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Youth Development (Colfax County)
Plan Goals
Use experimental education and hands-on programs among 4-H youth to increase understanding, knowledge, and interest in continued agriculturally based career choices.
- Owner
- Boe Lopez
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Youth Development
Impact Reports
County Contest
Teams that competed in livestock presentations, poetry, shooting sports, favorite food show, prepared speech, and horse judging were coached by the 4-H agent, Agricultural Agent, and the County Director. Sixteen youth participated and five volunteers helped at county contest held in Springer, at the Springer High School. The agent was responsible for providing horses for the Horse Judging and helping the host club prepare for the contests. At the contest the agent was responsible for handling the horse judging contest, assisting the 4-H agent with the livestock skill a thon, entomology, horticulture, and wildlife. These annual 4-H contests offered novice and junior, 4-Hers an opportunity to prepare and/or qualify for the district and/or state level 4-H contests.
Teams that competed in livestock presentations, poetry, shooting sports, favorite food show, prepared speech, and horse judging were coached by the 4-H agent, Agricultural Agent, and the County Director. Sixteen youth participated and five volunteers helped at county contest held in Springer, at the Springer High School. The agent was responsible for providing horses for the Horse Judging and helping the host club prepare for the contests. At the contest the agent was responsible for handling the horse judging contest, assisting the 4-H agent with the livestock skill a thon, entomology, horticulture, and wildlife. These annual 4-H contests offered novice and junior, 4-Hers an opportunity to prepare and/or qualify for the district and/or state level 4-H contests.
Enrollment
Colfax County started another year with five established 4-H clubs. Of the five clubs, one had a new organizational leader. Both the new and veteran leaders have jumped into their new roles with increasing confidence and success. To increase enrollment, the current Colfax County 4-H members along with the agent recruited new members throughout the county at schools with classroom visits and on the radio through interviews that the radio announcer did with the 4-H agent and the extension agent.
Colfax County started another year with five established 4-H clubs. Of the five clubs, one had a new organizational leader. Both the new and veteran leaders have jumped into their new roles with increasing confidence and success. To increase enrollment, the current Colfax County 4-H members along with the agent recruited new members throughout the county at schools with classroom visits and on the radio through interviews that the radio announcer did with the 4-H agent and the extension agent.
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.