The Final Stretch

It is so hard to believe that in just two short weeks my internship will be over; time truely has flown by!  The majority of my time was recently spent preparing for my project, which was an Outdoor Adventure day camp.  The 4-Her's spent the day on our local extension farm learning about critters on land and in the water.  We started the day off by taking a hike through the woods.  Even though it was extremely hot and humid they stuck with me and had a great time.  We found some frogs, catepillars, worms, spiders, and more.  They also collected leaves that interested them to use during a craft later in the day.  The EFNEP assistant prepared a lunch with the camp participants (homemade pizzas!) and then we headed to the creek.  The ANR agent from Menifee County, Courtney Jenkins, brought her water quailty program and taught the 4-Her's about the many micro-invertebrates found right in their backyard creeks.  They learned how to determine the water quality of the creek just by determining which creatures were present in the water. 



Creek Wading!

 The creek wading was probably their favorite part, which was expected, but they also had a great time learning about all those critters they chase around.  Most said that they were going straight home to check their own creeks.  After they were finished in the creek we started working on the crafts I had planned for the day.  We discussed what had been found earlier on our hike and I told them what trees the leaves belonged to that they had found.  They then used the leaves to make t-shirts. 



T-shirt Painting





The t-shirts turned out really cool and the kids loved using what they had found to make something they could wear.  One of the categories at our County Fair is Painted Rocks so they also got to pick out a rock from the creek and then paint it to take home.  Some of them painted the creatures they found and some painted the 4-H clover, they were great!  Everyone had a great day and I think the day camp was a success!  They're already talking about having more next summer. 

In addition to my project I have also been preparing for Safe Night, attended State Communications Day, and have been preparing some of our 4-H members for the State Fair.  We will have many country ham participants and for the first time we are taking Horticulutre and Poultry judging teams.  My internship will be over before the State Fair but my agent has already said she would love for me to go with them anyway.  I am really enjoying working with the 4-Her's who are going to participate in these contests and love seeing how excited and motivated they are. 



Poultry Judging in Magoffin County


The next two weeks are going to go by much too fast and I already dread leaving this wonderful office.  They have definitely made it a summer to remember!