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Youth Development (Grant County)
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Kids Kows and More Novemeber 2010 was conducted at Stout Elementary School in Silver City for grades K - 5. Pre/Post tests were given to 3,4 and 5th graders with 10 questions covering the whole experience and 3 questions covering the top of food safety. Home Economist developed a powerpoint presentation covering the four "c's" of food safety, and the 4-H program assistant covered the importance of handwashing with exerpts from the Germ Detective. Home Economist took pictures of the hamburger models covered with bacteria at various stages up to two hours and students were able to see the effects of bacteria growth over time. Over 300 students participated in KKM and 200 took the pre and post tests. For the question concerning the correct amount of time to wash their hands, there was a 40% increase in knowledge on the post test vs the pre-test. When asked the maximum amount of time food could sit out on the counter and still be safe to eat, there was a 38% increase in knowledge post over pre. For listing the four "c's" to Fight Bac, students showed a 78.3% increase in knowledge after attending the KKM program.
4-H National Teams: Home Economist coached novice, junior and senior teams for the Consumer Decision contests in FY 2011. Grant County won first place for teams at the District contests held in Socorro while the 8 seniors (two teams of four each) placed both first and second at the state 4-H conference July 2011 in Las Cruces. Home Economist helped with ideas and staged several fund raising opportunities (concessions at county fair, farm bureau christmas dance, 4-H country store in extension office, school craft fairs, etc) to get the 2010 teams to the Western National Roundup in Denver, January 2011. These fundraising efforts are ongoing and several signature items such as dried posole mixes and trendy items at craft fairs help get everyone to the national contests.
Home Ec School: Home Economist assisted neighboring Luna County Home Economist develop a food preservation workshop for the 2nd annual (FY 2011) 4-H School and accompanied her to carry out the plans. It was well received and will be duplicated again for FY 2012. Pre/post tests showed great percent knowledge gained from the workshop with food preservation, Both girls and boys attended.
4-H Outreach: Home Economist planned and implemented along with 4-H Agent Amy Star, a summer program one day a week over the summer at the local Recreation Center to introduce youth to 4-H projects and programs. Participants began with scrapbooking to allow them to make memory books of their fun-filled summer at the Rec Center as well as a scrap book page for every 4-H activity they participated in. Other activities included the 4-H clowning project, ice cream in a can, Operation Military Kids pillowcases and letters to kids of military soldiers,my pyramid, etc.
4-H National Teams: Home Economist coached novice, junior and senior teams for the Consumer Decision contests in FY 2011. Grant County won first place for teams at the District contests held in Socorro while the 8 seniors (two teams of four each) placed both first and second at the state 4-H conference July 2011 in Las Cruces. Home Economist helped with ideas and staged several fund raising opportunities (concessions at county fair, farm bureau christmas dance, 4-H country store in extension office, school craft fairs, etc) to get the 2010 teams to the Western National Roundup in Denver, January 2011. These fundraising efforts are ongoing and several signature items such as dried posole mixes and trendy items at craft fairs help get everyone to the national contests.
Home Ec School: Home Economist assisted neighboring Luna County Home Economist develop a food preservation workshop for the 2nd annual (FY 2011) 4-H School and accompanied her to carry out the plans. It was well received and will be duplicated again for FY 2012. Pre/post tests showed great percent knowledge gained from the workshop with food preservation, Both girls and boys attended.
4-H Outreach: Home Economist planned and implemented along with 4-H Agent Amy Star, a summer program one day a week over the summer at the local Recreation Center to introduce youth to 4-H projects and programs. Participants began with scrapbooking to allow them to make memory books of their fun-filled summer at the Rec Center as well as a scrap book page for every 4-H activity they participated in. Other activities included the 4-H clowning project, ice cream in a can, Operation Military Kids pillowcases and letters to kids of military soldiers,my pyramid, etc.
AGAPE and Country Clovers 4-H clubs: Two new clubs started with focus on home ec projects.
