Kenai Peninsula

KENAI PENINSULA 4-H
43961 K-Beach Road, Suite A
Soldotna, Alaska 99669
907-262-5824

Kenai Peninsula Faculty and Staff
KAY SHOEMAKER - HOWELL - 4-H AGENT
CASEY MATNEY - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE AGENT
LINDA TANNEHILL - Health, Home & Family / 4-H Agent
JANICE CHUMLEY - IPM/Research Tech II
AMORETTE PAYMENT- Nutrition Educator
VICKI HEINZ- Office Manager

2016 4-H Year through photos

Kenai Peninsula 4-H Record Book Check
Friday, July 14 from 1-7 pm.
@ the Extension Office
Write down the 6 things you learned about your project this year. Pick up your family's fairbook, receive your exhibitor's number, sign up for animal pens, fill out fair exhibit forms. Purchase your camping passes and fair passes before 4:30 pm

District Pages

Peninsula Pledger News

Check out the 2017 Peninsula Pledger! Our district newsletter is created by some of the Kenai Peninsula 4-H Leaders. It highlights District 4-H'ers and their activities, photos, club news as well as a calendar of upcoming events.

The Kenai Peninsula 4-H Pledger is a newsletter written by and for 4-H Leaders and Volunteers on the Kenai Peninsula. It does not represent the views or opinions of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service or Alaska 4-H

THE NEW 4-H YEAR BEGAN OCTOBER 1ST
ENROLL ONLINE AT ALASKA4H.ORG
Remember, YOU ARE NOT OFFICIALLY ENROLLED UNTIL YOU pay your 4-H dues for the year:

$25.00
New this year!
When you enroll online, you can pay using a credit card.

Membership & Scholarship Opportunities

To see a list of current 4-H clubs click here.

Become a 4-H volunteer

4-H Leaders need to sign up every year
Don't delay - Sign up today!
Background checks for all leaders are done statewide every three years.

required 4-H Leadership Training

After enrolling online for your leadership status, remember to take the required
"Working with Minors" training for leaders.

"Working with Minors" Training

SAVE THESE DATES -
Kenai Peninsula Junior Market Livestock & 4-H Council
MEETINGS & EVENTS
JUNE- JULY-AUGUST

June 22: JML Business Contact check, 4-6 pm, call for appt

July 3-4: Holiday, CES Office Closed
July 4: Parade (contact Kay if interested in participating)
July 10: 4-6 pm, Record Book wkshp, at CES Office, 6:30 pm, 4-H Council Mtg, CES Office
July 14: 1-7pm, Record Book check, CES Office, purchase fair passes & camping passes before 4:30 pm
July 22: Progress Day Parade (contact Kay if interested in participating
July 27: Animal WkSP with Lisa Lund, State Vet @ Rankin Ranch, Nikiski, 2-4 pm

Aug 3: Tentative Livestock Superintendent training, 6 pm @
CES office
Aug 10: 5-7 pm, JML mtg, Thank you/animal pen signs @ CES Office
Aug 12: Non-perishable entry day @ fairgrounds, Time TBD
Aug 14: 6:30 pm @ CES Office, 4-H Council Mtg
Aug 17: Fair entry day
Aug 18-20: Fair
Aug 26: Industry Appreciation Day
Aug 27-31: JML meat delivery day, be prepared for ` notification

Various strategies for showing poultry

ANNUAL 4-H TREE SALE

Junior Market Livestock

Public Presentations

Annual Rally Day

CONSERVATION & RESOURCE PROJECTS

Four Activities that make any interest a 4-H Project

Youth Leadership
Public Speaking and Demonstration
Record Keeping
Citizenship Through Service-Learning

4-H Divisions

K - Grade 2: Cloverbuds (if you are 5, 6, or 7 by August 15 and in Kindergarten, 1st or 2nd Grade)
Grades 3 - 5: Junior (If you are 8 by August 15 and are in 3rd, 4th or 5th Grade)
Grades 6 - 8: Intermediate (If you are in 6th, 7th or 8th Grade)
Grades 9 - 12: Senior ( If you are in 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th Grade)

Click the following link to view a copy of the Kenai Peninsula 4-H Council's governing document.

KP 4-H Council Order of Operations

April 2016
4-H’ER OF THE MONTH

April 4-H’er of the Month- Willow Walaszek

Willow Walaszek is the secretary for North Road Rangers. It is her first year in NRR and her second year as a 4-H member. Willow has demonstrated leadership, service, cheerfulness, dedication, and a positive attitude over the course of her 4-H career. She weighs decisions carefully, is quick to voice sound ideas, and she steps in when there is a space to fill. She has introduced our club to the amazing residents at Heritage Place and serves as a liaison between them and North Road Rangers. Willow exemplifies teen leadership by her thoroughness in her work, her willingness and happiness to help younger members, her excellent example in record keeping and taking minutes, and her eagerness to help the club grow. She is doing great things for her club, her community, her country, and her world, and for all of the above reasons, I’m proud to be Willow’s 4-H leader and to name her 4-H’er of the month.
— Cassy Rankin

4-H is proud to recommend Willow to receive a $50.00 Savings Bond provided by Aaron and Jeanine Morse or Management Recruiters of South Central Alaska.

Past 4-H'ers of the Month

charter a club

To use the 4-H Clover Logo or organization name, "4-H," a club must first become chartered and recognized by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service as an official Club.
An important part of chartering a 4-H Club is completing and submitting the document called , "Club Order of Operations." To view a template of a typical club, "Order of Operations," please click the document link below.

alaska_club_operating_procedures.doc
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NEW
2016-17 Kenai Peninsula 4-H District Council Members

President: Maya Johnson
Vice-President: Katie Cooper
Treasurer: Linda McConnell
Secretary: Avelynne Wolverton
Informational Officer: Matthew Loop
Sargent of Arms: Nicholas McConnell

The 4-H District Council is the chartered volunteer Leadership Organization of the Kenai Peninsula. Elected annually, Council officers are responsible for planning and managing district fundraisers and events designed to build the 4-H community, support leaders and provide opportunities for youth and adults to expand their 4-H involvement at the local, state, national and international levels. All enrolled youth participants and approved 4-H Volunteer Leaders are eligible to serve on the District Council, and 4-H Clubs are encouraged to send a voting representative to the Council's monthly meetings.

Kenai Peninsula District Council Scholarship

Q: Are you interested in attending a state, National or International 4-H event, activity or competition?
Q: Are you a current youth or adult member of the Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Program?

If you answered YES to both of these questions you are eligible to apply for a Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Council Scholarship! Just click this link, fill out the attached form and attend the Council's next monthly meeting to make your funding request.

Visit the AK Experience Camp
page for more information.

4-H Agent

Kay Shoemaker-Howell, 4-H Agent

Cooperative Extension Service
Kenai Peninsula District Office
43961 K-Beach Road, Ste. A
Soldotna, AK 99669

kwshoemaker@alaska.edu
907-262-5824

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution and is a part of the University of Alaska system.

Updated: 06/22/17