As youth leaders in our community, youth achieve a broad understanding of the meaning and the qualities it takes to become a good leader. Youth learn to identify problems and develop action plans to solve them; acquire teamwork and group building skills. Youth also participate in project work that creates real-life experiences that help members take responsibility for their own actions. Members develop good work habits, learn to work with others, share ideas, and help each other. Youth must be an active member in their 4-H Club and participate in community service opportunities. Laramie County 4-H is rewarding these youth for their hard work and dedication to the 4-H program. Attached is the application to apply for lettering in Laramie County 4-H.
– DEADLINE October 15th of the current 4-H year
TBD 2023
4-H Horse Camp is open to all Wyoming 4-H Club Members, Parents, 4-H Leaders, and Wyoming Extension Personnel. The educational programs presented at Horse Camp are designed to provide practical, hands-on training. The major emphasis of the camp is to improve safe riding and handling skills.
Special Notes:
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In an effort to promote a safer, more educational environment for our youth, riding will be limited to youth and instructors only.
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Livestock Travel Brochure (Taking Horses Across County Lines)
Camp Objectives
All of the activities and presentations are designed to help accomplish the following:
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For the participants to enjoy themselves and have fun
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For the participants to learn and understand horse safety
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For the participants to enhance their horsemanship abilities
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To improve basic horse knowledge through skill-a-thons
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To improve the skills of 4-H Members in areas such as saddling, bridling, basic seat, balance, control turn on haunches, forehand, collection, and lateral flexion.
The 4-H livestock judging program helps youth build skills around self-confidence, decision making, analytical thinking, communication and team work. Youth learn to evaluate beef, sheep, swine and goats based on a set of visual appraisal points, which they learn through the teaching of volunteer leaders. Livestock judging includes a competition factor that provides the ultimate hands on approach to applying what the youth has learned in the classroom to a judging competition. They apply all of the life skills they have learned in one setting, making a decision and defending it through oral reasoning or question recall. The participants’ goals are to align their decisions of evaluating four animals as close to the officials’ placing as possible. This contest is done individually.
The Livestock Skill-a-thon provides youth an opportunity to blend the knowledge they learn in the classroom with the hands-on skills they are learning from the care and exhibition of their animals, into one activity. Youth gain a comprehensive knowledge about animal science topics such as breeds of livestock, external parts, wholesale cuts, equipment identification, feed identification, quality assurance and evaluation. For senior members it includes additional stations on meat science, wool evaluations and reproduction. This fun competition is completed as a team of youth that work together relaying their information they have learned, along with completing an application scenario in a group think process. Teams consist of 3-5 members of the same age group.
Save the dates for the 2023 Showcase Showdown!
June 20-22, 2023 in Laramie
More Information will be released in March 2023.
The State 4-H Leadership Team is a seven-person team that represents Wyoming 4-H at all statewide events and activities. These functions include, state leadership team retreat, Showcase Showdown, Legislative Day, and the Wyoming State Fair. Team members are also involved in providing county or multi-county leadership workshops, assisting at all state 4-H contests and events, and representing 4-H at organizational meetings.
The 2023 Wyoming 4-H State Shoot is scheduled to be held in Douglas, Wyoming July 6-9.
The Wyoming 4-H State Shoot is host to over 600 youth who showcase their shooting skills in seven different disciplines. The event takes place in Douglas, Wyoming.
Horse Judging allows youth to learn to evaluate a horse’s form as it relates to function, and compare it to the ideal as well as to other horses, placing classes and doing presentations of reasons.
In Hippology 4-Her’s will acquire knowledge and understanding of equine science and husbandry.
Handouts
Junior Leaders will provide year-round opportunities for members to engage in events and activities focused on leadership and service at the county level. Junior Leaders will help plan county events and take a leadership role in making these events go well.
Meetings and other information will be announced as it is provided. For more information, please contact Dawn Sanchez at dawns@uwyo.edu or call 307-633-4383.
Advanced Air Shooting is for 4-H shooting sports members who have shot for 3 years or older members who have shot well and moved quickly into challenger or precision rifles, there are exceptions at times.
Produce Judging teaches participants as consumers how to select good produce, and as produce buyers/horticulture commodity producers, what sells best to consumers.
Produce will be either fruits or vegetables that are commonly grown or consumed in Wyoming.
The wool judging contest consists of members placing classes of wool fleeces; grading 20-30 wool fleeces and and completing either reasons or questions based on their age division. This contest is done individually.