4-H State Top Team, Consumer Decision 2010: 4-H Year 2010 saw an increased interest from 4-H Youth regarding the consumer decision making contest. State Specialist Mindy Turner had visited our county in FY 2009. Many of these 4-Hers were at her training the year before. This created more interest in this contest. Further success can be attributed in part to collaboration with the two FFA chapters and their spring trainings as well as 4-H conference and better understanding of the contest from the previous year, as well as junior 4-H members moving up to senior level. Home Economist served as coach and began practices in April. Attendance was great with an average number of 12 - 18 youth, novice, junior and senior. Their level of committment was up from previous years and the contests competition level was like none since I had been here. County contest, we had 20 compete, novice, junior and senior. We had the winning novice team at district and had two top performers in the junior division. State conference we had two teams, one individual in the top 5 and the winning team which will be going to the national contests in Denver!
4-H State Top Team, Consumer Decision 2010: 4-H Year 2010 saw an increased interest from 4-H Youth regarding the consumer decision making contest. State Specialist Mindy Turner had visited our county in FY 2009. Many of these 4-Hers were at her training the year before. This created more interest in this contest. Further success can be attributed in part to collaboration with the two FFA chapters and their spring trainings as well as 4-H conference and better understanding of the contest from the previous year, as well as junior 4-H members moving up to senior level. Home Economist served as coach and began practices in April. Attendance was great with an average number of 12 - 18 youth, novice, junior and senior. Their level of committment was up from previous years and the contests competition level was like none since I had been here. County contest, we had 20 compete, novice, junior and senior. We had the winning novice team at district and had two top performers in the junior division. State conference we had two teams, one individual in the top 5 and the winning team which will be going to the national contests in Denver!
Youth Programming
4-H Consumer Decision Making Contest: Continue to hold practices and instructions for this contest. Junior 4-H er’s have won district past two years. They will be moving up to Senior Level this year. We did have a group of kids who have never done the contest before, come learn it quickly for state 4-H conference. This team won 5th place, so looking forward to moving up higher in the rankings this year.
August 2009: Held 4-H Baking II cooking school on two different days. We had 15 participants, 3 of which were 4-Hers. All recipes were successful and quite enjoyable. 13 female, 2 male participants.
4-H Consumer Decision Making Contest: Continue to hold practices and instructions for this contest. Junior 4-H er’s have won district past two years. They will be moving up to Senior Level this year. We did have a group of kids who have never done the contest before, come learn it quickly for state 4-H conference. This team won 5th place, so looking forward to moving up higher in the rankings this year.
August 2009: Held 4-H Baking II cooking school on two different days. We had 15 participants, 3 of which were 4-Hers. All recipes were successful and quite enjoyable. 13 female, 2 male participants.
Identifying interest and talents from 4-H members for Home Ec related project.
Had specialist, Mindy Turner in county for Consumer Decision Contests and ran several practices for youth. Had good showing at county contests and won district contest.
Conducted summer cooking school with Baking I. Participation from 4 4-H ers and 14 general public who were introduced to the 4-H program. 2 4-Hers entered (baking and beginning sewing)exhibits in achievement fair and went on to State Fair.
Baking projects entered at county fair were up over last year.
Had specialist, Mindy Turner in county for Consumer Decision Contests and ran several practices for youth. Had good showing at county contests and won district contest.
Conducted summer cooking school with Baking I. Participation from 4 4-H ers and 14 general public who were introduced to the 4-H program. 2 4-Hers entered (baking and beginning sewing)exhibits in achievement fair and went on to State Fair.
Baking projects entered at county fair were up over last year.
Coordinated NM State 4-H Shooting Sports Contest in Raton, NM at the NRA Whittington Center. Senior age 4-H members participated in the event to demonstrate proficiencies in various shooting disciplines. Top placed teams qualified for the national event in June. There were 210 youth competing. (Increase of 35 4-Her’s from 2006.)
