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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This is a great project! Please help spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sue and Tom
[mailto:ttarr@sbcglobal.net] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sue and Tom<br>
<b>Subject:</b> 4-H Green Friends Gardening After School Club Teams Meeting
Thursday, March 11, 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>You are receiving this information because of interest you
have shown in gardening and healthy nutrition for families. We are initiating
pilot programs for 4-H Green Friends Gardening After-School Clubs in OKC area
schools. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>We invite you and others you know will be interested to
attend our Team Meeting on Thursday March 11, 2010 at 4 p.m. to assist in
developing the different components for the 4-H Gardening After-School Clubs.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Minutes from our start up meeting on 3-1-10 with agencies
are attached to this email to give you an overview of where we are heading.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This Oklahoma initiative began with a conversation with U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, when he was in Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I spoke with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
at the Rural Forum in Oklahoma about grants to 4–H for edible gardening
after-school clubs that would meet 5 days a week. Vilsack’s enthusiastic
4 minute response can be viewed at: <span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LydoHhxscU"
title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LydoHhxscU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LydoHhxscU</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I also gave Vilsack a letter detailing the benefits to
families, schools and communities after school garden clubs would create.(See
Attachment to this email)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Conversations about this have stirred many others interest
in pursuing possibilities for 4-H after school edible garden clubs. On March 1,
2010 we had a Core Group Coalition Building Meeting with 20+ participants from
major government agencies, organizations and school districts who promote
gardening, nutrition and stewardship for our environment with youth. Our
intention is to begin 2, 4-H after school edible garden pilot programs. They
will meet 5 days a week from 3-6 p.m. in Oklahoma City area schools starting in
August 2010.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Below is information about and an invitation for you to
attend our Team Meeting Thursday, March 11, 2010:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hello
4-H Green Friends Gardening Club Core Group,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>What a
productive meeting we had March 1, 2010! This is networking and collaboration
at its finest. Our coalition is off to a great start. (Minutes are attached to
this email). Thanks to all who attended for their important contributions to
making this initiative a reality. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank
you for signing up to be on a team to assist in developing a component of the
4-H Green Friends Gardening After-School Clubs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We
ask that you also invite people to be a part of your team and other teams who
you know have an interest in after-school gardening. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Your
assisting on a team to develop one of our Team Components will be networking,
collaboration and cooperation at its best. We don’t need to re-invent the
wheel. You have the information, curriculum and data needed to create this 4-H
program. Our community and others will benefit from the start up procedures,
video documenting and manual for this that we are creating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Our
Teams will meet Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 4 till 6 p.m.</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> at </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>the Oklahoma County OSU Extension
Center, located at 930 N. Portland Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73017. We are
the single story, buff brick building with black and orange trim, and are
located just North of the double drive entrance to the OSU Oklahoma City
Campus, on the East Side of Portland Ave. (Just South of the Intersection
of 10<sup>th</sup> and Portland). We have parking on the North side
of our building and on the South Side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Park on
the East side of the building and enter the classroom from the outside of the
building. The North Classroom is located on the North East Corner of the
Building.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We will
connect primarily through emails after the initial start up meeting for your
team on March 11, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>At
the team meeting you and your team will prepare a draft of a vision statement
and mission statement for your team’s component</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>. </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>After the meeting<b> </b>we<b> </b>will
email these to your team to refine. Your team will then present the final
statements at our OKC Community Forum Thursday, April 8, 2010 which will be
attended by 200+ teachers, parents, youth and community leaders and members. We
would like each team to present some examples of the impact their component
will have on youth, and inspiring ideas or results that can happen. Collecting
additional information through emails to support your team’s component
will make it easy to cut and paste information into a document that can become
part of a training manual. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We also
ask that you begin emailing us possible activities and ideas you have. We will
make these available to your team by email, and your ideas will spark others
ideas and assist you in your area. Each team will be contributing to a
collaborative manual for starting 4-H Gardening clubs, and you will receive
recognition for your contribution to the manual.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Listed
below are the 8 Teams for the different Components. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please
invite others to play on one or more of these teams to assist in creating 4-H
Gardening After-School Clubs:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Criteria for school selection Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Start up, creation of the garden space and ongoing expansion
Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Securing funding and grants Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hands on gardening and exercise Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Gardening education Team: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Snacks, nutritional and cooking Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Building children’s cooperation and leadership skills
Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Vegetable marketing and community building Team:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This is
an idea whose time has come! If we all do a little we will accomplish a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please
call if you need more information or have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sue Tarr
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>405-478-2480<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>405-818-9676
cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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