around you. 4-H offers you endless ways to explore.

Resolution 5.) Oye– HAVE FUN! Seriously! If you’re not having fun while doing 4-H projects, then I’m not sure what you’re doing.

Resolution 6.) Be the Leader, Not the Follower. Enough said.

Resolution 7.) Do some-thing that makes you

proud. Join the Revolution.

Resolution 2.) Be a Star. Need a self-esteem boost? Showcase your very tal-ented self at the 4-H State and County Fairs.

Resolution 3.) Make New Friends. Spend time with your friends and even meet some new ones with shared interests.

Resolution 4.) Learn Something that Blows Your Mind. Either about yourself or about the world

For our 4 - H meeting on No-vember 7, 2011, we had a

Thanksgiving celebration. For our craft we made some cards with turkeys on them. Then we had a feast. Ms. Debbie made the turkey, which tasted delicious. The families brought corn, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pie, cookies and rolls. During dinner we all shared what we were thankful for. Thank you to all who attended and a special thank you to Ms. Debbie and the Youth Center for making it happen. by: Melanie C., Age 12, Andrews Air Force Base

USNA Annapolis was able to do some very cool pro-jects on the Mobile Tech Lab!!

The Fort Detrick-Silver Spring youth had a wonderful two-day experience at the Mont-gomery County 4-H Science Workshop in July. During the two-day workshop, the youth conducted a science experiment with starch and learned the foun-dation and basics of baking, the im-portance of exercise and physical fitness,

and public speaking.

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Happy New Year! 1

Club Highlights! 1

Nutrition and

Wellness

2

AGsploration 2

Oz’s Fun Fact 3

Youth of the

Month!

3

Express Yourself 3

Upcoming Events

and Meetings

4

Activity of the

Month

4

Club Highlights

4 - H M I L I T A R Y

C L U B P R O G R A M S

A T A G L A N C E

Maryland 4-H Military

Clubs Newsletter

D A T E : J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 1 2 , I S S U E 1

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Operation Military

Kids Camp (8-13 yo):

July 22-28, 2012

If you’re 14-18 yo and

interested in being a

counselor contact

jefitz@umd.edu

What? ‘Being an Awesome 4-Her’ was not one of your New Year’s Resolutions? That’s absurd. Here are some super easy ways to include 4-H into your ongoing quest to be awesome. They more or less reflect my personal resolutions.

Resolution 1.) Go Clubbing. Not small animals or dance parties. Sorry. BUT 4-H Clubs bring friends together to work on projects they find interest-ing and fun!

Ringing in the New Year: 4-H Style

P A G E 2

AGploration Teen Training!

land Extension’s AGsploration: The Science of Maryland Agricul-ture curriculum at our Winter In-stitute on Saturday, February 18, 2012 through Monday, February 20, 2012 at the Patuxent River 4-H Center in Upper Marlboro. As a team member, your commit-ment is to fill out an application and evaluation consent form which can be found at www.maryland4h.org, attend the AGsploration team training in

February, and make a 30-hour commitment teaching and evaluating the AGsploration curriculum. Completed applica-tions are due by January 9, 2012 to April Hall Barczewski at UME-Cecil County, 200 Chesa-peake Blvd, Suite 1500, Elkton, MD 21921. The AGsploration program is limited to 30 participants. Applicants will be accepted by a review process and we encourage at least one

youth from every 4-H unit to apply.

Are you interested in production agriculture, health and/or environ-mental issues as they relate to Maryland agriculture? Do you enjoy teaching others? Are you interested in meeting other 4-Hers from around

the state? If so, then the AGsploration Winter Institute might be for you. The AG-sploration development team invites 4-H youth ages 14-18 or 4-H alumni ages 19-21 to become trained as a teen teacher for University of Mary-

M A R Y L A N D 4 - H M I L I T A R Y C L U B S

Winter is a great time to be active! There are

plenty of fun things to do out in the snow that are

beneficial to your health. Did you know you could

burn 285 calories an hour building a snowman and

319 calories an hour having a snowball fight? Even

sledding or making snow angels gets you up and

moving instead of cooped up indoors. And once you’re

done in the snow, go inside and try this treat to

warm you up again. Its quick, easy to make, and is healthy too!

