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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (Otero County)
Date July 6, 2009, 2:55 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report On June 17th and 18th, 2009 33 4-H members, leaders and parents traveled to District 4-H Contest in Capitan, NM-Lincoln County. There were 15 4-H members that competed in Horticulture Judging, Wildlife Identification, Rifle, Air Rifle, Archery, Livestock Judging, Livestock Skill-A-Thon, Favorite Foods and Meats Identification. Many of these youth had not ever participated in a judging competition so practices were held weekly from April until June. These youth gained vital skills in their practices of these contest areas such as public speaking, problem solving skills, following instructions and team work. In each individual contest the youth gained important skills such as being able to develop a healthy recipe, identify important wildlife management practices, select healthy produce, defend their placing for livestock judging, identify the correct cuts of meat and cooking methods. These are just a sample of the skills the youth gained in the past 3 months by attending practices in an educational setting. At the District Contest the youth were able to showcase the knowledge that they had learned. In the area of Shooting Sports which focuses not only on safety and accuracy, but respect and listening skills, our 4-H members scored well in their safety practicum and target shooting. The awards that the youth won are important, but the great educational family fun that the youth had cannot be found in any other youth organization other than 4-H. This was a great start to many of these youth judging careers and their life skills were impacted immensely. 93% of the youth remarked that they learned many new skills and felt more comfortable speaking in front of a group. These 4-H members are the future leaders of our community and because of 4-H they will be better equipped because of opportunities such as this.