Drumheller 4-H District, Why 4-H is Great Gord Bamford Concert Tickets on Sale NOW!

The 5th Annual “Why 4-H is Great” Contest

ATB branches and 4-H members, clubs, and districts across Alberta partnered together for the fifth annual year to compete for an opportunity to host a 4-H District community concert headlining Gord Bamford, renowned Canadian country music star.

Some outstanding audio visual contest submissions were received this year. The winner of the 2014 “Why 4-H is Great” community concert is Drumheller 4-H District. Second place finalist was the Ponoka 4-H District. This year entries were required to highlight “Why 4-H is Great” or “Why 4-H loves Alberta”. 

Drumheller 4-H District’s fabulous grand prize will be to host the 2014 Gord Bamford community concert on Friday, November 21 at the Badlands Community Facility in Drumheller, Alberta. 

The concert will serve as a fundraiser for their local 4-H District, with 15% of the concert proceeds being contributed to the 4-H Alberta Legacy Fund. All members of the Drumheller 4-H District will also receive a private Gord Bamford mentoring session on the day of the concert.  

1500 tickets are available for purchase for $25.00 each through a Drumheller 4-H District Member or at the following local ATB Financial branches and agencies: Linden; Drumheller; Hanna; Strathmore; Three Hills; Trochu; Carbon; Morrin; Rockyford; Standard; Delia; Irricana; Big Valley.

In addition to this valuable fundraiser, the “Why 4-H is Great” contest also proudly showcases some of the outstanding local 4-H musical talent each year. This year’s winner of the Musician’s contest is The Cats and the Fiddles.

Thank you to ATB Financial and Gord Bamford for continuing to make this contest a success and a highlight of the 4-H Alberta program. Over the past five years, in excess of $68,000 has been raised for 4-H Alberta through this contest!

4-H Clubs to Showcase at 4th Annual Corporate Sponsor Appreciation Night

4-H Foundation of Alberta invites you to:

4th Annual

Corporate Sponsor appreciation night

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Strathmore Civic Centre

5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Join us as we once again say a special thank you to all the Corporate Sponsors who support us and contribute to the success of 4-H Alberta.

This year’s theme will be focused on all the 4-H

 

4-H Foundation of Alberta would like to invite the Calgary 4-H Region, Districts, Clubs and/or individual 4-H members to participate in the 4-H Showcase and participate as a Sponsor Host at the 4^th Annual 4-H Alberta Corporate Partnerships Appreciation Evening taking place at the Strathmore Civic Centre on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

The Corporate Sponsor Appreciation Evening will be dedicated to an engaging and energetic 4-H Showcase. As part of this year’s event we are doing a special salute to the Volunteers who continue to make our program a success. Along with showcasing 4-H volunteerism, we would also like to showcase the ongoing Community Services that each club partakes in throughout each 4-H Club Year. Participants will also be asked to engage and interact with our Corporate Partners throughout the evening as table hosts.

To help with our event we are looking for club contributions and support in various areas such as:  

• Venue greeters/ Welcome Committee
• Sponsor Engagement
• Table Centrepieces
• Photos
• Take Down
• Table Hosts
• 4-H Showcase
• Interesting and interactive community Services and/or volunteer activities your club has participated in over the past year
• Fun community events that your club did over the year
• Fundraisers conducted by your club for other non-profits or community groups over the past year
• Special highlight on a club volunteer, who goes above and beyond for your club
• Sponsor appreciation, how have you used sponsor dollars?
•  Anything that makes your club unique in the Community!

This is a great occasion for 4-H Alberta to demonstrate the benefits and outcomes from the commitment of financial support, volunteer hours, resources and expertise that have been provided by our Corporate Partners. It is a chance for 4-H Alberta to thank our dedicated Corporate Partners, as well as to provide a firsthand opportunity for our partners to engage directly with 4-H members and leaders in order to fully grasp the benefits and value of the 4-H program. 

Each 4-H participant is invited to join us for dinner as well. 

If you or your club are interested in participating in this unique occasion, please contact Rae-Lee Pieschel before October 15, 2015 via phone: 587.999.2240 or email: Pieschel@4hab.com.  

3rd Annual FortisAlberta Community Cares Contest Another Great Success

The 2013/2014 FortisAlberta Community Cares Contest was a great success this year! Thanks once again to all the clubs that participated in this year’s contest!

Having clubs donate time to improve local communities has proved to be more important than ever. 4-H Alberta and FortisAlberta truly appreciate the efforts 4-H clubs put into their communities by taking a project on paper and turning it into a true work of art in reality. 

