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Impact Report
| For plan | Youth Development (Socorro County) |
| Date | October 26, 2011, 7:39 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Stitch and Spoon Camp: On July 26-28 the Socorro County Extension Office hosted a Stitch and Spoon Camp at the Socorro Community Kitchen. The camp was limited to 20 youth, because of the nature of the projects and space limitations in the kitchen. As with the name “Stitch and Spoon”, youth learned the basics of Sewing and Cooking. 15 girls, 3 boys and 6 volunteer leaders attended the camp. The youth were split in half; half went to sewing and the other half in the kitchen with them switching after lunch. The first group in the kitchen were required to cook everyone lunch; Lupita Rincones, ICAN Nutrition Educator, taught the kids about kitchen safety, proper nutrition and ways to make their meals healthier. The afternoon session learned about different cooking utensils and what they’re used for, proper measuring techniques, and most importantly how to read a recipe. They then made chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, muffins and biscuits out of the 4-H Baking project book. On the sewing side, the youth learned the parts of a sewing machine, how thread a machine, sewing a straight line, curvy lines, corners, and circles. To practice these skills the youth made scrunchies and pillowcase utilizing the patterns out of the 4-H Beginning Sewing and Quilting project books. We also spent time learning how to can jelly and each youth made a batch of grape jelly both to enter into the fair and take home. All items made at the Stitch and Spoon camp were entered in the County Fair with all 1st place items going on to the NMSF. The two pillowcase that went on to the NMSF both received 2nd place ribbons. |