2007/2008 Projects- More to come

Project Number

Title & Description

Age

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Leader: H. Davis & A. Davis

Variety of projects depending on interest and ability. Each project may take more than one meeting to complete. Members will need patience and good hand-eye coordination. Focus on projects that members will want to wear themselves, or give as a gift or show at the Fair.

Camp Academy- County Project

Leader: Jim Bennett

Must be 14 or older, Help with leading the camp.. And many other things. must call leader for more information. Meets a the Farm Bureau in Livermore 4th Wed of each month. starts on Oct 26th.

Citizenship- County Project

Leader: Carol Crossett

Studey Leadership and service, history, culture, issues, the citizen's role, natural resources and human ecosystems, and personal development and responsibilities, County-Wide Project meets in Livermore at the Farm Bureau

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Leader: Supriya Kini

Members will use 4H cooking handbook. Review of essential information of sanitation, reading recipes, measurements, organizing a kitchen terminology. Members will prepare different items.

Dog Care & Training

Leader:  Julie Colglazier

This project will focus on dog care and basic training.  You will learn how to think like a dog to be a better trainer.  You will practice controlling voice tones and body language as well as command and correction timing. You will lean how to avoid teaching your dog to misbehave, plus all the basic obedience commands, grooming and general care.
 

Leader: Needs a Leader

Fine arts will cover mainly drawing and painting, but I will happily included any medium not covered in available Bayside proect list, so youth will beable to enter in fair.

Lace Making

Leader: Pat Wootton

Learn to make lace by hand. First project will be a slow in the dark snake book marker. Additional projects will be a pony, fish or sea horse.

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Leader: Christopher Howard (Tandy Leather)

For Youth who have little or no previous experience working with leather. You will learn to work with leather stamping tools and to finish leather.

Marksmanship

Leader: Dean Thames

Learn gun safety, handling, and care of firearms. Guns will be furnished. Possible cost per meeting for ammo. (Must get a signed permission slip from parent). Print the project handouts listed below.

Consent Form
Driving Directions
Shooting
Marksmanship

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Leader: Catherine Scheving

We will be learning how to have fun and safe hikes. Hikes will include Coyote Hills in Fremont, Little Yosemite and Flag Hill in Sunol and Wildcat Peak in Berkeley. We will discuss basic essential items that hikers will need at our first meeting.

Leader: Needs a leader

Focus on small animal project at fair. Anyone who wishes toshow at fair in the small animal and pet department (so cats, rats, mice in addition to rabbits and cavies.) (Dogs only as pet project, and youth has other animal project. If youth only has a dog, take dog project offered.) Project topics will form around what the members are in too, and will be lead by the members.

Rocketry

Leader:

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Advanced Multi-Crafts

Leader: Donna Hahn

Variety of projects from hand-sewing to painting. Each project will take more than one meeting to complete. Members will need patience and good hand-eye coordination. Focus on projects that members will want to keep for life, or give as a gift or show at the Fair.

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Sewing

Leader: May McMann

Instruction will be based on sewing skills of the group. Completion of at least one project of member's choosing, and one group community service project will be done. Encouraged to enter projects in Fair and Project Field Day.

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Service Animals-Guide Dogs
(County project)

Leader: Diana Hirzel

Member dedication is a must!! See Community Leader for contact number.

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Theater Arts ( Cultural Arts & Leisure Education)

Leader: Diana Tashjian

Theater Arts (formerly Skit Writing and Skit) is now a project.  Members will write and produce a skit to be performed at Alameda County Skit Night.         Members will write their own script.  They will create scenery and props as well as costumes for the characters they will be playing in the skit.  This is a good opportunity to develop your acting skills and self confidence.  Members will learn basic theater terms.   Will take any age and as many as would like to join.

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State Exchange (County Project)

Leader: Patrick Colglazier

Communicate with other 4-Hers in other states. Host out-of-state 4-Hers one summer and travel to another state to stay with 4-Hers the next summer. Plus, some fundraising as a group. Develop your leadership skills as you go through the process of identifying needs in your community, group, or club, and develop an action plan to meet these needs.

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Junior/Teen Leader

Leader: Julie Colglazier

Develop your leadership skills as you go through the process of identifying needs in our community, group, or club, and develop an action plan to meet these needs.

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Self-Determined

Leader: Julie Colglazier

For members who find a topic of interest that they would like to study further, however no projects offered in the current year match what you would like to learn about. Self-Determined allows the member to study the project themselves, and then meet with an assigned leader several times throughout the year to review their progress and assist where needed. The member then can enter the project in their record books at the end of the year for credit.

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