
programming, so they can correctly
talk about programming and do
their part. This does not mean that
everyone has to be involved in
everything, but they need to know
about what’s going on.
Chris Anderson shared that in his
office, each program area has
colored coded files for all upcoming
programs and activities that are kept
in the office work room. Every unit
staff person then has access to those
files and can register clientele for
programs, use the files to answer
phone calls or walk-in requests.
One copy of the State 4-H
mailing is sent to each office. Unit
staff need to decide whether the
mailing is put in one central
location and staff can make copies
of the pertinent information for
easier access or whether copies are
The last chapter tells how to
measure customer satisfaction and
programming impact and then
suggests revising the strategic plan
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made of this mailing for all youth
staff (including clerical staff).
Copies of newsletters and
correspondence mailed to 4-H
members, parents, or volunteers
should also be kept in the central
location and/or shared with other
staff members, so all are informed.
Sharing the work load
There should never be any doubt
in a person’s mind that there isn’t
enough work to go around.
Deciding who and how the work is
to be done requires communication
and teamwork. Unit staff groups
may want to look at the work to be
done from a horizontal task
analysis. The nature of youth
development work often requires
several people to have roles in
events, activities and programming
in order for it to be successful.
An example of how this might
work using after-school programming as the topic is in Figure 1.
and may work with paid and
volunteer staff who lead groups of
youth in the after school setting
utilizing materials, lesson plans, and
curriculum developed or approved
by the unit educators. Clerical staff
might be involved in entering the 4H enrollment data and in preparing
copies of materials for use in the
programming.
So rather than compiling a list of
all the events, activities, and
programs that are conducted by the
unit and assigning one person to
each item, the role analysis
approach helps staff work together
toward a common goal and to see
how each individual’s work is
connected to the others and is
necessary for overall success.
In determining who will do tasks,
it is important that people not say
that they don’t do certain things.
Staff need to be willing to do
whatever is needed to get the job
done. Jessie Crews shared the
example of scrubbing bleachers at
the fairgrounds. While this might
not have been a high priority for
her, it allowed her to connect with
other staff and volunteers in a
visible way. She pointed out the
importance of letting others know
what you are contributing to the
overall effort. By keeping key
volunteers informed, they will often
become advocates for professional
staff and facilitate their taking on
new, expanded roles and
responsibilities. In a similar vein,
Carolyn Ashton says she tries to do
each function at least once to be
familiar with what is involved
before delegating it.
Planning Together
An excellent starting point is
regular staff meetings for all youth
staff. Meetings might be weekly or
biweekly and should have an
agenda, which all staff can contribute to with the educator making
sure good planning takes place.
Cheryl Geitner offered that staff
meetings should include sharing of
dates and details regarding
upcoming events and activities,
discussion of work to be done
during the next week(s) by each
staff member as well as a review of
the longer term goals and objectives
for the 4-H youth development
program in the unit. The unit
educator is charged with providing
the overall vision and “big picture”
view of the 4-H youth development
program, but all staff have
responsibility to see that the
program is delivered. This helps
individual staff members prioritize
their workloads and time allocations
as well as see how each person
contributes to the overall mission.
This is the time to make decisions
about the best use of staff hours. At
this meeting, staff might also share
information about other meetings or
in-services that they have attended
as well as new materials or
resources they have received.
The Unit Leader may be involved
in determining the amount of
budget that is allocated to this
programming effort and the number
of hours that paraprofessional staff
will work in this area. The Unit
Educator may conduct a needs
assessment to determine the extent
of the need in the county and use
this information to work with the
Jessie Crews reported the Clark
Extension Council or youth
County staff use the 4-H newsletter
development subcommittee to
as a focus for organizing their plans
determine target areas for
for the month and for their work
expansion. The Unit Educator may
assignments. The newsletter
also determine the educational
prompts coordination of efforts and
programming (curriculum,
serves as a planning tool. Educators
resources, lessons, etc) that will be
can help others see how events fit
utilized in after school
the positive youth development
programming. The center
educator may conduct after
Figure 1
school staff training and
Unit Leader
Unit Educator
Community Worker
Clerical Staff
Volunteers
Center Educator
help to evaluate
Budget
Needs
Assist in promotion
Enter
Carry out
Conduct staff
programming efforts.