Presented 4-H Shooting Sports clinic at Lincoln County Ag. Days in Capitan, NM. Ag. Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to agriculture and its contribution to our live. Approximately 250students from Capitan Schools attended.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Horse School. 221 4-H members and leaders from New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members with their horsemanship skills as well as give the opportunities to learn more about the horse by attending equine related workshops. Leaders participate in sessions as well to take the program to their home counties and develop similar type educational events. Further introduced animal ID act through workshop by New Mexico Livestock Board and career development workshops. Evaluations indicated that audience was very favorable to the new focus. Received sponsorship of school from Horseman’s Supply and New Mexico Livestock Board.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Livestock Schools. 300 Four H members from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members in learning about their livestock projects thru a variety of teaching methods. The methods range from hands on sessions to classroom type workshops. 4-H members and leaders learn showmanship, ethics, feeding and overall management of their projects. The educational curriculum is offered to 4-H participants in the following species of beef, dairy cattle, sheep, swine and meat goat. Received sponsorships from Southwest Dairy Producers, Ranch-Way and ADM Feeds.
Coordinated 16 agriculture and natural resources related contests for NM State 4-H Conference. 4-H members from across New Mexico participate in contest events geared to test senior aged 4-H member’s subject member’s knowledge. Over 300 4-H members participated in these related contests.
New Mexico State 4-H program serves as a co-sponsor to the Youth Hunter Education Challenge. Here youth from across the state experience challenge through a series of events to show their combined knowledge and skills in archery, muzzleloader, hunting, and orienteering. This specialist assisted with conducting the contest. Approximately 120 youth participated.
Conducted a safety shooting clinic at the Double H Ranch Conservation Day near Datil, NM. Conservation Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to wildlife management, waterfowl, water use, fishing, archery and shooting sports. Over 167 students from 7 schools in Catron, Socorro and Valencia Counties attended. Other participating agencies were: NM Game and Fish, US Fish and Wildlife, US Forest Service and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Coordinated NM State 4-H Shooting Sports Contest in Raton, NM at the NRA Whittington Center. Senior age 4-H members participated in the event to demonstrate proficiencies in various shooting disciplines. Top placed teams qualified for the national event in June. There were 210 youth competing. (Increase of 35 4-Her’s from 2006.)
Presented 4-H Shooting Sports clinic at Lincoln County Ag. Days in Capitan, NM. Ag. Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to agriculture and its contribution to our live. Approximately 250students from Capitan Schools attended.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Horse School. 221 4-H members and leaders from New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members with their horsemanship skills as well as give the opportunities to learn more about the horse by attending equine related workshops. Leaders participate in sessions as well to take the program to their home counties and develop similar type educational events. Further introduced animal ID act through workshop by New Mexico Livestock Board and career development workshops. Evaluations indicated that audience was very favorable to the new focus. Received sponsorship of school from Horseman’s Supply and New Mexico Livestock Board.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Livestock Schools. 300 Four H members from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members in learning about their livestock projects thru a variety of teaching methods. The methods range from hands on sessions to classroom type workshops. 4-H members and leaders learn showmanship, ethics, feeding and overall management of their projects. The educational curriculum is offered to 4-H participants in the following species of beef, dairy cattle, sheep, swine and meat goat. Received sponsorships from Southwest Dairy Producers, Ranch-Way and ADM Feeds.
Coordinated 16 agriculture and natural resources related contests for NM State 4-H Conference. 4-H members from across New Mexico participate in contest events geared to test senior aged 4-H member’s subject member’s knowledge. Over 300 4-H members participated in these related contests.
New Mexico State 4-H program serves as a co-sponsor to the Youth Hunter Education Challenge. Here youth from across the state experience challenge through a series of events to show their combined knowledge and skills in archery, muzzleloader, hunting, and orienteering. This specialist assisted with conducting the contest. Approximately 120 youth participated.
