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Impact Report

For plan Life Skills Development (Santa Fe County)
Date October 13, 2009, 4:48 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report The Santa Fe County 4-H Youth Development program provides opportunities for youth to gain knowledge and skills in personal development, leadership, and various project areas. Several highlight opportunities offered in 2008-2009 included: county, district, and state contests; project day camp; county fair; and record books. A total of 243 youth enrolled in the 4-H club program in 2009. Santa Fe County held this first ever Joint Northern District Contests, for both the Northeast and Northwest 4-H Districts in 2009. This opportunity boosted interest in both county and district contests; a total of 32 youth competed the eleven contests offered at the county level and 24 youth continued on to compete in the sixteen contests offered at the District level. Project Day Camp is a weeklong event created to provide youth opportunities to work on various 4-H projects in a group atmosphere. Project Day Camp focuses on different projects each year. The Agent chooses projects that have high enrollment numbers, are brand new, or have been updated by the state curriculum committee. The Agent recruits adult and senior member 4-H volunteers to plan, conduct, and evaluate the event. At the conclusion of this day camp youth have obtained knowledge for the first skill level in each project as well as at least started one exhibit from each project to enter into the county fair. In 2009, 12 youth attended the five day camp focused on food safety and nutrition, housing and interior design, New Mexico Round-Up, Uniquely New Mexico and Health and Safety projects. County fair provides youth with an opportunity to complete the experiential learning model. Youth receive feed back from judges on the project work they have completed throughout the 4-H year. In 2009, 72 youth submitted 387 exhibits in the 4-H indoor division. Of these 4-H’ers, 37 of them advanced 128 exhibits to the New Mexico State Fair.