- Author: Emmalee Holmes
October 22nd, 2016
Join adults and teen leaders from around the county for a 4-H volunteer training, Saturday, October 22nd. There will be training tracks for new and experienced volunteers. Topics include: "Getting Started as a 4-H Volunteer", "Leading Projects and Improving the Project Experience", "Hands-on Learning"(with real, hands-on activities at the workshop), and youth officer training for club officers. There will be Live Scan there for people who need to be finger-printed.
Location: Messiah Lutheran Church (Woodside, CA)
Date and Time: October 22nd, 2016, doors open at 8:30am, start time is at 9am. Finish at 12:00. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND DON'T MISS OUT!
Any questions should be directed to Emmalee Holmes: eholmes@ucanr.edu, 650-276-7426
- Author: Emmalee Holmes
This year Joan Chipser, again, is leading the county wide project called BizWorld. In this project, children learn the basics of entrepreneurship, business, and finance in a hands-on manner. This project gives children the opportunity to learn first-hand how to start and operate their own business. Working in teams, project member start, fund, and run their own company in the friendship bracelet industry. The teams will sell their products at the combined Favorite Foods Day/Fashion Revue/Crafts Expo/SET day to be held in the Spring. The dates and times of each meeting are below. All meetings will be held at the San Bruno Farm clubhouse. Contact Joan Chipser (joanchipser@sbcglobal.net) for more information on how to register for this county wide project. Note: If your child registers, it is very important that they attend all meetings because of the team work aspect of this project. Make sure before registering that they can make all the meetings (emergencies and unavoidable conflicts expected).
All Saturdays: 2:30-4pm
October 15
November 19th
December 17th
January 21st
February 25th
March 18th
April 29th
Directions to the San Bruno Farm: From El Camino Real in San Bruno, take Angus Avenue east, turn right on 1st Avenue; continue past the Lions Baseball Field and the SB community gardens. The 4-H Farm is at the end of the road.
Looking for something fun to do? Volunteer at the Silicon Valley Regional Robotics Competition!
Hello Makers!
I am looking for volunteers for the Silicon Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition (for high school students) April 6th - 9th, 2016 at the San Jose Event Center. We need at least 100 volunteers of all ages and talents to run the competition - safety inspectors, crowd control, field setup, check-in, etc. It is very helpful if you can help all of Thu/Fri/Sat but definitely we can use individual day volunteers too. Especially if you can help on Thursday since we are always short that day. Or Wednesday afternoon/evening when we will be building and wiring the field until late.
Please go to the website and create a profile so I can assign you to a volunteer position. Make ABSOLUTELY sure you fill out all tabs and the screening form and list Silicon Valley Regional competition as your chosen event or I won't be able to see you! I need to get volunteers signed up ASAP so we'll be ready for April. Sometimes it takes a while for volunteers to get through screening so starting early is really helpful.
Please sign up to volunteer here: https://my.usfirst.org/FIRSTPortal/Login/VIMS_Login.aspx
If you think you may be able to volunteer - whether just one or all those days - please sign up now! Forward this to anyone interested- whatever their background (students, retired, anyone who can help!).
Thanks!
Elise
Volunteer Coordinator
FIRST Silicon Valley Regional
techelise@gmail.com
/span>/h2>
At Presentation Day 2016, held at the College of San Mateo on February 13, one of the activities was a yogurt tasting event. This activity tested whether a yogurt's color affected what flavor participants perceived when tasting yogurts. Cups of vanilla yogurt of four different colors (red, yellow, blue, and green) were placed on a table. Participants were asked to pick a color and fill out a form stating their age, gender, the color they picked and what the flavor of their yogurt was (participants did not know the actual flavor was vanilla). This test was conducted to determine the effect of food color on taste perception. The results are tabulated below:
|
Guessed Flavor Correctly |
Guessed Flavor that Matched Color |
Guessed Flavor Incorrectly and Guessed a Flavor not Related to Color |
Girls |
2 |
1 |
17 |
Boys |
8 |
2 |
6 |
Adults |
7 |
1 |
2 |
From these results, it can be concluded that adults are not greatly influenced by color when guessing the flavor of the yogurt. Overall, neither boys nor girls were influenced by the yogurt's color. So, the conclusion from this test is that color does not affect flavor perception among those attendees who participated in this test. However, we need to keep looking at what other influences there are on taste perception!
Elisa and friends on the way to C.A.L. (Creating A Leader) Conference
Walker Creek Ranch
January 22-24, 2016
I attended the CAL Conference on January 22 through the 24th. It was a very enjoyable experience for a number reasons. For example, it allowed people from all counties and age groups to socialize, it gave valuable information in an interesting and interactive way, it had fun games to keep us from getting bored of lessons, and it had a very fun dance.
The CAL Conference this year allowed people of all areas and ages to get to know one another. The cabins were very well organized in a sense that younger kids and older kids were placed in the same cabin. Plus, all cabins had a wide variety of representatives from each county in them. Personally, I think that I was able to make a lot of new friends that I may not have gotten to meet if the cabins had been organized differently. While cabins were assigned, tables for meals were not. I think that that was a good idea because people who may not have been in the same cabin as their friends, could still enjoy meals with them. I think that having the ages and counties intermixed was a very good and effective idea.
Information was not lacking at the CAL Conference this year. There were a couple of speakers who came in and all talked about different, yet still important, aspects of being a leader. All of these speakers included the audience in their presentations. Along with the speakers, the workshops that were held were fun and easily got their points across. For example, there was one where the participants had to create a stack of blocks with their team to match the example. The hard part was that each member only got 10 seconds to look at the example stack. This was a clever and simple way of showing how teamwork and taking control of a group, if needed, is important if you hope to be an effective leader.
Games were played at recreation times on all of the days. These games included “pull ups”, “rock paper scissors”, “murderer”, and “evolution”. The games were fun and allowed everyone to learn each other's names and play in a large environment. The games were entertaining and were well explained. They were also strategically placed throughout the days in order to let everyone get out some of the energy they had stored during the assemblies and workshops. I think that this made the whole experience a little more enjoyable.
The dance at the CAL Conference this year was very fun. It had good music selections and a laid back kind of feel. I also liked how there were other options for the kids who didn't want to dance. For example, there was a game room, a movie, and a snack area. I had a lot of fun at the dance and hope it is the same next year.
The CAL conference of 2016 was a ton of fun. I am looking forward to attending again next year. I recommend this to any looking to enhance their leadership skills. I am really happy that I went this year. My mom would like to add that this a great event for adult chaperones as well.
Thank you CAL Conference! – Elise Wacha, San Carlos/Eaton Hills 4H Club