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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (Bernalillo County)
Date September 19, 2007, 4:15 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Operation Great Pumpkin, 2006 Operation Great Pumpkin is an annual event for the families of the Trumble Neighborhood in south east Albuquerque as a safe and fun alternative to trick-or-treating. The Trumble neighborhood is diverse minority area and we estimated that about 75% of the people attending the event was Hispanic with the majority non-English speaking. Angleo, Native American, Black , and Oriental made up the other 25% attending the event. The urban 4-H program was involved in the planning, set up and provided two interactive stations for the 1500+ kids who attended this year’s event. For the younger children (ages1-5) a child’s wading pool was filled with feed corn then wrapped prizes and snacks were buried in the corn. The young ones dug in the corn for prizes and had a great time uncovering their treasures. The school age children were sent through an obstacle course of balancing, tossing, jumping and stacking. Other youth serving organizations also participated in this event as well as community resource people. Tamara Rowland the 4-H Home Economist help with Operation Great Pumpkin along with four teens. I think we all had a great time!