Allocation
Assessment
enrollment data program at
training at site
Assist in delivery of
Hours of work Work with
Make copies of site
Assist with
materials and
Paraprofessional staff may
for paracouncil to target
resources
materials for
evaluation
assist in promotion the
professionals
expansion areas Work with paid or
program
after school programming
Determine
volunteer staff at site
efforts, assist in delivery of
educational
to conduct program
materials and resources,
programming
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priorities, and that purposes are
aligned with those priorities.
Newsletters should have
educational articles in each issue as
well as program management
information. Each staff member
may have items to contribute to the
newsletter, but the unit educator
should review the final copy. Each
staff member should read and be
familiar with the content of
newsletters.
Good communications, workload
distribution and planning require
effort on everyone’s part. But the
results are worth the effort,
positively impacting both staff
relationships and program quality.
PRK Taxonomy Can Help
by Cheryl Geitner
Have you ever tried to explain to
committees, councils or county
boards what you do? Did you think
there is just no way to explain what
I do? Well, it’s possible the
Professional Research and
Knowledge (PRK) Taxonomy for
4-H Youth Development can help.
One of the things that PRK can
do for you is help you articulate
your role and responsibilities within
the university framework and the
youth services community.
Sounds good doesn’t it?
Unfortunately, at the county level,
we are caught up in discussing and
determining the future of our youth
programming and sometimes we
forget to look at the big picture of
all that we do. Should we discuss
the PRK taxonomy with our
volunteers? You bet.
This was an opportunity afforded
me a few years ago as our council
was going through an in-depth
study of what Extension was and all
the possibilities that go along with
it, especially our connection with
the University of Illinois.
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Here are some of the things I
discussed with them in the
following domains.
Youth and Adult Development
 Our programs are aimed at the
appropriate developmental stage
of the youth we are teaching.
 We are able to teach others about
the developmental stages of
youth.
mission through their knowledge
of youth development.
By going through the five
domains it was obvious that I was
not just going in some haphazard
direction but with research behind
what I did in my everyday work.
NE Region Report
by Katie Wagner
 How is it that youth learn best?
What are the learning
environments that we can
provide?
Northeast Region currently has
11 members represented in the
membership of IEPYE. We hope to
increase those numbers and are
currently in the process of recruiting
new and returning membership as
well as planning a day to have a
face to face meeting. Our face to
face meeting will include IEPYE
business and an opportunity to learn
about an organization that serves
community in our region.
Organizational Systems for Youth
Development
by Cheryl Geitner
Learning Strategies for Youth
Development
 We use the experiential learning
model to encourage all learning
styles to participate and become
engaged in our programming.
 What are the ways that we go
about accomplishing our mission
of teaching youth life skills?
 What are the kinds of
administrative tasks are required
of someone in youth development
and what are the many varied
methods we use to reach out to
others?
NW Region News
The NW Region met on Friday,
January 11 at the Regional Office of
Education in Annawan. Becoming a
Part of the IEPYE Team was the
emphasis for our get-together with
everyone learning more about our
association and bringing their
favorite team-building activity.
Thanks to Diane Baker for securing
the site location and lunch!
Partnerships for Youth
Development
 We are dealing with complex
issues and more than likely we
will need to work with other
groups to work on these issues
that are identified. As council or
committee members, they could
provide the linkages necessary to
expand our efforts.
Volunteerism for Youth
Development
 The strength of our program lie in
the volunteer base we provide.
 Building the capacity of
volunteers to carry out our
Thank you!