Hot Mulled Cider! What you need:

2 cups of Apple Cider

2 Cinnamon Sticks

1 Clove

1 Tart Apple, cored and sliced

Bring the cider, cinnamon sticks, and clove

to a simmer over medium heat in a small sauce pot. Let the mixture simmer

for about 3 minutes.. Pour into 2 mugs and add the sliced apples. Have your

child carefully garnish each mug with a cinnamon stick.

Get more ideas like this one at: NickJr.com/Recipes

4-H is a

community of

young people

across America who are learning

leadership,

citizenship, and

life skills.

Maryland 4-H Military

Clubs

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 2 , I S S U E 1

Express Yourself! 4-H Youth of the Month

Chris Owens!

Chris has shown his community larger service by volunteering 13 hours of his time helping with various activities throughout the School Age Services at Fort Detrick Silver Spring! Examples of his commitment to Character are

Labeling & putting away groceries

Sprucing the SAS 4-H garden

Participating in the Boys & Girls Club Day for Kids

event

Helping SAS youth with homework in the Youth

Technology Lab

Breaking down & Tagging, & sorting Bikes During the

Montgomery County Community Service Week @ Ugan-da Load at King for Bikes 4 the World

Congratulations Chris on being an awesome 4-Her!

Oz’s Fun Fact

The largest known organism on earth is a honey mush-room fungus called Armillar-ia solidipes! This fungus is over 2,000 years old, weights over 605 tons, and covers over 3.4 square miles in Ore-gon. Holy cow...er Fungus!

SNOW GOON!

Graciously submitted by Brad after some Winter 2011 shenanigans.

The theme for the February newsletter is LOVE. Do something fun

and creative, then tell us about it. It’s that simple! Here is a list of

ideas for your submissions.

❤ Pictures of larger pieces of art such s sculptures and models

❤ Drawings or paintings

❤ Poems, short stories and songs

❤ Jokes, riddles and games

❤ Original recipes

❤ Be Creative!

Submissions must be appropriate in terms of topic, language, and subject. All submissions must be sent electronically and be original (no copyright infringements please!!).

Please send all submissions to the contact information on page 4. You can submit your work through your parents or the Youth Center staff. If your work is chosen you will be sent a fancy colored copy of the newsletter and a certificate verifying how awesome you are!

With your submission please include:

Your Name Age Installation

Express Yourself! This section of the newsletter features YOU!

A very proud 4-Her

at Andrews Air

Force Base

Thanksgiving

Meal!

Send all Submissions to:

Alisha Targonski

Maryland 4-H Center

8020 Greenmead Drive

College Park, MD 20740

Phone: 301-314-7319

Fax: 301-314-7146

E-mail: alishat@umd.edu

4-H Military Club Programs

www.maryland4h.org

“It is the policy of the University of Maryland, Agricultural Experiment Station and Maryland Cooperative

Extension, that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or disability.”

Submissions for the next issue due: Jan 25th Upcoming Events!

4-H Gala at the Ten Oaks Ballroom, Clarksville

Jan 15 Horse World Expo and 4-H Art Con-test, State Fairgrounds Jan 20-22 Teen Council and Volunteer Associa-tion, College Park Feb 5 4-H Day, Annapolis Feb 20 AGsploration Teen Winter Institute Feb 18-20

For more info on these events contact Alisha Targonski at alishat@umd.edu

Activity of the Month: Screaming Vikings!

Instructions:

Begin in a circle with one person in the middle. The goal of the game is not be in the middle at the end The person in the middle

points at a person seated in the circle and then screams, “Screaming Viking! (or one of the other formations described below).

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!” While the person is counting, the person who was selected and the peo-

ple directly to the left and right must form a formation, described below. Feel free to make up more fun formations to try out

with your group!

If any of the three people (the person selected and the people to the left and right of that person) do not correctly respond in

time then whoever messes up must go into the middle. The appropriate responses can be one of the following:

1. Screaming Viking: each person to the left and right of the selected person must make a rowing motion outwardly to the sides,

while the person in the middle must place his or her fingers to the sides of his/her head with index finger pointed upwards, like

horns. All three people must scream loudly.

2. Smurfs: the 3 of them interlock arms and sing the smurf song, “La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.”

3. Chia Pet: the three of them must act as a growing chia pet with hands lifting upwards. The 3 of them must shoud, “Ch-ch-ch-

chia…”

4. Jello: the person in the center wobbles like jello, while each person to the side holds their arms out, forming a bowl. You can

make up other appropriate responses — the sillier the better! The more enthusiastic and wacky you are, the more entertaining

Game from group-games.com