Activity: Youth Livestock Committee
Group: Iowa County 4-H Ambassadors
Date of Activity: July 20, 2013
Number of people: 12 youth; 1 adults
Number of hours: 12 hours per person
The Iowa County 4-H Youth Livestock Committee was made up of youth leaders from the beef, sheep, swine, and goat project areas. The Youth Livestock Committee met on the second Thursday of April, May, June, and July. At these meetings youth helped to plan and prepare a livestock educational event for Project Learning Day for their peers.
The objectives of the Youth Livestock Committee were to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive, and responsible for their animal’s health and exhibition.
The youth learned self discovery, to define the needs of others, learned about livestock projects, teamwork, confidence, time management, organization, collaboration, public speaking skills, and tools of assessment.
Activity: 4K Clover Run
Group: Iowa County 4-H Ambassadors
Date of Activity: July 19, 2013
Number of people: 25 youth; 3 adults
Number of hours: 20 hours
The Iowa County 4-H Ambassadors are led by a group of their peers called the “H-Team”. The young woman that was the “Health” leader of the H-Team conceived the idea for a “4K” Clover Run. The Ambassadors hoped that the Clover Run could become an annual event that the Iowa County 4-H Ambassador could lead and organize. The Clover Run was planned and organized by the “Health” leader and her mother. The Iowa County 4-H Ambassadors assisted on the day of the Clover Run and provided the man power needed to make the run a success.
90 people registered for the Clover Run. The run was successful and provided an opportunity for community members to improve their health; which was the objective of the run organizers. Money was raised from the run and $300 was donated to the Dodgeville Community Connections Free Clinic. By donating money to the free clinic the Iowa County 4-H Ambassadors were able to further pass on the benefits of healthy living.
The Iowa County 4-H Ambassadors learned that it was a lot of work to organize an event the size and scope of the Clover Run! The Ambassadors felt rewarded by the experience and received much positive feedback from the community.
