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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (Colfax County)
Date November 3, 2011, 11:10 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Operational Military Kids (OMK) Community Service Project Upon returning from Youth Get Away in the spring of 2010, a Rocky Mountain 4-H club member, reported on the Operation Military Kids community service projects that she and other 4-H’ers in the state made for youth whose parent(s) were being deployed by a branch of the military. When asked if we could begin this community service project in her club, the home economist, who was also the club organizational leader, responded by setting up a workday to make “quick and easy” pillowcases from the 4-H quilting project and scrapbook journals. Before the first workday, the idea was also presented to the 4-H County Council and adopted as a county-wide community service project. OMK is the US Army’s collaborative effort with America’s communities, including the National 4-H Program, to support youth impacted by deployment. NM is an active OMK state and is serviced by Amanda Good, the OMK Program Coordinator, located in the State 4-H Office. Thus far 33 members, parents and leaders have participated in a total of three workdays at the Maxwell HS Family and Consumer Science classroom to generate 16 pillowcases to be screen printed with a parent or child’s photo, 64 scrapbook journals, and 70 “Angel for Mommy/Daddy” bookmarks that have been delivered to the State 4-H Office for distribution at deployment sites around the state. The Rocky Mountain 4-H club purchased the initial supplies and fabric for the first workday, with additional financial support from the 4-H Council. The Raton Extension club members are also giving monthly financial contributions to the 4-H’ers as part of their support of military personnel. With such success and interest, the OMK project will be continued during the next 4-H year. Senior members, including seven Colfax County 4-H’ers participating in contests at State 4-H Conference, also helped stuff HERO backpacks and wrote messages in note cards as part of the state OMK project.