{"id":276,"date":"2012-10-07T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.david.runneals.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2012-10-07T11:21:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T16:21:21","slug":"2012-national-4-h-week-is-october-7th-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blog.david.runneals.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"2012 National 4-H Week is October 7th-13th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>What do you plan to do during 4-H week? I plan on actively participating in 4-H activities. To start things off, we have a State 4-H Council Retreat that goes from the 6th to the 7th. Then later in the week (Thursday-Sunday), I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going down to Wichita, Kansas to participate in the North Central Region 4-H Volunteer Forum where I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to learn about 4-H from the other side (the leaders point of view) and offer my insight into that as well. Feel free to comment below what you are doing during National 4-H Week to promote 4-H!<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to call your fellow club members up and coordinate \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dress-up\u00e2\u20ac\u009d days at your school. Here is an example of what your school week could look like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Monday: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Promotion Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/span> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You could make an announcement during your daily announcements about 4-H and National 4-H Week!<\/span> Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to mention how they can get involved in 4-H (by contacting their local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extension.iastate.edu\/content\/county-offices\" target=\"_blank\">extension office<\/a>) along with all the other dress up days that you are planning at your school this week.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tuesday: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Club Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wear your club shirt to school.<\/span> If others come up to ask you about your club, talk about all the awesome and interesting things you do in your club, that you can only find in 4-H.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Wednesday: \u00e2\u20ac\u01534-H Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/span> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wear a 4-H shirt to school.<\/span> Did you know that 4-H has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nae4ha.com\/distinguishedalum.htm\" target=\"_blank\">impressive list<\/a> of 4-H alums? Chances are, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably find many people that you may know that were never in 4-H! Also today is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4-h.org\/4-h-national-youth-science-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">4-H National Youth Science Day Experiment<\/a>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Talk with your science teachers about conducting this exciting and fun experiment no matter what grade you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Thursday: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Revolution Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/span> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c What is your Revolution of Responsibility? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Post about it on your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iowa4h\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/iowa4h\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and other Social Media pages (don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to tag it with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/#%21\/search\/?q=%234h\" target=\"_blank\">#4h<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/iowa4h\" target=\"_blank\">@iowa4h<\/a>!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Friday: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Project Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/span> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dress up with what 4-H means to YOU.<\/span> Whether that means wearing a livestock show number if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re into showing livestock, or a shirt you got that has flowers or rockets on it if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re into gardening to technology. The sky is the limit this day!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you plan to do during 4-H week? I plan on actively participating in 4-H activities. To start things off, we have a State 4-H Council Retreat that goes from the 6th to the 7th. 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