ABBIE 4H PROJECTS 2014-15
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
REQUIREMENTS LEADER CONTACT
Archery
New Members will learn range safey, parts of the bow,
arrow, safety equipment, how to repair arrows,
maintain the equipment, and of course how to shoot
and score targets. More advanced archers will focus
on form, proficiency and continued knowledge of the
sport. We will primarily be meeting at Livermore Rod &
Gun Club, north of I-580 in Livermore. Meeting dates
and times to be decided, but we will try to meet once a
month, We will also try to have guest instructors, one
field trip, mail in-in shoots and speakers related to
shooting sports in general. You are not expected to
make every meeting, but you are expected to get at
least 6 hours of target practice and meetings to
complete the project with 100% attendance. You do
not need to own your bow; we have equipment. If you
do own your own bow you’re welcome to bring it
Is it your first year of 4H? Or maybe it’s your second
year, but you’re still looking for some guidance and fun
activities to fill up your time? Well, Beginning 4H is the
perfect project for you. In this project, you will learn all
about 4H, make a project to enter into the Alameda
County Fair, and meet lots of other kids just starting
4H. Also learn how and why you should keep a record
book, learn about community service, and get a sneak
peek at what other projects are doing with some
scheduled visits. We will meet Fridays after school
once a month starting in October.
Ages: Members must be 9
years old by Dec 31st, 2013,
no Primaries. Limit 18
Beginning 4H
Cost: . There is a $5 range
fee per meeting at range and
a one-time project fee of $25.
Adult Leaders:
Sabina Carter
snecarter@yahoo.com
925-989-2433
Michele Munro
munro821@aol.com
925-487-0894
Teen Leaders:
Harrison Carter
Austin Munro
Age: 9+
Adult Advisors:
Sabina Carter
snecarter@yahoo.com
925-989-2433
Elizabeth Lester
e_lester@me.com
925-216-3592
Junior Leaders:
Josie Carter
Elise Lester
Beginning
Chess
Cattle: Beef
Cavies
*NEW THIS YEAR* Have you ever wanted to play
chess? This is the project for you. In each class we
will spend the first part teaching the basics, and the
second part either playing the game or practicing with
the pieces depending on the skill of the player.
Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesdays of every
month, starting in September, excepting November
and December, when we will take a break for the
holidays. The time will be from 4 to 5 PM.
Raising a market steer or breeding heifer. Steers
must be owned by the last weekend in February,
however most purchase steers by October while they
are still small enough to handle. Heifers must be
owned 90-days before fair.
Exhibitors should plan to spend 15+ hours a week with
their project animal.
This project will focus on responsible pet ownership of
Cavies (pronounced kay-vees), which are guinea pigs.
Both pet animals and purebreds are acceptable
choices. Cavy education will include breeds, color
varieties, health with a focus on diet, and habitat.
Meetings will have some fun themes and some will
involve the ever-popular dress-up-your cavy fun
theme. There is a strong focus on showmanship in this
project - where the child is judged on how well they
present their cavy.... this allows part bred pets and
purebreds to compete with equal status.
This project is suitable for kids with a single pet or
responsible members who want to breed and show
purebreds. We will have some 4-H project shows
where members can both show and judge the animals,
a booth at Small Animal Field Day, travel to an open
show that has adult owners who can help the kids
learn more. The project members will be required to
create both educational posters and show their live
cavy show at the Alameda County Fair.
Age: 9 and up. Limit of 10
people. Bring a chess set if
you have one, but you don't
need one to participate.
Adult Leader:
Lisa Roberts
lisa@drwob.com
925-417-8894
Age: 9+
Cost: Calves can be
purchased for $1500+
Feed costs average
$100/month.
Suzette & Breanne Maggy
xccowgirl88@yahoo.com
925/216-0807
Age: Open to all, including
mini-members.
Meetings will be primarily on
weekends-aiming for
Sundays when sports
schedules are not a major
conflict... usually held at a
member's home in the
Pleasanton area; in good
weather, outdoor meetings at
a park are an option.
Jane Morehouse
annjane2@earthlink.net
510-351-4859 home land line with
recorder
510-351-1174 cell
Deirdre Gipson
mdn_gipson@yahoo.com
925-461-1214 (home)
925-487-7103 (cell)
Crochet
Learn basic crochet and complete a project for the fair.
