December 18, 2006

All 4-H graduating seniors were sent a letter of upcoming scholarships available at this time. If you are a graduating senior and did not receive a letter, please call me to get the information.

Club delegates plan to attend the Jan. 18 Council/Adult Leaders meeting, 7 p.m. at the Expanded Nutrition office near CrossRoads. Delegates will be voting on the budget for 2007 and many more things.

Beekeeping Essay due Jan. 3. For more information visit http://tx4-h.tamu.edu/beekeeping.

Spurs Night - Saturday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. Spurs vs Wizards. Tickets are $24 or $39 with a fee hot dog, soda, chips and a Spurs Coin. Call Ryan at 444-5886 or Evan at 444-5652 by Jan. 5th.

We still have poinsettias that need to be delivered to Bexar County representatives. Please call me ASAP to select your representative. We have sites on the Southside of town and downtown. They need to be delivered by Tuesday, Dec. 19th.

Out of 53 chocolates prizes, we have had only 13 chocolate prizes picked up (NOT GOOD). If we don't receive a thank you note by Tuesday, Dec. 19, the winner will forfeit their prize. A list of winners and a list of donors addresses were sent to every club managers to encourage their winners to write thank you notes. Thank you notes are to be sent to our office.

Mark your calendar for the next Horse Leaders Meeting, Monday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m. This meeting is the Holiday Party Pot Luck Dinner, come and enjoy.

If you have any questions, on the above articles, please give us a call. Have a great weekend and thanks for all your support of the 4-H program.

December 8, 2006

If you would be interested in finding out how the Chocolate Fundraiser money is spent in our budget, make plans to attend the Finance Planning Meeting on Monday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., here at the office, S-208. Bring your ideas and suggestions on how we should budget the money.

Encourage your graduating seniors to attend the Scholarship Training on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m. here at the office, S-208.

If you are interested in the CORE Program, make plans to attend the CORE Planning Meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 6:30 p.m., here at the office, S-208. Hotdogs will be served, so please RSVP to Nelson to make sure we have enough food.

Council voted to give our State Representatives poinsettias. We need volunteers to deliver them. If you are interested, call the office and reserve to who you would like to deliver to. This needs to be done by this Tuesday. The poinsettias are available in our office now.

We have 3 Angels left on the tree in our office. If these Angels do not get picked, we have to take them to a mall with a tree and leave them there. I am not sure if someone will pick them and have time to purchase something and make the Salvation Army deadline. If you are interested in getting an Angel, give me a call ASAP and I can read to you what the kids want.

Our Randolph 4-H Club has 2 rabbits and needs instruction on how to care for them. If you are in assisting them with this, give Nicki at call at 652-4262 or 652-2088.

Texas Teen Retreat is coming up January 5-7. Deadline entry is Dec. 12. Give me a call if you need more info.

Bexar County Junior Livestock Show eligibility forms have been mailed to participants and are due back to our office by Dec. 20.

If you have any questions on the above items, please give us a call.

December 1, 2006

Here is a great opportunity for members with animals and would like a possibility of an interview. Thursday, Dec. 14, 8 a.m. at KENS 5 TV at 5400 Fredericksburg Rd. Any animal is welcome, there will be pens available for the animals. Wear your 4-H T-shirt. If you need a letter to get out of school, please let us know. Hope you can go and support 4-H.

We have an Angel Tree here in our office. If anyone would like to select a child to purchase a gift for, please come by the office and pick you angel. This is a County Council Sponsored Community Service project.

I have brochures that need to be folded if anyone would like to volunteer hours.
We are need of newsletter sponsors. If you know of a business that would like to sponsor the newsletter, please have them call. Approximate cost is $100.

Bexar County Junior Livestock Show eligibility forms have been mailed. Please notify your members to be on the watch and take them to their school to get signed and returned to our office by Dec 20. If they did not receive a lime green eligibility form, please ask them to call Annette.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO READ THE NEWSLETTER FOR DUE DATES. We had several families come in past the major show due date to enter their animals. This makes a hardship on the secretary who is trying to meet the major show deadline. We set deadlines to allow the secretary time to process the forms, get them signed, call exhibitors if something is wrong on their form and allow them time to come in and fix it and then for her to enter the entries on line. We have discussed the process for next year, and there will be no entries excepted late next year.

Mark the Finance Task Force Planning meeting on your calendar if you would like to have a say so on what the council spends the money on. Monday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. at our office.

If you are a graduating senior please try to attend the Scholarship Training on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m. at our office.

Texas Teen Retreat is a fun learning experience for members age 13-19. Jan. 5-7. Entry forms are due to our office Dec. 12. For more information see the newsletter or call me.
If you have anyone interested in horse, have them attend the Horse Leaders Meeting is Dec. 18, 7 p.m. here at our office.

Steer and Heifer Clinic, Saturday, Dec. 9 in Floresvill at the Wilson County Showbarn, 9 a.m. - 12 noon.

Anyone interested in the CORE program (hiking, fishing, natural resources, etc.) mark your calendar to attend the 2007 planning meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at our office. Hot dogs will be served, bring chips or a dish. RSVP to Nelson.

We need members to deliver Poinsettias to County Commissioners and State Representatives. If any of your members would like to do this, call me.

If you need any additional information on the above articles, please let me know.