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Workshops and Registration will be held at the
Morgan County Fair Grounds in Brush, Co.
4:00pm - 8:00pm
6:00pm - 7:30pm
7:30pm - 9:00pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
First sitting of the
Cajun boil
Second sitting of
Cajun boil
Entertainment by the Platte Valley
Festival Band
7:00am - 11:00am
8:00am – 9:00am
9:00am - 10:15am
10:15am – 10:30am
10:30am – 11:45am
12:00pm - 1:30pm
1:45pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:30pm
3:30pm - 5:00pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Colorado 4-H
Leaders’ Council meeting
Workshops
Break
Workshops
Lunch and idea swap
(presented by Faith Poet and Carol Kuhns)
Workshops
Break
Workshops
Dinner, entertainment, and possible keynote speaker
Bazi Kanani (9News anchor and Morgan
County 4-H alumna)
7:30am - 9:00am Omelet Breakfast—
9:30am - 12:00pm
12:00pm feel free to arrive anytime to make your own fresh egg omelet.
Tours—see the last page
Lunch on your own
Friday - Sunday –Leaders’ Livestock and Horse camp
9:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:00
Sport fishing (9:00 - 12:00)
Getting Started on the Right Foot
Club Officers 101
Youth-Adult Partnership
Games 4-Hers Play
Horses, Horses, Horses
Preserving 4-H Memories
Card Making
Rag Rugs
Garnishes, Garnishes, Garnishes
1:45 - 3:00
Sport fishing (1:00 - 4:30)
Officer Training
Celebrating Cloverbuds
Personality IQ
Managing Four Gen. of Volunteers
Flag Etiquette
Shooting Sports
Judging
The Power to Be
Personality IQ
Horses, Horses,
Horses
Preserving 4-H
Memories
Card Making
Rag Rugs
Garnishes,
Garnishes,
Garnishes
3:30 - 5:00
Living the
“Learn by Doing”
The Incredible
4-H Quest
Effective
Coaching and
Teaching
Risky Business
Family Fun … International Host Way Games 4-Hers
Play
What is a Working Ranch Horse? What is a
Working Ranch
Scrapbooking
Wheat Weaving
The Art of Quilting
Horse?
Scrapbooking
Wheat Weaving
The Art of
Quilting
WRLF planning meeting
Starting a new club? Try the workshops highlighted in green.
Love horses and want to know more? Try the workshops highlighted in brown.
Want to improve your 4-H club? Try the workshops highlighted in blue.
Love crafts? Try the workshops highlighted in red.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
*Denotes District 1 workshop presenter
We are currently working to add to this workshop list
THE ART OF QUILTING*
Come learn both the basics of quilting and create a unique and beautiful wall quilt. COST: (to be determined)
CARD MAKING Presented by Sharon O’Patik*
What can you do with those leftover craft supplies or scrapbooking items? Learn how to turn them into several homemade personalized cards at this workshop. COST: $10
CELEBRATING CLOVERBUDS Presented by Val Loose*
The youngest members of your club can and should be an active participant in the 4-H program. Attend this workshop to learn how to create and strengthen your club’s Cloverbud program.
CLUB OFFICERS 101 Presented by DaNell Hennis and Kyrei Zion
Are the officers in your club doing their jobs? This class will help you understand the specific duties of all club officers. Come learn how to help your club function more effectively!
LEADERS’ LIVESTOCK AND HORSE CAMP
Have you ever gone to beef, sheep, swine or horse camp with your kids and think, I’d like to learn all of that stuff too? You’re in luck! That’s exactly what a statewide team of 4-H agents would like to do for all Colorado 4-H leaders.
Each day will feature project skill learning on a different large animal including horse, beef, sheep, and swine. This will be hands-on instruction, so come prepared to work with animals. For those of you doing the horse portion of the camp, bringing a horse will be especially important, as riding and training techniques will be the main focus on this day. The other animals will be provided, or you may bring your own if you have one available at that time.
This camp is designed to specifically teach 4-H project leaders the skills they need to help their 4-H members succeed in their project areas.
Record book keeping, selection, grooming, fitting, and showmanship will all be taught at the day long sessions. Each session will be led by skilled instructors from around the state. More information will be sent to those who register for this 3 day workshop. COST: $10 per day or $25 for all three days. Limited to 25 participants.
EFFECTIVE COACHING AND TEAM ORGANIZATION Presented by Jonathan Vrabec
Regardless of what you are coaching, from 4-H projects to sports, there are some good solid principles to use. Explore some common challenges when coaching youth; including how to deal with motivation, organization, and setting expectations. We will have something for new coaches as well as the experienced coach. Everyone should gain practical knowledge to use as a coach and help your team be more successful.
FAMILY FUN AND GROWTH, THE INTERNATIONAL HOST WAY Presented by Lisa Taylor and Courtney Loflin
Great memories can be made for every member of your family as an international host with Colorado State University Cooperative Extension 4-H
International Programs. Give your family an international experience in the safety of your own home. A panel of past/present host parents and international program youth from several countries will share their experiences and thoughts. Join us for a trip around the world without leaving the room!
FLAG ETIQUETTE AND 4-H SYMBOLS Presented by Maureen Bergenfeld, Mike Grett, Shardy Paul, and Lois Helgeland
Come and learn about the proper way to show and respect your flag and to understand symbols we use in 4-H.
GAMES 4-HERS PLAY Presented by Holli Bowman and Brenda Noakes
A fun workshop sharing new games you can play with your 4-H members that have meaning and application.
GARNISHES, GARNISHES, GARNISHES*
Learn how to turn a boring dinner into an exciting creation with a few garnishes. Great for those interested in creative cooks.
