Reminders & Deadlines:
 
July
19-23 Butterfly Applique Pillow Camp
24 Garden Tour at Enchantment Acres at 11:00am
26-30 Aerospace Adventures Camp
30 Leave It To Beavers
31 Garden Tours
August
2-23 Bonkers for Birds Camp (Mondays)
2-6 Wild Wings Camp
7 4-H Volunteer & Family Picnic
9-13 Smart Choices Camp
16-20 Robotics and You Camp
26-29 State Fair - Oswego County in Youth Bldg
27 Tram @NYS Fair
Explore all the fun things happening at 4-H!
Please note this page contains programs for 4-H only
We offer public programs at our Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center
 
Please visit our New York State Fair page for all 4-H State Fair Events and Information
For Your Information
 
 
 
 
Volunteer Leader of the Year   Leader of the Year!
  Do you feel that you have a special leader? Well, get together with other club members and write a few paragraphs and tell us why your leader should be named the 4–H Leader of the Year.
Send it to Oswego County 4-H, 3288 Main Street, Mexico, NY 13114
by June 30 to nominate your special leader as 4-H Leader of the Year.

If your leader is selected he/she will receive special recognition during the 4-H Volunteer and Family Picnic Saturday, August 7. The Leader of the Year also wins a trip to the North East 4-H Volunteer Conference. This conference is for 4-H volunteers only and is held every other year. What a great way to say, “You are the best and thank you.”
Helping Hand Award!
Has someone helped your 4-H club in a special way, perhaps with a project or activity? Why not nominate them for the Helping Hand Award. This annual award is given to people who have graciously given a hand and helped a local 4-H club. This person could be a parent who lead a project, a guest presenter or a business owner that gave products or their time. To nominate this special person, please write a few lines about what he/she has done for your club and submit it to the office by June 30. This award is also given out at the 4-H Volunteer and Family Picnic.
 
  4-H VOLUNTEER AND
FAMILY PICNIC
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Scriba Town Park
11:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.

For 4-H Leaders, Volunteers, 4-H’ers,
Cloverbuds and 4-H Families
4-H Volunteer Picnic
Please come join us! We plan on having lots of fun! You will meet other 4-H families and leaders. We want to honor each and every 4-H volunteer who gives so much of their time, energy and talent to the Oswego County 4-H Program.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County will supply hot dogs, rolls, condiments, beverages and paper products. Each family attending is asked to please bring a dish to pass.
There will be hands-on activities and games for people of all ages to play. The Scriba Town Park pool will also be open. Day passes can be purchased for people 6 years of age and older for $1.00 a piece.
Pre-registration is requested so the 4-H staff can prepare for this special event.
To register, please call 963-7286, ext. 401, or email kjp39@cornell.edu by July 23.
 
Upcoming Events
4-H Clover = 4-H Programs | Amboy = Amboy Public Programs
 
Amboy Leave It To Beavers  
Date:
Time:
Place:
Fee:
July 30
7:00pm
Amboy 4-H Environmental Center 748 Rte 183, between routes 69 and 13, near Williamstown
$3.00 per person//$12.00 family (Children under 3 are free)
Adults must accompany their children
Pre-registration is helpful but not mandatory.
 
  Come enjoy a summer evening at the wetland habitat of our resident beaver colony. After a short indoor introduction to beaver natural history, habitat and adaptations, participants will wander to the large pond to observe the evening activities of the beavers. Serenaded by the Amphibian Orchestra, participants will also keep a watchful eye for herons, ducks, mink and other pond life. A limited number of binoculars are available for use.  
  This program is designed for individuals, not organized groups. To arrange a group porgram or to pre-register for this program, call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County at 963-7286  
 
Amboy Cyanotype: Printing Nature Program
Date:
Time:
Place:
Cost:
Sunday, August 8th
1:00 pm
Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center
There is a $3.00 fee per person or $12.00 per family.
Children 3 years and younger free
Adults must accompany their children
Reservations are preferred but not required.
The Salmon River Fine Arts Center will be hosting Cyanotype: Printing Nature on Sunday, August 8th at the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center at 1:00 pm. This workshop will introduce program participants to an image-making process that dates back to the mid-1800s.  Discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1842, Cyanotype is a non-silver iron process, which produces permanent images in an elegant assortment of blue values.  Stacey Wolcott will be teaching this ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive contact printing process. Program participants will have the opportunity to create their own works of art utilizing objects they find during their nature walk and the power of the sun to compose their images. Cyanotype: Printing Nature depends on the sun to expose the image. Therefore, a rain date of August 15th has been chosen. Program participants that pre-register for this program will be notified if the program has been moved to the rain date.
Stacey L Wolcott was born in Lockport New York.  She received her Bachelor Degree in Art and Anthropology in 2007 and recently received her Master of Art from SUNY Oswego.  She has been studying photography for over 7 years now.  Her current series, “Called to Duty”, focuses on documenting local volunteer fire departments.  Wolcott has been studying the cyanotype process for 3 years now and utilizes it with her other photography work.  Wolcott is continuing on with her Master of Art Education in hopes of becoming an Art Teacher.
Cyanotype: Printing Nature is a family oriented program. An adult must accompany children. There is a $3.00 fee per person or $12.00 per family.   Registration fees will be collected on the day of the program.  Reservations are preferred but not required. You can register for this program by calling Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County 4-H Office at 963-7286, ext 401. This program is designed for individuals and families, not organized groups.  To arrange a guided group program, call the Oswego County 4-H Program.
Cyanotype, Printing Nature is made possible with funds awarded to the Salmon River fine Arts Center from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant Program administered regionally by the Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County. Amboy 4-H Environmental Educational Center is located at 748 Route 183, between Routes 13 and 69 near Williamstown.   For information about the Amboy facility and its programming, please call the Oswego County 4-H Office Monday through Friday at 315-963-7286. 
This program is designed for individuals, not organized groups. To arrange a group porgram or to pre-register for this program, call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County at 963-7286
 
4-H Horse Program
 
 
 
 
 
Simplicity Patterns
Spring 2010 Simplicity pattern selections have arrived. If you are interested, please stop by the 4-H Office and make your selections.
The cost is $1.00 per pattern
 
4-H Contacts:
Linda: lcr23@cornell.edu
Debra: dah28@cornell.edu
Mary: mmm65@cornell.edu
Jan: jes89@cornell.edu
Kathy: kjp39@cornell.edu