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Impact Report
| For plan | Youth Development (Eddy County) |
| Date | May 2, 2007, 7:25 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Each year Agent along with Home Economist and Agents from Chaves County combine with Southwest Dairy Farmers to coordinate and conduct the annual Kids, Kows, and More Program for all fourth grade students in the Pecos Valley. Planning begins as soon as the 2006 event ends, but includes committee meetings on a bi-monthly basis to develop presentations, logistics of transportation, feeding of particiapants, along with other concerns in running a program involving 1,500 community members. The school age children involved include students from Artesia, Lake Arthur, Hagerman, Dexter, and Roswell Schools attending over a three day schedule. With presentations over the dairy industry, curds and whey, hay production, insects, bees, sheep production, and cotton. Each of these presenters have been part of this program since its inception with many working on making their curriculum meet the standards and benchmarks for school curriculum. Evaluations remain positive, with many teachers asking for additional hands-on activities, some-thing the committee will consider when planning for 2008. 1,315 fourth graders from the Pecos Valley were educated in the three days, most according to evaluations leaving with a better understanding of agriculture and the environment that surrounds them each day. |