VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP WITH
PENNSYLVANIA 4-H FASHION REVUES
IN 2013
--AND BEYOND....
It has become abundantly clear that funding for Extension
programs in Pennsylvania, including 4-H staffing, has become more and more
scarce. If we are going to continue to
have a 4-H clothing program in Pennsylvania, 4-H volunteers must mobilize!
Plans are in the works for an organized mobilization and
re-organization of the program to include volunteers at all levels of the
program. If you are a 4-H clothing and textiles
leader in Pennsylvania, watch this blog and/or your e-mail for information
about that in the next few months.
In the meantime, however, we must act NOW to learn the ropes of planning and carrying out Regional
Fashion Revues. It is very possible
there will be little or any paid staff available to help with 2014 revues. 2013 is the year to learn.
What should you do?
1. Contact the chair of your Region’s Fashion Revue
(see list of regions and their chairs, below) and offer to help in a small or
big way with the June 2013 event. A lot
of the planning has probably started, but there will likely be a way that you
can help, even if you contact them now.
2. Attend the 2013 event, in a helping way or at
least as an audience member. Pay
attention! Take notes on things that you
liked, things that could be improved for next year, introduce yourself to the
people who seem to be in charge.
3. Consider attending or helping with the State 4-H
Fashion Revue during State Days. The
event will be held on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 in the Eisenhower Auditorium on
main campus of Penn State. You might
help as a workshop assistant, a tabulator (if you do not have a relative in the
contest), a stage assistant or in another role.
To let us know you would like to help at State Days, please contact this
year’s event chair, Sandy Hall(sph3@psu.edu).
Most Revues have a lot of volunteers working already. A few have begun the transition to being
completely volunteer led, but only two will achieve that status in 2013. That will probably have to change, so pay
attention and offer to help!
It is up to us to make sure that the PA 4-H clothing and textiles program
continues, and even improves, despite the funding cutbacks. Maureen and I are confident that we can do it
if we all work together with a positive attitude and the goal of providing a
positive learning environment for our 4-H youth.
We are looking forward to working with you!
~Linda
NOTE: This information is current as of mid-February. If you can provide more up-to-date information, please let me know in the Comments section. I'll update as I receive the information. Thanks!
Regional Fashion Revue Dates for 2013 and chair/s location
Northwest June 27 Paula
Lucas Mercer
office
Southwest June 27 Pam
Paletta Word of Life Church
Central June 27 (tentative) Dotty Bartek Church in Ebensburg
Northeast South Linda
Hendricks Health Facility
Ann Bonson
Northeast North June 28 Jan
Cohen
Capital June 24 Martha
Gregory Lebanon Area Free Church, Jonestown
Southeast South June 29 Patti Colby and Nancy Stephenson
(Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Philadelphia, and Chester counties) Montgomery County 4-H Center
Southeast North Brad Kunsmen
(Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkil Counties)
