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4-H ONTARIO LEADERSHIP IN ACTION • DECEMBER 2010 • PAGE 6 Amazing Exchange between York 4-H and Kyle Saskatchewan by Jacquie Rogstad It all began in December 2009 when we started planning for the exchange. We were so excited to have 10 superb 4Her’s representing York and their enthusiasm was contagious. We started planning with fundraising and meetings and the next thing we knew we had our first fundraiser underway. It just took off from there! It was a lot of work and our parents were fabulous. They pitched in and helped at every fundraiser whenever they could. A team couldn’t have asked for better support. Our President, Glenda Hamilton was our backbone. She helped plan, organize, and keep records, both written and financial. A big KUDOS goes out to her and her support of the team. The team consisted of 10 delegates and two Chaperones. We called our team the “X Team” and our exchange club explored a lot of aspects of 4-H and all it has to offer. Examples of clubs we touched on were: woodworking, sewing, scrapbooking, baking, public speaking, fundraising, quilting, photography, and healthy eating. Previous to the exchange delegates chatted through MSN, Facebook, and e-mail. It was amazing at how closely matched the twins (refers to our group and the Saskatchewan group) were and how well they all got along. Saskatchewan came here first. When they arrived we greeted them at the airport and it felt like we were picking up old friends. We took them on a farm tour and some of our 4Her’s toured them around their farms and over to the Bradford Marsh. That evening we went to Lionel’s petting farm in Stouffville. We were given a tour of their barns of antiques, a wagon ride of the property and had a great barbeque where we handed out gifts to our guests from Saskatchewan. We took the Saskatchewan group to Niagara Falls, Great Wolf Lodge, Collingwood for the Scenic Caves, Wasaga beach, and downtown Toronto for a Blue Jays Game (they won by the way!). We went to the Loose Moose for supper and the CN Tower. We took most of them on a subway ride that was an adventure in itself. Our group then had a two-week rest period before flying off to Saskatchewan. We left Ontario’s humidity to land in Saskatchewan to a balmy 13 degrees. Yikes! With no time to drop off our luggage, we were off to Rouleau where Corner Gas was filmed. Some of the delegates actually got to sign the wall of Corner Gas, then we went to the underground tunnels of Moose Jaw - bootleg tunnels of Al Capone - and the Chinese underground community hidden away from society. Whew! Our next outing was to the Hutterite Colony of Kyle. They own around 78,000 acres! They showed how many hands made light work and after lunch we had a baseball game with the children ranging in age from 4 to 17. That night they had a club barbeque and we were presented with a bag of gifts and an exchange t-shirt that one of the delegates had designed. After that first day we had many excursions, to Lacadena and La Reata Ranch, this ranch is like a dude ranch where you can go to rustle cattle and horses. We went to the Matador Farming Pool. They have about 87,000 acres. We went on a partial tour of their farm, covering 23,000 acres in 4 ½ hours. It was amazing! We went to a location of an ancient Medicine Wheel and to a winter tee-pee site, to White Bear where we helped with a fundraiser to help raise funds for a 4-H family that lost their home to a fire. York 4-H stepped up to the challenge and pitched in to help. They were outstanding representations of what Ontario 4-H is all about. On our “free” day some of us worked on the family farm, went tubing on the river Saskatchewan, hunted for gophers, or went horseback riding. We also did Cypress Hill, a Geo Cache, which is like orienteering with a GPS system, and Fort Walsh. We camped out at Willow Diamond retreat had a huge bonfire and made bush pies and smores. The next morning we were off to Sceptre Sand Hills. Sceptre Sand Hills are miles and miles of dunes of sand that are always morphing with the wind. We left our mark behind with a Giant ON/SK in the sand. We took a ferry across the river Saskatchewan to head back home at the end of the day. We arrived at our twins home, did our laundry, and packed our suitcases because when we would wake up in the morning it would be off to Saskatoon to do some sightseeing and shopping. For dinner that night we had a ‘Pitch Fork Fondue’. It was an amazing evening and Andrew, one of our delegates showed off his auctioneering skills. The next day we got up to catch an early flight. It was a tearful goodbye. I would have to say this was the best exchange I have helped with, chaperoned at and been involved with. I couldn’t have asked for a better Co-chaperone, President, parents and delegates on both sides of the exchange. Thank you 4-H Canada for this experience of a lifetime. It looks like we have made life-long friends with our twins.
y Jennifer Scherer (This is a compilation of material Jennifer entered in the Media competition). Items we completed were: Christmas cards; wreaths; cookie cutter decorations; Pom-pom creatures and napkin rings; and reindeer. All of our meetings included time for business, creativity and snacks. At our first meeting we worked on Christmas cards to send to the Canadian troops, held our club elections and picked a name. At our second meeting we decorated wreaths with bells, flowers, greenery and small gifts. We also planned a trip to Park House in Amherstburg. At our next meeting we worked on decorating cookie cutters using a selection of Christmas cookie cutters such as stockings, angels, Santa, reindeers, and snowmen. We used different ribbons to decorate and make a hanger. We then used small Christmas ornaments and pom-poms to embellish them. At our fourth meeting we made pompom creatures and napkin rings. To make the pom-pom people we took a 4-H ONTARIO LEADERSHIP IN ACTION • DECEMBER 2010 • PAGE 7 Jingle Belles Christmas Craft Club larger pom-pom and put smaller ones on for earmuffs. Then we took a piece of pipe cleaner and made the top of the earmuffs. We used foam hearts for feet and added googly eyes. If we did not want earmuffs on them we could put little top hats on them. To finish them off we could put magnets or key chains on them. At this meeting we also made napkin rings using foam popsicle sticks which we glued into a ring and decorated with small ornaments, greenery, flowers and sequins. We also judged soups and pants where we shared our reasons then picked out a pom-pom creature to take home. At the last meeting we made reindeer, using a paint roller, wrapping it in brown, twisted paper, with brown pipe cleaners for the antlers and legs and Styrofoam or fibre fill for the head. We then added facial features using large googly eyes and fake eyelashes to create eyes. We also added a bow and bells around their neck. Making a reindeer was a very time consuming task yet they all turned out cute, though we did have a few problems getting them to stand. For youth age 9-13 Cost: $10.00 2011 Theme: Let's Have a Ball! Region 2: May 14 Region 3: May 28 Region 4 North: June 11 Region 4 South: May 21 Region 5: June 18 Region 6: June 4 For more information: 4-H Ontario Opportunities Coordinator em : opportunities@4-hontario.ca web : 4-HOntario.ca Campers can immerse themselves in the great northern outdoors while learning and experiencing firsthand how to build a campfire, outdoor cooking, develop skills in orienteering and using a compass, protecting the environment, hiking and survival tips. Blue Lake Provincial Park – July 7-9, 2011 Sleeping Giant Provincial Park – July 11-13, 2011 Marten River Provincial Park – July 17-19, 2011 Chutes Provincial Park – July 21-23, 2011 Mikisew Provincial Park – July 25-27, 2011 For more information: 4-H Ontario Opportunities Coordinator em : opportunities@4-hontario.ca | web : 4-HOntario.ca
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