Project will initially consist of four meetings beginning
in January.
Age: 9+, younger for siblings
of older members.
Nissa Nack;
nissanack@comcast.net
(925) 484-1942
East Bay
Adventures
*NEW THIS YEAR* Educational and Fun! Learn
about interesting venues in the East Bay. Field trips to
locations you might not have been to before. We will
meet at these locations, so family and/friends
welcome. Dates for the trips will try to accommodate
all my project members. All weekend outings.
Age: 10+
Meetings held on weekends
Patty Shipps
patty_shipps@yahoo.com
hm ph 925-230-8360
cell ph 925-570-3798
#1 Oakland Museum of California
California History, Natural History, and Art exhibit
areas
Scavenger Hunt with a prize
Free – First Sunday of the month (parking fee)
#2 Mt. Diablo State Park
Rock Climbing, short Hike, and Summit Visitors Center
(park entrance fee)
#3 Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
Antioch - Mines Tour
(tour cost $5 per person) (park entrance fee)
#4 Ardenwood Historic Farm
Monarch Butterfly viewing in the eucalyptus trees
Farm animals
Historic house tour (depending on date)
(park entrance fee $3 per person)
#5 Alameda Beach Sand Castle & Sculpture Contest
Held in early June so we might have this outing too.
Crown Memorial State Beach
Field trip to see participant creations.
(possible parking fee)
Foods: Baking
and
Breadmaking
Foods:
Canning
Gardening
Goats - Dairy
This project is designed to foster a love of baking. All
experience levels are welcome. This year, we will
make both sweet and savory baked items and assign
more complex tasks based on experience level. We
will still cover basic kitchen and food safety; how to
measure ingredients accurately; basic kitchen
equipment and their uses; and basic baking terms. All
members are strongly encouraged to do a
presentation and write a newsletter article, and
everyone is expected to enter a baked good in the
Fair.
Age: 9 and up
Cost: $20
Meetings will be once a
month on Sunday late
afternoon / evening, starting
on October 26, 2014.
Adult Leader:
Elizabeth Lester
e_lester@me.com
925/216-3592
Description: Do you like to garden? If you do, or if
you'd like to learn how, come join the gardening
project. We will talk about how to care for plants, how
plants work, the names of plant, types of weeds and
how to pull them, and much more. At least half the
class will be dedicated to hands-on work in the
yard/garden, so bring clothes and shoes appropriate
for getting dirty and working with pruning shears if you
have permission. Meetings are held on the 3rd
Monday of September, October, November, March,
April, and May. The meeting time is from 4 to 5 PM.
Ages: 9 and up. Limit of 8
people. Some members will
be working with pruning
shears if their parents allow
them, but proper shoes (no
sandals) must be worn to
work with shears.
Adult Leader:
Lisa Roberts
lisa@drwob.com
925-417-8894
This project tends to be a year round project as these
are the Dairy goats. To enter the Fair, you must own
your goat 60 days prior to Fair. You do not have to
have a dairy goat to be in this project and learn about
goats.
Age: 9+
Karen Harper
cacheymom@comcast.net
925-846-5456
Junior Leader:
Elise Lester
eliseluvscupcakes@aol.com
LOOKING FOR A LEADER!
Teen Leader:
Sarah Roberts
Sarah@Yay.com
Goats - Market
If you like raising a market animal, try goat! Goats are
very intelligent, and rewarding to raise. (And easy to
clean up after!) They require feeding twice a day.
Ownership is 60 days prior to fair.
Age: 9+
Cost: $250-$400
Kathy Bottarini
kathybottarini@yahoo.com
925-200-0204
Angie Bottarini
Horse
Love horse’s? This is for you.
Mini-Members
For Primary Members: 5 years old or in kindergarten
by December 31 of the program year. If you are too
young to be an official 4-Her but you want to
participate in some of the fun 4-H activities, then this is
the project for you.
Karen Harper
cacheymom@comcast.net
925-846-5456
Age: 5-8 yrs
Lura Nicolas
lura@sbcglobal.net
925/600-8399
Model Horse
The Model Horse Project instructs on the care,
showing, display and storage of model horses of all
media (ceramic, plastic, resin) with emphasis on
plastic Breyer & Stone horses. Participants are given
guidance and advice on developing their individual
collections. Model horses are also used to teach
various aspects of live horses such as breeds, breed
identification, colors, markings, anatomy and
conformation. Project will require ownership of at least
one model horse in good "showable" condition.