As the contest continues and establishes more ground it has been great to see that every club that participated this year had a new unique idea, and because of their hard work and effort all the communities around them have been improved for the future.

As it reads in the rules of the contest, FortisAlberta picks 4 clubs to receive $1000!

2013-2014 Winners in no particular order are:

·         Borderline 4-H Club for their tree delivery project

·         Bergen Multi Club for their Annual Spring Cleanup

·         Perfect Paws 4-H Club for the High river Bloomers project

·         Golden Prairie 4-H Club for Operation Hummingbird

Congratulations to all the winners and to all the other clubs that participated in the contest!

The 4th Annual Community Cares Contest is on now and runs until June 30^th, 2015. Improve your community, and your club could win $1000!

For more information please contact:

Rae-lee Pieschel, Corporate Partnerships Coordinator, 4-H Foundation of Alberta

Email: pieschel@4hab.com | Phone: 587.999.2240

Calgary Stampede 2014 Youth in Action Showcase Recap!

The Calgary Stampede has come and gone for another year and a highlight during all of the excitement, the Youth in Action Showcase has concluded.

During this year's July 4 - 11th Calgary Stampede, an area of the Agriculture Building was transformed into an engaging and energetic 4-H Showcase. 4-H members had the opportunity to interact with Stampede guests from around the world and showcase their 4-H talents, projects and knowledge. This year members showcased their poultry, swine, horse, and rabbit 4-H Projects, to name a few of the diverse projects and activities that were on display.

In addition, the Calgary Stampede generously provided 4-H Alberta with a display booth for the entire seven days. This opportunity allowed 4-H Alberta to interact with youth and families and inform them about 4-H and the benefits of being part of this great program.

To add a little more attraction to the 4-H Alberta booth this year we included sack races and hula hoop competitions for the kids, a straw bale couch for families to relax on, lego tables (to showcase one of our many projects) and the “Wall of Cleaver”, which showcased art work of Cleaver at our booth.

Kids’ Day was held Wednesday July 9^th, which for the 4-H booth, was a highlight of this year’s events.  The 4-H Alberta booth face painted 50 little faces and collected more than 150 coloring pages to help decorate the “Wall of Cleaver”!

Of course the Youth in Action Showcase would not have been as successful for the 4-H Alberta booth if it had not been for all the hard working volunteers who helped man the booth throughout the week. A big thanks to Elaine Manor, Lorraine Parkinson, Heather Pfeil, Bailey Pfeil, Raina Irons, Arlyn Bouchard, Oliver Mcateer, Siera Burg, Cathy Price, and face painters, Heather Ayles and Candace Knull, for their dedication and contributions. Thank you to everyone who stopped by! Hope to see you next year!

CAPL: Enhancing 4-H Alberta Programs for 10 Years!

For the past ten years, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) has partnered with 4-H Alberta to maintain a meaningful relationship with the mutual goal of enriching the 4-H experience for members across the province. Through their sponsorship of the 4-H Alberta Communications program at the Regional level, CAPL helps 4-H members to develop and strengthen valuable communication skills. CAPL is one of 4-H Alberta’s valued provincial program sponsors who make it possible each year for youth from all around Alberta to attend life development camps and excel as individuals as they enter into adulthood. In addition, CAPL sponsors two separate 4-H scholarships that are given each year.

CAPL was first established in 1948. Today, with a current membership in excess of 1,500 individuals, the Association is well represented in the Canadian oil and gas industry. The Association provides networking opportunities and educational resources, materials, and programs to educate, inform and promote professionalism within its membership. The CAPL activities interface with other resource-based associations, government departments and the public to facilitate common understanding of the issues, problems and solutions in the management of the oil and gas industry.

Each year, CAPL purchases the Reserve Champion steer at the Calgary Stampede Steer Classic show. A side of beef serves as the top prize for two raffles, along with other great prizes, all proceeds form part of the total sponsorship provided by CAPL to 4-H Alberta. We were very excited to announce for the first time that 2014 was a complete sell out of raffle tickets. Thank you to everyone who helped sell and purchase tickets this spring!

On behalf of 4-H Alberta, the 4-H Foundation of Alberta would like to once again extend thanks and gratitude to CAPL for its annual financial contribution! We are excited to announce that this is our 10^th Anniversary with this amazing organization devoted to youth and our program. We look forward to the next 10 years!

