Life Skills Development (Santa Fe County)

100% of youth who have served on the State 4-H Leadership Team retire with a better understanding of composing and conducting a hands-on educational workshop, designing and implementing a successful event, valuable teamwork skills, and what their leadership traits are and how to combine them with other team member’s traits to have successful team.

At State 4-H Conference 98% of the youth mastered skills in home economics, agricultural issues, demonstrations, judging, and public speaking. The youth also participated in a variety of workshops during the event. In these workshops the 76% of the youth mastered skills in teamwork, planning recreational activities, occupational skills, extra curricular campus activities and local employment resources.

Youth who attenede Senior Leadership Retreat were asked what was the most important leadership skill they learned during the retreat. 73% of the youth stated teamwork, 45% stated communication and 44% stated leadership traits were the skills they mastered by attending the workshops.

Youth at Teen-Get-Away were asked what the most important skill was to them when working with others in a team setting, 74% of the youth stated that communication was the most valuable skill to have.

Cloverbud Day Camp was offered to all Santa Fe County 4-H cloverbuds. The cloverbuds in the county rarely have the opportunity to participate in activities that are specifically designed for them. They are not allowed to participate in several of the programs offered to regular 4-H members at both the local as well as the state level, so day camp is something that many of them look forward to all year long.

This year 15 cloverbud members attended the three day camp. Of the 15 that attended, 10 were brand new to the program. The participants learned the basics of 4-H and completed several arts and crafts projects. They also played games and participated in team building activities.
This year the camp was extended to five days and ran from 9:00-3:00. Cloverbud camp runs concurrently with the project day camp which was help at the same facilities and accommodated the regular 4-H members.
This year the cloverbuds took part in many activites along side the regular 4-H members. The entire camp was focused on water education. Several projects related to water were conducted including exploring the water cycle, water conservation, and water usage in gardening and agriculture. Both regular members and cloverbuds enjoyed these activities and the older members worked together to help the cloverbuds complete projects.
Cloverbud Day Camp is an excellent avenue for keeping the younger members interested and excited about 4-H.
Cloverbud Day Camp also provides an opportunity for the older 4-H members to gain leadership skills by serving as councelors for the camp. This year four regular 4-H members were on hand to assist with the camp.
As of now, 100% of the participants from Cloverbud Day Camp plan on re-enrolling in 4-H and at least three will be regular members in the upcoming year.