Youth Leadership Opportunity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bryan King
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 +1 515.242.5023

Statewide Youth Leadership Opportunity
State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council (SIYAC) Currently Accepting Applications

Des Moines, IA—The State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council is currently accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year from Iowa students who will be enrolled in high school next year. Deadline for applications is March 13th, 2009. Consideration for selection includes; age and grade level (09-10’), geographical location, leadership experience, community and school involvement, and a letter of recommendation from an adult who can attest to your abilities and potential. Next year marks the 9th year of SIYAC representing Iowa’s youth as a statewide advisory council.

Over the past year, SIYAC has transitioned from the State of Iowa Youth Action Committee to the State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council. SIYAC members have worked hard this year to set the foundation and build strong relationships for the upcoming years. Being a SIYAC member will give you numerous opportunities for trainings and youth engagement opportunities, connections with other statewide organizations and youth, connecting with state legislators as a voice for Iowa’s youth and will require you attend quarterly meetings in Des Moines.

This past year SIYAC has formed a strong partnership with the Iowa Department of Education’s Team Nutrition program to host Youth in Action for a Healthy Iowa workshops in Ames this past fall and in Creston, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and Alta this spring. The workshops aim to address real problems and implement realistic solutions facing wellness, nutrition, and physical activity concerns in Iowa’s schools and communities. Mini-grants of $500 are offered to participating schools to implement a project in their community.

Background Information
SIYAC is a non-partisan youth advisory council created in 2001 by former Governor Tom Vilsack. SIYAC consists of no more than 21 youth from across Iowa, representing a diversity of thoughts and ideas. The purpose of SIYAC is to:

Create open dialogue between policy makers and youth to shape and refine policies and practices to improve youth directed services.
Engage youth in their state and community to improve personal investment and likelihood of remaining in Iowa.
Increase the demand of local and statewide voice for youth by highlighting important issues facing young Iowans.

If you would like to apply for a position on the 2009-2010 SIYAC, please submit a completed application no later than March 13th to the SIYAC Coordinator.

For additional information on SIYAC, including application forms, and Youth in Action for a Healthy Iowa Spring Workshop information, visit www.siyac.webs.com or contact SIYAC State Coordinator Bryan King at Bryan.King@iowa.gov


Bryan King
AmeriCorps VISTA/Program Coordinator

State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council
Department of Human Rights
Lucas State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319

Survivorship Conference Help Wanted

Survivorship Conference Help Wanted:As you may know, we are proud to be hosting our first Survivorship Connection Conference on March 28th! We have an exciting lineup of speakers and agencies involved, but are could always use more help! The Heart Connection is looking for people or groups interested in helping with the following:Participant Recruitment: Registration forms are now available, and they will be up on our website very soon! We also have promotional materials about the conference if you are willing to promote the conference at your place of business.Workshop Presenters: If you have heard a great speaker on a topic related to cancer survivorship recently, please pass their information on to us! Sponsors, Exhibitors, and Samples: If your company might be interested in sponsoring this conference, exhibitor space, or distributing product samples to our attendees, please contact us. If you would like to help, or for more information about this conference, please contact brecka@childrenscancerprograms.com .

Each year The Heart Connection relies on about 150 week-long volunteers to help make our camps a great experience for children with cancer and their siblings. We also recruit 25 day volunteers and several large groups to help out throughout the week. Week long camp staff applications will be available online next week, and day volunteer applications will be available in March. If you are interested in making the difference in the lives of our campers, please watch www.childrenscancerprograms.com for updates on how to apply! Cancer is a part of their lives...so are we!

A follow up about 4-H day with Cyclone's Women's Basketball

ISU Women’s Basketball Game FAQ

When is the last day to purchase tickets at this discounted rate?
February 26, 2009

Do I have to order the tickets online, or can I do it at a Ticketmaster location and receive the discount?
Yes, You must order the tickets online to receive the discounted rate.

How do I receive the tickets?
The only way to receive these tickets is to have them mailed to you. Timing should not be an issue with the last day to purchase tickets being Feb. 26th.

How will I be able to get the drink, hot dog and t-shirt?
You will receive two tickets for every one admission you purchase. One ticket will be your admission ticket and the other will be your coupon for the hot dog, drink and t-shirt (please note that this coupon looks like an admission ticket, so read carefully). NOTE: You must pick up your t-shirt prior to getting your hot dog and drink because the concession vendors will take that ticket in exchange for your food. Once you pick up your t-shirt, we will mark on your ticket that you have received it.

