Category: Camp

4-H camps - including day camps, overnight camps and activities at 4-H Memorial Camp.

February 11, 2013

Apply for Illinois 4-H Foundation John Clyde Spitler & Walter M. Johnson Scholarship Funds

The Illinois 4-H Foundation's John Clyde Spitler & Walter M. Johnson Scholarship Fund (Spitler-Johnson Fund) is a source of funding available to Extension staff to support Illinois 4-H members involvement in camps or events focusing on leadership development, the Arts, or international exchange opportunities.

Applications may be submitted to support Unit, multi-unit, regional, and state coordinated 4-H programs.Proposed funding should be for scholarships to offset registration expenses for 4-H members or travel expenses for 4-H members in national leadership positions.

The current deadline for Spitler-Johnson applications is Friday, March 1, 2013.

Use the following link to access the Spitler-Johnson Application Form posted on the Portal under - 4-H Contacts; Funding Opportunities; Illinois 4-H Foundation; Spitler-Johnson Scholarship Fund. Click on the following link to go directly to the Portal: https://my-s.extension.uiuc.edu/portal//groups.cfm?GroupID=430&CatID=0

If you have questions, please contact Pat McGlaughlin, patm@illinois.edu.

Posted by Patricia C. McGlaughlin at 6:20 PM | Permalink |
Categories: 4-H Foundation, Camp, Funding, International, Junior Leaders, Teens

January 11, 2013

February-March 2013 Issue of Illinois Leader

The February/March 2013 issue of the Illinois Leader is now available for download from the portal under Volunteer Support: Illinois Leader. It will also be posted shortly to the Illinois 4-H web site under Volunteers: Volunteer Support: Leader Resources: Illinois Leader. Please share this newsletter with your 4-H leaders via email, by linking it on your county/Unit web site, by including it in your county/Unit newsletter, or by providing paper copies at leader meetings.

Posted by Debra Stocker at 1:59 PM | Permalink |
Categories: Camp, Funding, ISA, Projects, Science-Excited, SFI4-H, Teens, Volunteers

December 12, 2012

Robotics Summer Camps

Summer camps are a great way to introduce new youth to 4-H. Several resources for helping to plan a robotics camp have been uploaded to the portal under "4-H Contacts / Camp Resources".

This is a great opportunity to involve some of your older or more experience youth as teachers, leaders and facilitators.

Resources include:
* Camp planning tool (compare cost, equipment, target age, etc.)
* Sample camp schedule
* Tips for robotics summer camp
* Link to funding opportunity for summer robotics camps
* Link to online facilitator and professional development resources to help train camp staff

Posted by Lisa Bouillion Diaz at 1:55 PM | Permalink |
Categories: Camp, Science-Excited, SET

July 6, 2012

GEAR Tech 21 Robotics/Geospatial Resources

GEAR-Tech-21 teaches robotics, GPS, and GIS technologies through building and programming a robot, navigation, and mapmaking activities.

The program includes a free online curriculum of lessons, and resources for summer camps including grants to offset costs in hosting your own robotics/geospatial camps.

Developed by our 4-H Nebraska neighbors. Illinois 4-H staff who attended the 2012 NC Region Science Academy in St. Louis may have seen presentations related to this program.

Just announced...

The Year 1 Camp curriculum is now available as a downloadable, off-line Adobe Air "app." The app will run on Windows and Mac operating systems.

Download the GEAR-Tech-21 Year 1 Camp Curriculum app: http://4hset.unl.edu/GT21/

A current version of Adobe Air is required to run the GEAR-Tech-21 app. If you need Adobe Air, it is available as a free download here: http://get.adobe.com/air/

The app is FREE and will continue to be free throughout the duration of the GEAR-Tech-21 NSF grant period.

For more information, contact Kathy Morgan, kmorgan3@unl.edu, 402-472-5027

Posted by Lisa Bouillion Diaz at 2:23 PM | Permalink |
Categories: Camp, Science-Excited, SET