Obtaining one if not already in hand may require a
modest outlay of money…approx. $30/plus depending
on what the family wants to acquire.
Ages 8 and up. Model horse
meetings are generally held
on the same day as the Cavy
Project meetings as the
leader travels in to
Pleasanton from San
Leandro.
Jane Morehouse
annjane2@earthlink.net
510-351-4859 home land line with
recorder
510-351-1174 cell
Age: Open to All
Kelly Illingworth
killingworth3@gmail.com
The Model Horse Project represents a world-wide
hobby full of wonderful people - many of whom have
started similar projects in 4-H clubs or youth groups
closer to their homes. The child whose family is not in
a position to acquire a living horse can now offer an
alternative way for children interested in horses to
learn about them, as certain facts and education
offered in meetings will reveal much about the living
horses as well as the models. The child's collection
can grow via birthday and holiday gifts into one that
will last a life time and allow the child to elect to remain
in the hobby well past the 4-H years.
Poultry
Did you know you can raise chickens in the city of
Pleasanton? Learn the care and feeding of backyard
chickens, attend a poultry show & sale end of January,
learn showmanship and prepare your chickens for fair.
Introductory meeting in
December
Presentations
NEW THIS YEAR! Presentations are needed to earn
4-H Stars. If you need some this is a great
opportunity. The 1st meeting will go over 4-H
guidelines for presentations. Members then start
preparing their 1st presentation. Subsequent
meetings will give members a chance to present to the
group & receive constructive feedback. You will then
be asked to prepare a new presentation before the
next meeting. Presentations can be given at other 4-H
meetings.
Age: 10+
Limit: 8-10 members
Cost: Poster Paper as
needed
The first meeting will be
October 6th. Place and time
TBA.
Presentation Day
Feb 7th 2015
Michele Munro
munro821@aol.com
925-487-0894
Rabbits
Learn how to house, feed, nurture and prevent
disease in pet and show rabbits. Learn about different
breeds, body types, and fur qualities and how to select
the right animal. Learn how to groom, pose and exhibit
your rabbit at rabbit shows and the Fair. Showmanship
is exciting, competitive, and lots of fun!
Time will also be spent discussing Market (meat)
Rabbits. You will not need your own rabbit until
March.
Age: Open to all, including
mini-members!
Cost: $50 minimum for
project rabbit and feed.
Melba Jacobsen
jakeattheranch@comcast.net
510-889-8050
Kayla Mueller
kkandm@comcast.net
925-461-1093
Super organized and detailed oriented? Love doing
your record book every year? If you answered no to
either of those questions, then this project is for you!
(If you answered yes, you are welcome too). This
project meets about 6 times a year on a Sunday
afternoon at the Project Leader’s house in Pleasanton.
The time will be spent working on your record book,
recording the 4H activities that you have participated
in since the last meeting. Bring a laptop if you have it,
if not then we will start you out on paper forms. Next
August you will be so happy you did this. First meeting
Age: Open to All
Record Book
Erika Jacobsen, Teen Leader
Krystal Jacobsen, Junior Leader
Deirdre Gipson
mdn_gipson@yahoo.com
925-461-1214 Home
925-487-7103 Cell
will be late October/early November time frame.
Sheep
Raising a market lamb. (Lamb must be owned 60 days
prior to fair.)
Age: 9+
Cost: $300-$400 for lambs
and $200 for feed
Adult Leaders:
Ernie & Melba Jacobsen
jakeattheranch@comcast.net
510-889-8850
Erika Jacobsen, Teen Leader
Krystal Jacobsen, Junior Leader
Swine
You will be responsible for selecting, raising and
showing a market hog at fair. We will receive animals
about mid-March and the project will be complete with
the Livestock Auction the last day of fair in July. This is
a large time commitment, including monthly meetings,
daily feedings, and weekend weigh days. You will also
be expected to spend most of the second week of the
fair at the fairgrounds. You don't have to own a pig to
be in the project and learn about swine.
Theatre Arts
The purpose of the project is to create a fun interactive
way to teach and practice public speaking skills.
