Junior, Senior 4-H’ers bring home wins from Jamboree

Twelve Junior and Senior Polk 4-H’ers competed during the recent District Cottonboll and Consumer Judging Jamboree.

The Junior Team placed fourth and the Senior Team placed sixth overall.

Shannon Williams and Grace Prince placed in the top 15 High Individual Overall.

The objectives of Cottonboll and Consumer Judging are:

To understand the importance of cotton as an agricultural commodity

To promote cotton in communities

To make knowledgeable, rational decisions when purchasing goods and services

To Select, use, maintain and dispose of goods and services in ways that maximize resources

To obtain clothing, goods and services to meet needs and reflect lifestyles, personal values and goals

To act as responsible consumer-citizens with an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of the consumer, business and government

To learn to communicate reasons for choices made

Juniors (seventh and eighth grades) prepared a poster that promotes cotton and used that poster in presenting a 30 second cotton commercial.

Seniors (ninth to 12th grades) had to prepare and present a 90 second Public Service Announcement ( PSA) about cotton.

To prepare the 4-H’ers attended six training classes to learn about savings accounts, raincoats, luggage, yogurt and cotton. Each class taught facts about the products to help the 4-H’ers to become better consumers.

Miara Powell, Hope Croker, Grace Prince, Nytie Govern, Victoria Crawford, Dakota Peterson, Shannon Williams, Audrey Jeffress, Victoria Barrett, Canaan Smith, Gage King and Kira Peterson represented Polk County.

For more information on the Polk county 4-H program please contact uge2233@uga.edu

or telephone 770-7492142.