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Pictured above are the Monroe County fifth and sixth grade 4-H’ers, and teen leaders, who participated in 2013 district
project achievement (DPA) on Nov. 23 by presenting the projects they had prepared.
Monroe County 4-H’ers take
honors at Cloverleaf DPA
Monroe County 4-H
took 24 Cloverleaf (5th
and 6th grade) 4-H’ers to
District Project
Achievement (DPA) on
Saturday, Nov. 23.
“All of our 4-H’ers
worked very hard prepar
ing for this competition.
They all did a fantastic
iob!” said Abbie Bunn,
Monroe County 4-H
Associate. “We are all so
proud of these young peo
ple.”
Each fifth or sixth
grade 4-H’er gave an
illustrated talk or demon
stration on a topic they
shose. Most demonstra
tions last 3-5 minutes,
and the 4-H’er makes two
ar three posters to go
along with their speech.
The 4-H’ers had chosen
from 63 projects for their
demonstrations. Many
people may think 4-H is
just cows and cooking,
but it’s so much more
than that. Today’s proj
ects include Wildlife,
Marine & Coastal
Ecology, Between meal
snacks, Air science,
Computers, Health,
Photography, Public
speaking, Outdoor
Survival Skills,
Performing arts, and
Safety, just to name a
few.
Competition for
Cloverleaf 4-H’ers ends at
district competition, but
it prepares them for more
advanced competition as
they get older. In Monroe
County, competing at
Cloverleaf DPA earns the
4-H’er a reward party
later in the year, as well
as an invitation to the
county awards program
at the end of the school
year.
The Cloverleaf 4-H’ers
who participated in DPA
are Makya Robinson,
Katelyn Walker, Natalie
Pippin, Bryce Lynch,
Hunter Alexander, Ethan
Payne, Megan Kelly Ava
McKallip, GraceAnne
Pixley, Ansley Lawson,
Shlok Patel, Nolan
Rogers, Morgan Warren,
Anoki Patel, Summer
Sandefur, Trinity Stokes,
Carsen Troutman, Sarah
Tallman, Stormie Martin,
Chloe Crownover, Sarah
Boyer, Taylor Reaves,
Maggie Leigh Sanders
and James Dorris.
Volunteers, staff and
teen leaders helped 4-
H’ers prepare for DPA,
and some of them attend
ed with the youth.
Certified volunteers who
attended were Chuck
Randall, Neva Shannon
and Kathy Ivey. Teen
leaders attending were
Elisabeth Garrett,
Wilekia Mayes, Courtney
Copeland, Madeline
Copeland, Russell Lynch,
Rilyn McKallip, Cole
Myers, Naomi Sanders,
Aiyana Smith, Elbe
Wangerin and Lindsay
Martin. County Extension
staff attending were John
Pope, CEC; Dana Lynch,
CEA-FACS and Abbie
Bunn, Monroe County
Associate 4-H & Youth.
4-H started in 1904
with corn clubs for boys
and tomato clubs for
girls. Since then, the
University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension 4-
H and youth program has
helped thousands of
Georgia youth learn by
doing to make their best
better.
Contact our county
Extension office at 478-
994-7014 for more infor
mation about 4-H pro
grams in Monroe County.
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Monroe County’s Junior team placed 3rd and senior team place 4th at the Annual Area
Cotton Boll & Consumer Jamboree held at the National Fairgrounds in Perry.
Monroe Co. 4-H’ers compete in
Cotton Boll, Consumer Jhmboree
4-H'ers in Monroe
County tested their
knowledge in consumer
trends at the Area 4-H
Cotton Boll & Consumer
Jamboree. The annual
competition was held
Nov. 6 at the National
Fairgrounds in Perry and
included 14 county teams.
Local 4-H'ers who com
peted were: Junior Team
members - Hayley Coe,
Madeline Copeland,
Hamilton Darden, Russell
Lynch, Bryce Lynch, Ava
McKallip, Maggie Lee
Sanders, Katelyn
Shipman, Laurel Sparks
and Elbe Wangerin.
Senior team members -
Jonathon Bell, Courtney
Copeland, Tyler Evans,
Kayla Pierson and Meg
Strickland.
They were coached by
Mrs. Sandy Linkous. The
team was also accompa
nied by Dana Lynch,
Monroe County Family &
Consumer Science Agent
and Laurie Harris,
Monroe County 4-H
Program Assistant.
The 4-H Cotton Boll and
Consumer Jamboree
activity featured two
facets of competition.
Senior 4-H'ers (grades 9 -
12) presented a 90-second
PSA about cotton. 4-H'ers
in grades 5-8 prepared a
poster to promote cotton
and used the poster to
present a 30-second cot
ton commercial. Each
contestant tested his or
her clothing and con
sumer knowledge by
ranking four classes of
clothing, consumer goods
or services from "best to
worst" for a particular
buying situation. The 4-
H’ers then gave reasons
why they placed the
items in the order they
did on one class of goods.
Items judged this year
were: t-shirts, sports
drinks, checking accounts
and tablets.
"The 4-H'ers learned
how to make knowledge
able, rational decisions
when purchasing goods
and services," said Laurie
Harris, Monroe County 4-
H program assistant.
"They also learned the
importance of cotton as
an apparel fiber. As a
result, 4-H'ers under
stand how to get the most
for their dollar while act
ing as responsible con
sumers.”
The Junior team fin
ished 3rd in the contest
and will receive 4-H judg
ing contest pins and
award cards at the annu
al awards ceremony in
the Fall. The Senior
team finished 4th and
will also receive 4-H judg
ing pins and award cards
at the awards ceremony.
The 4-H Cotton Boll &
Consumer Jamboree is
sponsored by the Georgia
Cotton Commission and
the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural
and Environmental
Science's Cooperative
Extension. For more
information on this event
or any other 4-H event
contact us at the
University Of Georgia
Cooperative Extension,
Monroe County Office at
90 Martin Luther King,
Jr. Dr., Forsyth, GA
31029 or 478-994-7014 or
website:
http://www.caes.uga.edu/e
xtension/monroe/. Our
office hours are Monday
through Friday 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
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