Thank you for selecting us to
represent you at the NAE4-HA
meeting in North Dakota with the
Distinguished Service and
Achievement in Service awards. We
were very proud to be there from
Illinois knowing we had a strong
association to back us as well as
wonderful colleagues to work with!
We enjoyed it and appreciated the
gifts and kind words received.
Thanks for making it so special!
Tina Veal and Cheryl Geitner
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Thank you for making the 2001
NAE4HA meeting a memorable
one. Collectively, and individually,
your gifts, cards, and well wishers
were an important part of the
conference for me. Twenty-five
years seems like a short time span,
as I look back. That’s due a great
part to all of you – my colleagues.
Time flies when you are having fun
– and when you have the best
colleagues!
Melinda States
Web Site
JCEP has launched its new
web site that will contain
information about regional
leadership workshops, PILD,
the Galaxy conference and
other pertinent information.
Check it out at:
http://www.jcep.org
Meet Your NAE4-HA
Regional Directors
Senior Regional Director, Chris
Anderson, andersonc@mail.aces.
uiuc.edu has been in the SangamonMenard Unit (Illinois) for almost
14 years. His responsibilities for the
North Central Region include
communication to all state
presidents, president-elects,
committee chairs, etc. Updating the
leadership teams list for the region
and compiling the North Central
Regional Directory are key tasks.
This newsletter is also part of
Chris’s responsibility. Any
information or articles that you
would like to have shared within the
region need to be sent to him at the
above e-mail address.
Eric Otte, Jr. Regional Director,
eotte@oznet.ksu.edu, has been with
Kansas State University Extension
Youth Development in Sedgwick
County for 19 years. He is responsible for the financial matters of the
western region. If financial matters
are your question, Eric can help!
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Invest in Yourself by
Investing in the NAE4-HA
Clover Pledge
Established in 1986 the Clover
Pledge fund is a unique, membersupported fund of the NAE4-HA.
Interest from this fund serves to
provide comprehensive, futuristic
professional development for
NAE4-HA members through:
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educational scholarships
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professional development
grants
innovative program grants
professional development
opportunities
leadership opportunities
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Examples of things supported the
past two years include: 
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Annual subscription to
CYD Journal for NAE4HA members
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Professional Development
Scholarships
Scholarships for members to
attend PILD
NAE4-HA Membership
Assessment Survey
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Remember all pledges are taxdeductible and can be paid over
several years.
Who’s Who in NAE4-HA
We have an outstanding leadership
team on our national board. Always
feel free to contact them if you have
specific questions, concerns or ideas
you would like to share.
President:
Kirk Astroth
210 Taylor Hall, MSU
Bozeman, MT 59717
406-994-3501
FAX: 406-994-5417
Email: kastroth@montana.edu
President-Elect:
Pamela Olsen
2050 Lafayette Ave
McMinnville, OR 97128-9333
503-434-8913
FAX: 503-472-3054
Email: pamela.olsen@orst.edu
Past President:
Vern Walden
8015 W. Center Rd.
Omaha, NE 68124
402-444-7804
FAX: 402-444-6430
Email: jvwaldren1@unl.edu
Vice President’s Council:
Vice President for Professional
Development:
Mary Williams
Nassau County Extension Service
972 S. Kings Road
Callahan, FL 32011
904-879-1019
FAX: 904-879-2097
Email: nassau@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Vice President for Research
Evaluation & Programs:
Lisa Lauxman
Forbes 315, University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036
520-621-7131
FAX: 520-621-1927
Email: lauxman@ag.arizona.edu
Vice President for Finance &
Operations:
Allen Woodward, Jr.