Where do I pick up my Cyclone/4-H t-shirt?
The Iowa 4-H Foundation will have a booth right inside the South doors of Hilton Coliseum. You may pick up your t-shirts right before the game. You may also make prior arrangements to pick up the t-shirts during the week prior to the game at the State 4-H office in Ames. Contact Shelly Greving shellyg@iastate.edu if you are interested in picking up the t-shirts early.

How will you know my size for the t-shirt?
You may send your/your group’s t-shirt quantities and sizes prior to February 13th to Shelly Greving shellyg@iastate.edu and she will make sure that your correct sizes are ordered and bundled together as a group. When you pick up your group’s t-shirts at the game, this will make it a quick and easy process for everyone. (please make sure to reference whether it is a youth or adult size)

Where should we sit at the game?
You are welcome to sit anywhere in general admission, however, we recommend that 4-Hers sit in sections 225-228 so that you may get to know other 4-Hers from across the state. This will be directly above the location of the 4-H booth inside the south doors to Hilton Coliseum and very easy to find.

How do I get tickets again?
Go to http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/t16bgz
Click on FIND TICKETS. Select the number of tickets under IOWA 4-H PROMOTION. Enter code IOWA4H to receive the discount.


For all further questions, please contact Shelly Greving at shellyg@iastate.edu or by phone at 515-294-1607.

Go Cyclones!!

Essay Contest

Dear Colleagues,

The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, Iowa Department of Education, and the State Historical Society of Iowa are sponsoring the Write Women Back Into History annual essay contest. The essay contest serves to celebrate Women's history month--March--and to increase awareness of the contributions made by Iowa women. This year’s theme provides a special opportunity to discover and celebrate women’s work in civil rights and social justice. Young people in grades 6 – 9 are encouraged to choose a woman, preferably from Iowa, from any historical period, past or present, and write about the accomplishments of her life and how she has made a difference to the student and to society in the social justice and civil rights arena. Although Iowa women are preferred and encouraged, the subject of the essay may be a woman from another state or another country.

For more information, the essay guidelines and entry form are located at http://www.women.iowa.gov/about_women/womens_history/essay_contest.html

All the best!
Keli
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Keli Tallman
State 4-H Youth Development Specialist
Iowa 4-H Youth Development
Extension 4-H Youth Building, ISU
Ames, Iowa 50011-3630

4-H Day at the Cyclone's Women's Basketball Game

You are Invited to Attend
4-H Day at the Cyclone Women’s Basketball Game
· WHO: All 4-H members, volunteers, donors, leaders and alumni
· WHAT: ISU Women’s Basketball vs. Kansas (last home game & senior night)
· WHEN: March 7, 2009 7:00pm
· WHERE: Hilton Coliseum, Ames
· COST: $10/person (Includes admission to game, drink, hotdog and an exclusive Cyclone 4-H t-shirt)

Bring the whole club or family!
All 4-H supporters are invited to attend at the discount rate.

Get your tickets today!
Go to http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/t16bgz
Click on FIND TICKETS
Select the number of tickets under IOWA 4-H PROMOTION
Enter code IOWA4H to receive this discount.

If you are attending with your club or county, notify Shelly Greving at shellyg@iastate.edu or call (515) 294-1607 and you will be recognized as a group attending the game.

Please Note: There is a Cyclone Men’s Basketball game at 12:45pm that same day. This discount does not apply to this game, however you are more than welcome to attend that game as well

Community Service/Woodworking opportunity

Natalie Anderson from the Des Moines Public Schools has contacted me, she has a family that is in dire need of a wheelchair ramp for their house. If there is an interested 4-H'er or 4-H Club that would be willing to do this as either a woodworking/community service project feel free to contact her at 242-7552.

I recieved the following e-mail recently, if anyone knows who these things belong to please contact her. Thanks.


Dear Mr. Heckman and Associates,

I am trying to find a lady that was in 4-H. I know that this may be a very difficult task because I do not have her name, club or years she was in 4-H.

I recently purchased a nice jewelry box from the Goodwill Store on N. W. Urbandale Drive. Upon inspecting it at home, three 4-H pins fell out from behind a little nook as well as two bracelets. There was also a tiny bit of cash.

I would very much like to have this lady contact me so I can return her treasures. Do you have a newsletter that you could advertise this problem? If some lady can describe the jewelry box, jewelry and money she thinks is gone forever, she gets it back. Goodness, she could be one of your fellow staff members!

Thank you for you assistance or suggestions.

Nola Hewus

hewus62@msn.com

515/279-9836

Des Moines