And the Winners Are...

  

4-H Members are judges were listening and learning from you, job well done!  County Activity Day offers our youth the platform to educate, inform, and persuade our adults on any topic under the sun.  This year are topics ranged from Sunscreen Safety to different types of sports, from Axolotls to the Truth about Water Bottles, this year's topics did not disappoint.
  

   For those of you not familiar with 4-H County Activity Day, it is when our youth give original presentations (sort of like show and tell) or speeches on topics ranging on just about anything that interests them.  Youth competing in Presentations are required to have poster boards or a power point presentation and to show or demonstrate something, like how to make a peanut butter sandwich.  Youth who chose public speaking give a speech to educate, persuade, or discuss a certain view point.  Youth can present from 5-12 minutes and those doing presentations must answer questions from judges, wheras public speaking does not have questions after the speech.

   This year we had 9 youth who competed and have the chance to move forward to District Competition.

In our 8-10 Age Division:

   Logan Forcier of the Dirty Rascals Jr. Master Gardener 4-H Club received first place in Personal Development-Careers and Entrepreneurship with his speech on Professional Wrestling.

   Anna Malloy with our 4-H Animal Science Club received first place in Communication and Expressive Arts-Arts and Communications with her presentation on Diamond Art.

   Mahogany Samuel with Young Leaders 4-H Club received first place with her presentation on How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.  She will move forward in the Peanut Food Division.

   Thomas Underwood with the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club rounded out this age division with his presentation All About Axolotls in the Environmental Science-Fish and Wildlife division earning first place.

In our 14-18 year Age Division:

   Amare Jones and his brother Dimetrious Jones both with Young Leaders 4-H Club went head to head in Public Speaking.  Amare spoke about different sports involving balls, such as basketball, football, etc.  Dimetrious spoke on the differences between High School and College.  By the time the scores were tallied there was a .66 difference between the two presentations and Amare edged his brother out for first place.  Since both first and second place can move forward to District level both will be able to compete at District.

   Ian Malloy with our Robeson County Animal Science Club gave a presentation on Sunscreen Safety and even had our judges wide eyed learning new things.  When it was all said and done Ian took first place in Healthy LIfestyles in Safety.

   Walt Malloy, also with the Robeson County Animal Science 4-H Club gave a presentation on the Truth of Bottled Water.  His speech was filled with facts allowing everyone in the audience to feel informed about something they might not have known could be an issue.  He walked away with first place in Environmental Science, Soil & Water category.

   Jahari Roberson with the Dirty Rascals Jr. Master Gardener 4-H Club and Young Leaders 4-H Club gave a presentation on Service Animals vs. Emotional Support Animals.  She educated the audience on not only the differences but how to spot the differences of the two types of animals.  She walked away with first place in Animal Science, Small and Companian Animals category.

    To see all the photos from this fun day please click this link.  We want to give special thanks to our judges who took time out of their busy schedules to determine who moves forward.  We also would like to thank all the parents and volunteers for their support and encouragement of all of our speakers.  All of our youth have the opportunity to move forward to District Competition which will take place On June 20, in Wayne County at Wayne Community College.  We are looking forward to working with our youth to get ready for that competition. Congratulations to all our winners!