Along the way, members will use their creative talents
to write scripts, perform skits and create props and
sets. This project includes, but is not limited to writing
and performing the skit for skit night. Membership in
this project is not required, but recommended to be a
Age: 9+
Cost: Approx. $300-$500,
plus cost of feed
Jan Bennett
Jbclan6@gmail.com
925/449-0114
Tom Illingworth
Craig Smith
Jimmy Bennett
Michele Munro
munro821@aol.com
925-487-0894
part of our club skit.
County-wide
Project:
Archery
(offered by
East Hills 4H)
The archery project will begin in the Fall 2014 to
Spring 2015. We meet at Redwood Bowmen Practice
Field, south of the Chabot science Center parking
garage every 4th Thursday from 3:00 pm to 5:00 p.m.
This project will explore the lore of archery. We will
study:
1. Bows and arrows: the long bow, the recurve bow,
and the compound bow
2. Nomenclature: parts of the bows and arrows, and
other archery concepts
3. Mechanics: how to make a bow stringer and how to
string a bow
4. Marksmanship: how to increase marksmanship
skills, concepts.
The cost is $5.00 toward
equipment maintenance and
replacement of arrows. The
minimum age is 9 years old.
Lee Donaghey
lee2ehhs4h@yahoo.com
County-wide
Project: Arts
and Crafts for
Teens
County-wide
Project: Camp
Academy
In arts & Crafts for Teens, members will express their
creativity using a wide variety of crafting techniques
and media. Meets on the 3rd Tuesday, 3:30 -5:00 pm
at the San Leandro Library.
The cost is $20.00. The
minimum age is 12.
Project Leader is Janine Homon,
2mama9498@att.net
Camp Academy is a county-wide project that teaches
leadership skills and prepares members to be staff at
4H Camp. Members are required to prepare a
resume and interview for a staff position. Project
enrollment will be capped, with preference given to
returning members.
Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of each month at
7PM at the Farm Bureau in Livermore.
County Wide
Age: Camp Academy is
open to 4H members who
are ages 14 to 19 as of
December 31 of the program
year.
Jim Bennett
jbennett@montague-inc.com
925-449-0114
Works with the five areas of citizenship: Personal,
History, Environment, Current Events and
Government. We have debates and discuss current
County Wide
Age: 7th Grade+
Carol Crossett
510-881-1124
cvcrossett@aol.com
County-wide
Project:
Citizenship
Dion Hock dionhock@yahoo.com
925-209-6931
events.
County-wide
Project:
Choose Your
Own
Adventure
Creative
Writing
This project will explore writing short stories of the
"choose your own adventure" format using a free
interactive software. Basic writing concepts will
covered in the course of writing their “choose your own
adventure story”. Depending on how the class
progresses, we will cover some programming
enhancements in the software.
Ages: 8 and up, if child has
difficulty composing, writing,
or typing, parent are
requested to be present to
assist. This project is open
to all clubs. Limit 10
members. Cost: None,
however, members need to
bring their own wi-fi capable
laptop. Meets: TBA. Most
likely meetings will be once a
month at the Dublin Library,
dates and times subject to
room availability.
Adult Leader:
Valerie Freitas
Valfreitas2k@gmail.com
County-Wide
Project:
Computer
Programming
This project will provide an introduction to computer
programming by exploring different computer
programming topics such as Scratch, beginning web
development, and python. Participants must own a
laptop with wi-fi capability that they can bring to
meetings. Members will be able to join and mentor
other kids in the Tri-Valley CoderDojo in Dublin and
exhibit project skills. This project is open to all clubs.
Limit 10 members. Ages 10
and up. Younger ages
considered on a per-case
basis. Cost: None. Meets:
TBA. Most likely meetings
will be once a month at the
Dublin Library, dates and
times subject to room
availability. Occasional
meetings may be in Oakland,
but these can be made up.
Adult Leader:
Valerie Freitas
Valfreitas2k@gmail.com
County-wide
Project: Guide
“Alameda County Guide Dog Puppy Raisers”
Meetings are Tuesdays 7pm8pm 4 times per month at
First Presbyterian Church of
Lisa San Jose at
LKSJ01@yahoo.com
Teen Leader:
Alex Freitas
Teen Leader:
Alex Freitas
Hayward, Castro Valley
94546.
