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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (McKinley County)
Date September 29, 2008, 2:01 am
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report On April 18th, 2008 - 900 youth and 100 teachers/parents attended the 2nd annual McKinley Kids, Kows, and More event. This year we opened the event up to all youth from 2nd grade to 5th grade to attract a larger group and to reach more youth within the county. This year, our booths included the New Mexico Cowbells’, 4-H & Food Safety, Water, Sheep Sheering and the mobile dairy. The New Mexico Cowbells’ talked to the groups about ranching in NM and what needs to be done on a cattle ranch to get those animals to market. They also cover the different breeds of cattle and nutritional needs. 4-H & Food Safety talked to the group about the local 4-H program and then talked to them about food safety and showed the video that Dr. Willis Fedio and NMSU created about the importance and need for food safety and what food safety is. Each classroom received a copy of this video for future use. Water booth discussed ground water, because that’s where we get our water from and the importance of protecting the water. They also played the water game to test their knowledge of water in general. Sheep sheering was a live demo that showed the group how the wool is harvested. They also talked about how to care for sheep and what they eat. This was a great experience for the youth because most of them have never seen a sheep sheared before. The mobile dairy demo is by far the most popular booth, because they get chocolate milk to drink while they learn about milking a cow. They also learn about various dairy products beside milk. Over all, this program has been great at teaching youth about agriculture and where our food comes from. This year by adding the food safety component youth also learned about safe food practices.