Many 4-H members remember making snickerdoodles, wheat bread, funny cake, and brownies when learning food skills as part of their 4-H project work. Over the years, the memories remained, but the recipes were lost. A new cookbook, Favorite Recipes of Illinois 4-H Through the Years, includes all of the most requested recipes from the past 60 years and is available from the Illinois 4-H Foundation.

More than 150 recipes from 4-H foods project books such as You Learn to Bake, ABC's of Food, Adventures in Cooking, It's Fun to Cook, Milk and Eggs, Meat in Your Meals, Pastry in Your Meals, and Yeast Breads in Your Meals are included in this 8/12 x 11' spiral bound cookbook. Recipes are listed by book, alphabetically, and by food category for easy reference.

The cookbook costs $15.00 and can be ordered through the Piatt County Extension office. Order Deadline for Holiday delivery is December 11, 2009.

Call today, 217-762-2191

Favorite Recipes of Illinois 4-H Through the Years… would make a perfect Mother's Day, Graduation, birthday, or other special occasion gift for mothers, daughters, sons, grandmothers, 4-H leaders, or 4-H alums. 4-H is the largest out-of-school educational program for youth in the United States. 4-H seeks to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, forming attitudes, and developing life skills that will enable them to become caring, competent, and contributing members of society. In Illinois 292,888 youth participate in 4-H and other youth programs of University of Illinois Extension. More than 24,721 youth and adult volunteers assist in the programming.

For more information about 4-H in Illinois, visit http://www.4-h.illinois.edu.

Illinois 4-H Junior Leadership Conference The Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team plans and coordinates this event for 7th and 8th grade 4-H members each year. This 2-day, weekend conference focuses on building delegate skills and knowledge as young leaders in their local 4-H clubs and county 4-H programs. Find more details at http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/state4h/events/juniorleadership.cfm

Illinois 4-H Junior Leadership Conference - Events - Illinois 4-H - University of Illinois Extension

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The Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team plans and coordinates this event for 7th and 8th grade 4-H members each year. This 2-day, weekend conference focuses on building delegate skills and knowledge as young leaders in their local 4-H clubs and county 4-H programs.

Wouldn't it be cool to spend a week of your summer in the nation's capital while gaining leadership skills? Registration for Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF) 2010 is almost full! Put together a delegation of 5 or more people then go to www.4HCWF.org for registration information.

The 4-H Great Debate to be held February 12-13, 2010

Sign up today! Teens from across Illinois are invited to converge in Springfield to debate bills and learn about the legislative process. The 4-H Great Debate is for all high school age youth interested in learning about how Illinois state government works.

During the two-day event, teens will:

• Learn persuasive speaking
• Develop an understanding of the legislative process
• Meet people from other areas of the state

Besides all the work, participants will meet youth from across the state and enjoy games and music on Friday night.

Sponsorship of bills will be on a first come first serve basis.

Register early to get your first choice!

Registration fee for the conference is $60. The deadline for registration is January 22, 2010. Lodging will be at Lake Springfield Christian Academy. Delegates will need to bring bedding, towels and toiletries in addition to clothing.

More details on the conference are available on the web at http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/mclean/greatdebate/. Registration forms will be available after November 18 online or through your local county Extension Office.

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November 12th - Expansion and Review Meeting, Ext. office, 6:30 p.m.

November 17th - Leader/Officer Training Youth Partnership Workshop, Ext. office, 6:30 p.m.

November 24th - Deadline to sign up for Make it - Take it Workshop.

December 5th - Christmas Parade , decorate float 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Ride float lineup 10:45 a.m.

December 8th - Federation Meeting, Ext. Office, 6:00 p.m.

December 8th - Make It - Take It Workshop, Ext. Office, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

December 24th - January3rd - Holiday Break.

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Please remember to pre-register for all the workshops and other 4-H events. All you need to do is call the office so we can put you on a list to attend. This helps us plan how much we need to buy and or cancel the workshop if we do not have at least 10 4-Hers attending. Thank you!

Federation/Leaders Youth Partnership Training is scheduled for November 17, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

All members are welcome and will earn a Federation point for attending.

December Federation meeting is scheduled for December 8, 2009 at 6:00 pm. Call the office to sign up.

Federation questions?? Call Susan at 762-2191.

Publication orders are due in the office by November 2nd for delivery on November 17th or place orders January 4th for delivery on January 19th or March 15th for delivery on March 30th. Please contact the Extension office if you have any questions.

762-2191

Susan Houska

shouska@ilinois.edu