GETTING STARTED ON THE RIGHT FOOT AS A 4-H LEADER Presented by Gary Small
4-H Leaders, are you confused by all the 4-H jargon, projects, deadlines, and rules? This workshop will teach you the need of youth, general 4-H policies, how to use project materials and the basics of youth protection and risk management. Come join the race for discovering your role as a 4-
H leader.
HORSES, HORSES, HORSES – HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? Presented by Amy Star and Dr. David Denniston, Equine Extension Specialist
The 4-H Horse project can be one of the most fun and rewarding projects to lead. Come and learn about a fun way to incorporate more substance to the horse project and challenge your own horse knowledge by participating in an abbreviated mock 4-H Hippology contest. The mock contest will be followed by an explanation of the 4-H Hippology contest and how it enhances a member’s involvement in the 4-H Horse Program. A resource list and ideas for getting Hippology started in your club/county will be supplied.
THE INCREDIBLE 4-H QUEST Presented by Connie Cecil
Based on the popular TV show, Amazing Race, The Incredible 4-H Quest participants will utilize 4-H program information to complete the quest.
This quest is an exciting way to promote 4-H to other youth during the county fair or other 4-H events.
LIVING THE “LEARN BY DOING” Presented by Kurt Jones

4-Hers learn by doing. Correct? This workshop will help you improve their learning using the experiential learning model in your project and club meetings. Turn your good meetings into great meetings.
MANAGING FOUR GENERATIONS OF VOLUNTEERS IN 4-H Presented by Deryl E. Waldren
Currently there are four generations in the work force. Understanding the similarities and differences in these four generations will help make the Colorado 4-H program stronger. Learn how Colorado 4-H can effectively work with all four generations, and what motivates and turns off each generation.
OFFICER TRAINING Presented by Ann Hall and Janet Otto
Participants will learn the basics of Parliamentary Procedure and the roles of various officers and their responsibilities.
PERSONALITY IQ Presented by Steve Cramer, Bob Salzer, and Bill Nobles
Why do youth and volunteers act the way they do around each other? Come find out by learning the strengths and weaknesses of your personality.
Then through group activities, learn how you can share your strengths with the 4-H program.
PRESERVING 4-H MEMORIES Presented by Libby George
Help your 4-Hers preserve their 4-H memories with all the photos they have by making your own 6x6 photo album. You will also leave with instructions for 2 more sizes of photo albums you can make.
THE POWER TO BE Presented by Jean Glowacki
This hands-on training will introduce ways of modeling, practicing and supporting personal safety, confidence, and boundary-setting skills with young people. Leaders will leave with new tools they can use immediately to create emotional and physical safety and foster empowering beliefs in young people.
RAG RUGS Presented by Rosanne Campbell*
Do you have several yards of extra material in your craft closet? Come learn how to turn those scrap pieces of material into a beautiful rug.
COST: $5
RISKY BUSINESS AND HOW TO MANAGE IT! Presented by Dale Leidheiser
Volunteers face risks just getting out of bed – and there are even greater risks when we work with youth! Learn some fundamental risk management strategies to cope with the risks we face as well as the protections you have by being a 4-H leader.
SCRAPBOOKING Presented by Sharon O’Patik*
Need new ideas for those scrapbook pages? Bring a few of your photos and come learn by creating your own scrapbook page(s). COST: $10
SHOOTING SPORTS JUDGING Presented by Rick Romainin and Mary Seely*
Learn how to judge the shooting sports project. The workshop will focus on the criteria used for judging a completed project as well as what questions to ask participants.
SPORTFISHING Presented by Eldon Fisher, Perry Brewer, and Al Seely*
Have fun at Doty Ponds (east of Morgan County Fairgrounds). Learn how to lead a successful sportfishing project with games and activities relating to angling skills, tackle craft, aquatic ecology and people and fish interactions.
WHAT IS A WORKING RANCH HORSE? Presented by Amy Star and Tom Fey
Come learn about the 4-H Working Ranch Horse program. This new 4-H division is a fun exciting addition to the 4-H horse program. You’ll learn about what is offered in the Working Ranch Horse program and how to get started.
WHEAT WEAVING Presented by Cheryl Flair*
The plains are full of “amber waves of grain”. Come learn how to take ordinary wheat and turn it into amazing decorations. COST: $5
YOUTH-ADULT PARTNERSHIP Presented by Dale Leidheiser
You may think you work well with youth, but have you ever explored your role from their perspective? Learn about working in partnership with youth and how that can help us reach our 4-H goals while building mastery, independence, generosity and belonging.
Sunday Morning Tours
Historical Walking Tour of Fort Morgan: Fort Morgan is full of rich history from a bank robbery that ended in a homicide to simple history of the newspapers. Come and learn this exciting history.
GPS “Tour” of Morgan County: Learn both how to use GPS as well as find the loot located in Morgan County.
Agricultural Tour of Morgan County: Morgan County has many types of crops (corn, sugar beets, wheat, etc.) as well as livestock (dairies, hog farms, feed lots, etc.). Come learn about the agriculture of Morgan County.
Nature Walk: Fort Morgan has a beautiful nature walk along the river. Come travel with a trained scientist to learn about animals, plants, and insects you find along the way.
Photo Tour: Morgan County and the surrounding area is full of beautiful scenery fit for the perfect picture. Take a tour of area residents’ favorite places to take that great picture.

Local Museum Tour: Both Brush and Fort Morgan have those great small-town museums to boast of the local history. Come learn about our famous musician, Glenn Miller, and Morgan County’s history.