Dogs
County-wide
Project:
Illustrated
Writing
This project meets at the San Leandro Library on 1st
Monday from 3:30 to 5:00. Comic books, Manga,
children’s books an dmore, all use drawing skills to tell
their stories. In the project, we will learn different
techniques as we draw and write our own creations.
Minimum age is 12.
Project Leader is Janine Homon,
2mama9498@att.net
County-wide
Project:
Rifles/Shooting
This project will follow the state 4H small-bore rifle
guidelines, which is a marksmanship oriented
curriculum. We will learn safety, operation,
marksmanship, etc. on .22 caliber rifles (you don’t
need to own one). After the mandatory orientation
meeting, range meetings are held twice a month on
Sunday evenings at the indoor range in San Leandro.
We start meeting in January, and finish in June.
Participation is at discretion of leader.
Age: 12+
Limit: 10
Jane Onojafe
jonojafe@gmail.com
925/260-0070
County-wide
Project:
Rising Stars
This project is a county-wide public outreach project in
which members would bring awareness of 4-H to the
community. This would be done by designing and
exciting an outreach project. While working on the
project and other related tasks, they would develop
skills in teamwork, leadership, public speaking and
citizenship. Activities could include planning and work
parties and related field trips.
This project is for 11-14 year
olds members in 6th-9th
grade. The first meeting will
be Sept. 16th.
Parent required to attend first
meeting.
Adult Leader:
Tanya Daly
Tanya@dalyclan.net
County-wide
Project:
Rocketry
County-wide
Project:
Sewing with
Recycled
Materials
Learn how to build model rockets (from a kit) and
launch them at Moffett Field. While you are learning
how to build rockets, Jack Hagerty, our teacher and a
LUNAR founder, will sneak in some history and
physics of rocketry, which will amaze you! The project
is a combination of lecture (history and physics),
discussion, demonstration, show-and-tell, and the
hands-on assembling of a model rocket.
County Wide
Age: All
Cost: $15.00 for the rocket
kit, supplies, engines, and
launch.
Four class meetings will be
on Thursday evenings in
January and February in
Livermore. In addition, you
are invited to attend one of
the scheduled rocket
launches at Moffett Field in
Mountain View or Snow
Ranch (east of Stockton) in
March, April, and May.
Adult Leader:
Heidi Kaseff
kidsr34us@sbcglobal.net
925-371-0699
This project meets in Berkeley on Fridays from
10:30am to 12:30pm starting in January. We will make
projects out of mostly recycled material such as a tshirt bag and hat, jean purse, donut pin cushion, &
dress shirt pillow. Participants will be asked to bring
stuffing and other supplies as needed.
Minimum age is 7.
Jennifer Griffin
rlitt6@yahoo.com
Teen Leader:
Sarah Davisson
County-wide
Project:
Square Dance
County-wide
Project: State
Exchange
Learn basic square dancing and some western
dancing. Returning members will learn more advanced
calls and additional line dances.
So…why should you join Square Dancing?
1. It’s FUN!
2. It’s good exercise
3. It’s a county-wide project so you’ll get to meet and
make friends with members from other clubs.
4. It’s not limited to 4H – that means parents, older
siblings, and non-4H friends are welcome and
encouraged to come learn, too, making Thursday
nights into fun, family outings.
5. It’s a great way to earn valuable record book points.
In square dance we do lots of community service, from
making Valentine’s to dancing at senior centers; we
get communication points for presentations; we earn
those rare citizenship points for cultural arts by
dancing at fairs and in parades.
Give square dancing a try. You don’t need to buy any
special outfits (though you can, if you want to). You
just need to wear clothes you can move around in.
The State Exchange Program is a county project
where members interact with 4Hers from other states.
The project entails fund raising for hosting and for
traveling. All members that sign up must be able to
host a 4Her from another state and in exchange they
travel to the state we hosted. It is usually two and a
half weeks long for hosting and for traveling. We will
meet once a month.
Meetings will be held on
Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm at
Del Valle High, 2253 5 th
Street, Livermore. The first
meeting will be on Sept. 4,
2014.
Cost is $10/month after free
three week trial.
Adult Leader:
Margaret Miller
mmiller1435@gmail.com
925-447-6980
County Wide
Age: 12+
Selma Michael
selmajames@sbcglobal.net
510-517-2346
Sara Aarestad