308 Main Street Shop Centre
P.O. Box 748
Waterloo, NY 13165-0748
315-539-9251
FAX: 315-539-2784
Email: aswll@cornell.edu
Vice President for Marketing &
Outreach:
Allan Vyhnalek
Box 903
Columbus, NE 68602-0903
402-563-4901
FAX: 402-563-4901
Email: avyhnalek2@unl.edu
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Vice President for Member
Services:
Kim Mehl
135 W. Market Street
Warrensburg, MO 64093
660-747-3193
FAX: 660-747-9867
Email: mehlk@missouri.edu
North Central Regional
Directors:
Chris Anderson
Unit Educator Youth Development
PO Box 8467
Springfield, IL 62791
217-782-4617
FAX: 217-524-6662
email:
andersonc@mail.aces.uiuc.edu
Eric Otte
Sedgwick County Extension Office
7001 West 21st Street North
Wichita, KS 67205-1759
316-722-7721
FAX: 316-722-7727
Email: eotte@oznet.ksu.edu
NAE4-HA Community
Service
The 2001 NAE4-HA Conference
brought tears to many eyes with an
incredible Community Service
Project. A Minnesota 4-H club near
the Fargo, ND - Moorhead, MN
area moved all 1100 participants
with their passion, speaking
eloquence and stage presence
during the opening event. “Happy
Feet” is a project aimed at helping
every young person in the FargoMoorhead area have a new pair of
shoes if they can’t afford them.
While the group had issued a
request for people to bring a pair of
new tennis shoes, their dramatic
presentation reached a nerve that
took an unbelievable twist. A
challenge was issued from one of
the 100+ tables. They had collected
$50.00 instantly and challenged
every table to do so. By the end of
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the week, over $5,000.00 had been
raised on behalf of the “Happy
Feet” project. A fitting tribute from
4-H professionals who give so
much to youth development.
In addition, the North Central
region issued a request for attendees
to bring stocking caps, mittens,
gloves and scarves as part of our
regional breakfast and had a
tremendous effort materialize with
more than 200 items and $30
collected for a local homeless
shelter. We will likely continue our
Community Service Project at the
2002 Conference in Norfolk, VA.
NAE4-HA Global and
Multi-Cultural Education
Task Force
by Virginia Kuo
The Global and Multi-Cultural
Task Force discussed the following:
1. Chair and Co-Chair selected:
Chair: Amy Fuglestad, ND
Co-Chair: Virginia Kuo, IL
2. Program planning for 2001-02
News and Views:
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2001 North Central
Regional Breakfast at
NAE4-HA
This year’s breakfast auction was
loads of fun and raised $1,658 for
states to provide scholarships to
next year’s conference. Each state
will have $138 for conference
scholarships of their own design.
Also, during the regional breakfast
event in Bismarck, many of our
friends and colleagues were
recognized for their commitment to
excellence in youth development.
Unfortunately several of the award
recipients were unable to attend the
NAE4-HA conference. Please take
time to make sure all award
recipients within your state are
publicly recognized for their work
and accomplishments.
Impact Stories are needed by
National 4-H Council to help them
as they promote the great work
happening within our 4-H Youth
Development programs. If you have
stories you could share that relate
specific things youth have identified
as a learning experience, please
forward these to Christy Phillips at
National 4-H Council. Her email
address is phillips@4hcouncil.edu
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Article on the pre-conference
in Winter issue
International Breakfast article
"And my world" article
Current Exchange programs
3. The task force will organize a
pre-conference for 2002 NAE4-HA
conference. Details to work out -suggested time is Saturday from
8:00 - 5:00.
4. Will contribute information at
Seminar / Poster sessions
5. Ginny Powell and Kathy Pothoff
gave a brief report on the meeting in
Omaha to finalize the new 4-H
curriculum "And My World"
project. Nebraska Extension has
agreed to take on the task of getting
it finalized, through jury process
and printed. Volunteers were asked
to pilot and evaluate some of the
activities in the curriculum. Some
units / centers of U of I Extension
have volunteered to be part of the
piloting team.
Deadlines
IEPYE Spring Meeting
booklet: February 22
IEPYE Newsletter Deadline
for the next issue is: April 12
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