Del Arroyo 4-H Club

December 2007

 

COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING: Wednesday, December 12, 6:30 pm at LVCS, 543 Sonoma Avenue, Livermore.  We will have a Presentation Day Workshop and will make a craft for the veterans.

 

Thanks to all our members who helped with the LIVERMORE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER.  We had members helping in every phase and the organizers really appreciated you.  Remember to keep track of what you did and anything you donated for your PDR Form.  Also, a big thanks to all who helped decorate at the LIVERMORE VETERANS HOSPITAL and those who wrapped gifts for the UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN’S PARTY this past Saturday. 

 

UNDERPRIVILIGED CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY

            The party will be this Saturday, December 8 in the Student Union at Livermore High School.  Help is needed from 9:00 am until at least 5:00 pm.  Guests are scheduled to start arriving at 9:30 am.  We will have 12+ ‘make-it and take-it’ craft tables, a ‘wrap a present’ table, refreshments and Santa.  Entertainment is still needed for the Santa line (juggling, magic tricks, lead songs, etc.)  and the sign up will be at our CC Meeting.  We can use your help whether you can spare an hour or the entire day!  Please wear some part of your uniform so we can distinguish between workers and guests.  We would like each family to bring 2 dozen cookies for refreshments.  If you are unable to bring your cookies to the party you can make other arrangements with the Chairs, Hunter, Kendall or Cameron Ott 449-4535 or drop them off at the Miller’s, 1435 Heidelberg Drive, through the 7th.  All donations to the party should be noted on the PDR Form as Community Service and work on preparations and/or the party can be counted as Committees or Community Service.

 

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, LARPD Robert Livermore Community Center, Saturday, December 8, 8:30 - 11:00 am.  Members need to contact Sue Michel 455-1922 to help.

 

CAROLING AT HACIENDA CARE CENTER, 76 Fenton Street, Tuesday, December 11, 6:00 - 7:00 pm.

 

CAROLING & DISTRIBUTING HOLIDAY ITEM at the Veterans Hospital will be on Tuesday, December 18, 3:30pm - 4:30pm at the convalescent unit.  Sign up at our CC Meeting or call Maria Choi at 449-3909.

 

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY at the Veterans Hospital will be on Sunday, December 31, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.  Sign up to help with this fun event at our CC Meeting.

 

REMOVING DECORATIONS at the Veterans Hospital is Saturday, January 12, 9:30 am.  Please sign up to help at our CC Meeting.

 

Remember - we have far fewer opportunities for community service, chairmanships, and committee work after the first of the year.  Do your part now.

 

HAPPY DECEMBER BIRTHDAY TO:
N. Barney S. Holt R. Male C. Ott  

 

  Make a new friend - find these members at our next meeting and wish them a Happy Birthday!

 

SKIT NIGHT, ‘History of 4-H - Part 2” is underway and meetings will start soon.  Sign up at our CC Meeting.  Participation in Skit Night is fun and earns you several credits on your PDR Form.

 

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MEMBER NEWS

Thanksgiving Dinner.  I helped sort and bag canned foods.  It was fun.  You should help next year.

By N. Barney

 

I helped set up at the Thanksgiving dinner.  I liked it.  I had fun.

By R. Barney

 

I was at the thanksgiving dinner.  We had some good food & we had fun serving the people with the dessert cart.   

                                    By M. Maloney

 

I had a lot of fun helping set up the Community Thanksgiving Dinner.  We had to sort the cans by type and then we had to bag them.  After that we helped clean up chairs and tables.  It was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to do it again.                 

By C. Barney

 

I was at the Thanks giving 1) I eat Dinner  2) U was driving the dusurt tray.

                                                                        By K. Maloney

 

Wrapping for the Children’s Christmas Party.  I love helping for the Party!  It’s really run and all you do is wrap presents.  You should do it sometime.

By N. Barney

 

I had fun decorating the V.A. Hospital.  We had lots of people this year so it didn’t take a long time.  It was fun putting decorations on the ceilings and putting up trees.  About an hour later we had to go to Children to Children’s wrapping presents.  That was also lots of fun.  My group wrapped about 5-1/2 barrels of presents.  It was lots of fun and I can’t wait to do it again.

By C. Barney


Project Leaders - Set aside some time at a meeting and have your members write an article for this newsletter.  Not only does it earn them credit on their PDR Forms, our members like to hear what is going on in other projects.  Submit articles to Margaret by the last week of the month.

 

SNOW CAMP for independent (activities are primarily self directed) high school age members will be January 18 through 20.  Cost is approx. $125.00, not including lift tickets, equipment rental, etc.  Contact Tom Fraser 371-0732 if interested.  Location is being changed from Camp Sylvester, as there were not funds to repair the dining hall that was damaged last year.

 

PRESENTATION DAY will be Saturday, February 2 at Canyon Middle School in Castro Valley.  The different types of presentations will be briefly covered at our December CC Meeting.  Remember, you will need presentations in order to earn Star Ranks.  There is still time to join our very successful presentation project led by Rich Hunt.  All categories and on-line registration is at alamedacounty4h.org. The full Presentation Manual can be downloaded from ca4h.org under 4H Resources (General 4H Forms section).

 

An updated roster was included with the email and hard copy of this newsletter. A refreshment list is included with this version of the newsletter. 

 

FREE WIRE CAGES - rabbit & hamster/guinea pig with wheel.  Call Renee at 294-9155.