2014 Raffle Ticket Winners:

White Tickets	Blue Tickets
Side of Alberta Beef Purchased at 2014 Calgary Stampede Steer Classic Show & $500.00 Gift Certificate to Future Shop   Total Value: $3,000.00 Julie Tkachyk	Side of Alberta Beef Purchased at 2014 Calgary Stampede Steer Classic Show & $500.00 Gift Certificate to Future Shop   Total Value: $3,000.00 Kirsten Millung
$1,250.00 Travel Voucher & GPS Unit Sally Jackson	$1,250.00 Travel Voucher & GPS Unit Carmen Stone
$500.00 Gift Certificate to Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts & $500.00 Cadillac Fairview Shop Card at Chinook/Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta & 2 Calgary Flames Hockey Tickets (2014-15 Regular Season) & 2 Calgary Flames Hockey Jerseys Synergy Land	$500.00 Gift Certificate to Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts & $500.00 Gift Certificate to CrossIron Mills Mall, Balzac, Alberta & 2 Edmonton Oilers Hockey Tickets (2014-15 Regular Season) & 2 Edmonton Oilers Hockey Jerseys Matthew Schaefer and Tim Schaefer
iPad2, iPod & $500.00 Gift Certificate to Future Shop Tasha Anderson	iPad2, iPod & $500.00 Gift Certificate to Future Shop Greg Armitage
$600.00 Gift Certificate to Sobeys & 2 Calgary Flames Hockey Tickets (2014-15 Regular Season) & Framed Print entitled "Experience" Claudette Shaw	$600.00 Gift Certificate to Sobeys & 2 Calgary Flames Hockey Tickets (2014-15 Regular Season) & $300.00 Gift Certificate to The Keg Synergy Land
Round of Golf for 4 at Stewart Creek Golf Course & $500.00 Gift Certificate to Golf Town Chrissy Wahl	Round of Golf for 4 at Silvertip Golf Resort & $500.00 Gift Certificate to Golf Town Chris Portras
$300.00 Gift Certificate to River Café, Prince’s Island Park, Calgary, Alberta Synergy Land	$300.00 Gift Certificate to River Café, Prince’s Island Park, Calgary, Alberta June Ellen

Volunteers Needed for Ag for Life Farm Safety Day in Coaldale

Agriculture for Life is seeking 4-H volunteers over the age of 16 to help assist with their upcoming safety day in Coaldale, Alberta.

Coaldale Farm Safety Day Volunteers

Time Commitment & Date:

October 23, 2014 - 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m


Volunteer #1 Job Title:

Timer

Responsibilities:

• Time stations, let groups know when to rotate, help groups find next stations, help with set-up and take-down, help out as needed with students and stations when station have gotten going.

Volunteer #2 Job Title:

General Helper

Responsibilities:

• Help students find which station to switch next to, help with general set-up and take-down, help out as needed with students and stations, fill in if any presenters can't make it.

Volunteer # 3 Job Title:

Station Presenter

Responsibilities:

•  Present a farm safety topic, 8 times for 10 minutes to rotating groups of students, teach a topic assigned by coordinator using interactive displays, activities and information provided to you. Must arrive on time to set up and ensure you are ready to teach! Must be good with kids and practice safe habits yourself, but not necessarily a safety 'expert'.

Please note, similar volunteer opportunities are available for Carseland in October.

Volunteer spots are being filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. To commit to this event, please contact Rae-Lee Pieschel, 4-H Foundation of Alberta, phone: 587.999.2240 or email: pieschel@4hab.com.

About Ag for Life

Ag for Life is a not for profit organization dedicated to building a greater understanding and appreciation of agriculture and its fundamental connection to life. For more information visit: www.agricultureforlife.ca.

4-H Alberta supporters, Agrium, ATB Financial, Penn West, Rocky Mountain Equipment, UFA Co-operative Limited all proudly support Ag for Life in addition to other valuable sponsors.

Every Point Counts! Aeroplan Names 4-H Canada National Charity of Choice

For over 100 years, 4-H Canada has been one of the most highly respected youth organizations in Canada. 4-H Canada has more than 25,000 members and 7,700 volunteers.

Aeroplan's goal is to help young Canadians “Learn to Do by Doing” in a safe, inclusive and fun environment.  Aeroplan believes in nurturing responsible, engaged and confident leaders who are committed to positively impacting their communities across Canada and around the world. 

This means that any Aeroplan member can now donate points to 4-H Canada. These points go directly toward sending a 4-H member or leader (from coast to coast) to any of 4-H Canada's national programs and help provide the opportunity to participate in the experience of a lifetime.

For more information click here http://beyondmiles.aeroplan.com/eng/charity/701. 

To learn more about 4-H Canada, please visit www.4-h-canada.ca