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About Us
County Impact Statements - Grant County
Grant County 4-H Say "We Soar in 2001"
The Excel program is an exciting outdoor leadership program, designed to
teach all aspects of team building. The program focuses on teaching
communication, problem solving, listening, crisis management, and helps develop
self esteem. Grant County 4-H’ers participate in the Excel program annually.
The Shooting Sports Program has been part of Grant County 4-H for four years.
In this program success is determined largely by how clearly you think and what
kind of mental control you have as well as the abilities to concentrate, to
plan, to organize and to think. Perhaps best of all, shooting sports teach the
lifetime skills of thinking, goal setting, planning, organizing, evaluating and
decision making.
Grant County 4-H sponsored seven summer day camps in 2001. A list of the
camps are: Food & Nutrition, Cow-Wow, Entomology, Fishing, Aeronautics (Wonders
of Flight), Wildlife and Livestock. An average of fifteen 4-H’ers participated
in each day camp.
County wide activities that Grant County 4-H’ers participated in were:
Christmas on the Square, record book workshops, talks and demonstrations,
fashion and talent competition, rabies clinic, county summer day camps, 4-H
banquet, outdoor O’Rama, county apron sewing contest, and Ross Photography
contest. Grant county also participated in district and state activities: Junior
State Camp, CAPS camp, shooting sports, horse shows, Excel, district and state
O’Ramas.
Amanda Rogers, a Grant County 4-H member says, "4-H has provided me with many
opportunities. I’ve had a chance to experience many things that I would have
never been able to do without being in 4-H".
Grant County 4-H’ers learned teamwork skills at the Excel Ropes
Course.
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Impacts
- The Grant County 4-H program included 92 youth in eleven clubs
- A total of 691 youth participated in school enrichment programs, which
include nutrition, conflict resolution and teamwork.
- 238 youth participated in educational programs designed to teach basic
life skills, such as: self esteem, decision making, keeping records,
critical thinking, character, team- work and self discipline.
- 53 youth participated in educational programs designed to promote social
competency life skills, including: social skills, nurturing relationships,
sharing, concern for others, and conflict resolution
- 472 volunteer work hours were contributed by youth to educational
programs.
- 1,099 volunteer hours contributed by youth to community service
programs.
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