Dear Dawson County 4-H Members, Leaders and Parents,    February 2007
                                                                                                           2007 Fruit Receipt
 

CRAFT DAY MARCH 10
Craft Day will be held Saturday, March 10 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the lower level community room of the Courthouse. The following crafts will be offered and you need to call the office at 377-4277 by Wednesday, FEB 14 to register for your two (2) choices.

Mosaic Tile Flower Pots
You will be putting ceramic tiles onto a flower
pot and then grouting it. This will be a bit
messy, so wear old clothes.

Beaded Light Bracelet & Dragonfly
Here you will be making a bracelet with beads and some of them have an LED light in them to blink. You will also be making a dragonfly with beads to put outside or in a flower pot.


Wall Hanging
For this project you will be making a banner and
either using iron on material to make your design
or gluing things on. You can do a cute garden angel,
your name, horse designs, or what ever you would like.
If you have something special at home, bring it along.


Leaf Print Photo Frame
This project uses clay pieces where you will do an imprint from a leaf or other object into the clay and then you will be given a picture frame that you can glue your clay pieces onto the edges.

KITES
For this project we will be using a kite kit to
create a kite. You can decorate your kite with
markers, paint, or however you would like. If we
have time and it is windy enough, we may try to
fly them in the parking lot.

So call now and let us know what TWO projects you would like to do for craft day, March 10. We could also use junior leaders and leaders to lend a helping hand. Call and let us know if you can help, 377-4277. Remember to register by FEB 14.

FRUIT SALES                           2007 Fruit Receipt
The Dawson County 4-H Fruit Sales will begin on Wednesday, February 14th after school. Your leader or your parents will be getting your material to you or you can stop by the office and get your own. Leaders or parents: please pick up your kids's or club's material for the fruit sale at the office on Feb 12, 13 or 14. If you cannot pick up your fruit information please call. It is GATE weekend the 9 & 10 and Sherry will not have the forms ready until Monday the 12. PLEASE DO NOT SELL EARLY!
ANYONE WHO SELLS EARLY WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR TOP PRIZES!

If you are new to 4-H this year, the Dawson County 4-H has conducted a fruit sale each year as a money making project and we ask each of the kids to sell as many boxes as they can. The money generated from this helps pay for camps, helps pay for craft day, day camp, and pays dues for 4-H'ers and leaders.

All receipts and order forms will be dated with the current year. Please use current year material. If you need extra forms, they are available at the Office. Stop by and pick more up or call and we will mail them. I hope to email the receipt to you also so you have one to work with. It will also be available on the web, so your customers can look at it while you talk to them -- www.dawsoncountymontana.org. Click on the 4-H page and the receipt is on the bottom of the page.

This year we are selling the beef sticks and the string cheese sticks again. The beef sticks are like a jerky stick. Each member should try to sell 5 boxes--this is your fair share! Let's try our best and make some money for yourself and 4-H.
One credit is counted as a 18 or 20 pound box and sells for $20 or $18. Two credits are counted for the $25 boxes. One credit each is counted for the string cheese and beef sticks. Prize money is paid out after all money is turned in. For each small box of fruit sold the 4-H'er gets $1, and for each $25 box sold you receive $2. You get $1 for apple & pear boxes, string cheese and beef sticks.

Number of credits to be sold in order to receive prizes or trips:
Sell 3 credits, get a free day camp. (Cloverbuds eligible for this)
Sell 20 credits, get free 4-H camp-Ekalaka (regular 4-H'ers only)
Sell 25 credits, get $10 plus one free camp
Sell 15 credits and go to Congress free (or you will need to pay $25 towards your expenses to go) 14 & older by 10/1/06
Sell 30 credits and get a free Jr Hi Camp
Sell 10 credits, get free horse clinic($20 value, 15 boxes if $30)

The top eight sellers over 20 credits will be awarded these prizes:
1st - $40 5th - $20
2nd - $35 6th - $15
3rd - $30 7th - $10
4th - $25 8th - $5

DO NOT TURN IN HALF BOXES SOLD TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE. You can sell half boxes but you have to find people to take the other half. Please write plainly and double check your figures on the order forms. Boxes are missed by not carrying them to the bottom line.

FAMILY PRIZE - $40 to the family selling the most fruit. (A family is classified as 2 or more 4-H'ers)

CLUB PRIZE -$50 to the club averaging the most boxes per member. The fruit rep also sponsors a pizza party for the top club.

ADDED PRIZE - $25 cash prizes will be awarded to the top sellers from the fruit company. One prize for each 4,000 pounds of fruit sold. Last year we awarded this to the top 6 sellers.

ANYONE WHO SELLS EARLY WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR TOP PRIZES!

Turn your orders into your leaders by MARCH 3. Leaders please turn your orders into the Extension Office by MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 6. The fruit man is calling me THAT AFTERNOON! The contest ends when the order goes into the company. (If you get a late order, call and we will order it, the fruit man is good about letting us order late.)

It is Dawson County policy that there will be no charge for delivery of fruit. You are responsible to deliver the fruit you sell and please do it in a timely fashion. All fruit should be delivered within 4-5 days. The 4-H Council will put an ad in the paper and it is expected to come out in the Wed/ Thurs paper, Feb 14-15. We will try to do some radio ads also. Would you be interested in helping do the radio ads? Call us at 377-4277 and let us know.

The fruit is expected to be delivered to MDU on Friday, March 30.

Horse kids please note:
You need to pick up a new card to register your horse with the Extension Office this year. You can use the same picture and card if you want, but you need to update your shot records by the end of April and sign and date the card.

Thanks to those who are helping with craft day on March 3 remember it starts at 1:00 pm. Register by Feb 14.

Miscellaneous Information:
Junior Leader Notice
If you are interested in serving as a camp counselor for Camp Needmore in Ekalaka this summer June 11-14, you must send in an application by Feb 14 to the Dawson County Extension Office. No late applications will be accepted. You should have received the application in the mail a couple weeks ago.

OREO Ski trip applications are due Feb 14. This is for 7th & 8th graders and you should have received the information in the mail a couple weeks ago too. No late applications will be accepted.

Jan Kruger has purebred nubian goats for sale. Call her at 939-1482 for more information.

Enclosed is a calendar for you to keep posted on the refrigerator to keep up with 4-H events.

Sincerely,


Sherry Corneliusen Bruce Smith
4-H Assistant County Agent
The Montana State University Extension Service is an ADA/EO/AA Veteran’s Preference Employer and educational outreach provider.


2007 4-H Calendar

Feb 9-10 GATE

Feb 14 Fruit Sales Start, Jr ldr aps due for Camp Needmore
Oreo applications due for ski trip

March 3 Fruit Sale ends

March 10 Craft Day

March 4-6 MT 4-H Citizenship Seminar, Helena

March 9-11 Oreo Ski Trip, Red Lodge

March 15 Health Fair

March 30 Fruit Delivery

April ? Spring Council Meeting

June ? Demo & Public Speaking Day, Stir Ups
June 12 Miss MT Luncheon

June 12-14 4-H Camp, Camp Needmore

July ? 4-H Showmanship Day

July 10-13 4-H Congress
July 29 Fairgrounds cleanup day

August 2 Dress Revue

August 8-12 Dawson County Fair,

September 25 Record Books Due