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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (Otero County)
Date September 23, 2009, 5:06 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report On July 13-17, seventeen 4-H members from Otero County 4-H along with one 4-H volunteer leader attended State 4-H Conference. These young people had spent the past three months practicing and preparing for contest areas to compete in. The areas Otero County 4-H competed in was: Livestock Judging, Livestock Skill-A-Thon, Home Economic Skill-A-Thon, Impromptu Speaking, Parliamentary Procedure, Wildlife Habitat Evaluation, Horticulture Judging, Meats Judging and Favorite Foods. Otero County 4-H had an increase of 300% in participation numbers for this year’s State 4-H Conference. These young people learned vital life skills such as team work, public speaking, organizing a project, healthy nutritional skills, agriculture industry topics, successful habitat conditions for NM wildlife as well as lessons on forming valid oral reasons. Over 90% of these 4-H members saw an increase in their public speaking skills and preparing for a public speaking event. As one 4-H member said, “I had no idea I could learn so much about parliamentary procedure. This contest has not only helped me with running meetings, but it has given me confidence to speak in front of an audience and organized my thoughts better.”