Conducted a safety shooting clinic at the Double H Ranch Conservation Day near Datil, NM. Conservation Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to wildlife management, waterfowl, water use, fishing, archery and shooting sports. Over 167 students from 7 schools in Catron, Socorro and Valencia Counties attended. Other participating agencies were: NM Game and Fish, US Fish and Wildlife, US Forest Service and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Presented 4-H Shooting Sports clinic at Lincoln County Ag. Days in Capitan, NM. Ag. Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to agriculture and its contribution to our live. Approximately 250students from Capitan Schools attended.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Horse School. 221 4-H members and leaders from New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members with their horsemanship skills as well as give the opportunities to learn more about the horse by attending equine related workshops. Leaders participate in sessions as well to take the program to their home counties and develop similar type educational events. Further introduced animal ID act through workshop by New Mexico Livestock Board and career development workshops. Evaluations indicated that audience was very favorable to the new focus. Received sponsorship of school from Horseman’s Supply and New Mexico Livestock Board.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Livestock Schools. 300 Four H members from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members in learning about their livestock projects thru a variety of teaching methods. The methods range from hands on sessions to classroom type workshops. 4-H members and leaders learn showmanship, ethics, feeding and overall management of their projects. The educational curriculum is offered to 4-H participants in the following species of beef, dairy cattle, sheep, swine and meat goat. Received sponsorships from Southwest Dairy Producers, Ranch-Way and ADM Feeds.
Coordinated 16 agriculture and natural resources related contests for NM State 4-H Conference. 4-H members from across New Mexico participate in contest events geared to test senior aged 4-H member’s subject member’s knowledge. Over 300 4-H members participated in these related contests.
New Mexico State 4-H program serves as a co-sponsor to the Youth Hunter Education Challenge. Here youth from across the state experience challenge through a series of events to show their combined knowledge and skills in archery, muzzleloader, hunting, and orienteering. This specialist assisted with conducting the contest. Approximately 120 youth participated.
Conducted a safety shooting clinic at the Double H Ranch Conservation Day near Datil, NM. Conservation Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to wildlife management, waterfowl, water use, fishing, archery and shooting sports. Over 167 students from 7 schools in Catron, Socorro and Valencia Counties attended. Other participating agencies were: NM Game and Fish, US Fish and Wildlife, US Forest Service and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Coordinated NM State 4-H Shooting Sports Contest in Raton, NM at the NRA Whittington Center. Senior age 4-H members participated in the event to demonstrate proficiencies in various shooting disciplines. Top placed teams qualified for the national event in June. There were 210 youth competing. (Increase of 35 4-Her’s from 2006.)
Presented 4-H Shooting Sports clinic at Lincoln County Ag. Days in Capitan, NM. Ag. Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to agriculture and its contribution to our live. Approximately 250students from Capitan Schools attended.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Horse School. 221 4-H members and leaders from New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members with their horsemanship skills as well as give the opportunities to learn more about the horse by attending equine related workshops. Leaders participate in sessions as well to take the program to their home counties and develop similar type educational events. Further introduced animal ID act through workshop by New Mexico Livestock Board and career development workshops. Evaluations indicated that audience was very favorable to the new focus. Received sponsorship of school from Horseman’s Supply and New Mexico Livestock Board.
Coordinated the planning of NM State 4-H Livestock Schools. 300 Four H members from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico participated. The objective of the school is to assist 4-H members in learning about their livestock projects thru a variety of teaching methods. The methods range from hands on sessions to classroom type workshops. 4-H members and leaders learn showmanship, ethics, feeding and overall management of their projects. The educational curriculum is offered to 4-H participants in the following species of beef, dairy cattle, sheep, swine and meat goat. Received sponsorships from Southwest Dairy Producers, Ranch-Way and ADM Feeds.
Coordinated 16 agriculture and natural resources related contests for NM State 4-H Conference. 4-H members from across New Mexico participate in contest events geared to test senior aged 4-H member’s subject member’s knowledge. Over 300 4-H members participated in these related contests.
New Mexico State 4-H program serves as a co-sponsor to the Youth Hunter Education Challenge. Here youth from across the state experience challenge through a series of events to show their combined knowledge and skills in archery, muzzleloader, hunting, and orienteering. This specialist assisted with conducting the contest. Approximately 120 youth participated.
Conducted a safety shooting clinic at the Double H Ranch Conservation Day near Datil, NM. Conservation Day is a multi-agency school field day focusing on introduction fifth graders to wildlife management, waterfowl, water use, fishing, archery and shooting sports. Over 167 students from 7 schools in Catron, Socorro and Valencia Counties attended. Other participating agencies were: NM Game and Fish, US Fish and Wildlife, US Forest Service and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.