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Having a Fair Say!

Having a Fair Say!. Bartholomew County Junior Fairboard Members Brooke Stafford Jared Whiteside Erika Bonnett-Educator. Bartholomew Junior Leader. How Junior Leaders operates in Bartholomew County Organization Youth Voice Youth Led Service Minded Programming.

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Having a Fair Say!

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  1. Having a Fair Say! Bartholomew County Junior Fairboard Members Brooke Stafford Jared Whiteside Erika Bonnett-Educator

  2. Bartholomew Junior Leader • How Junior Leaders operates in Bartholomew County • Organization • Youth Voice • Youth Led • Service Minded Programming

  3. What is Junior Fairboard? • Selected individuals from Junior Leaders that assist with 4-H activities before, during, and after the 4-H Fair

  4. How is Junior Fairboard Selected • Application • Community Service Projects • Projects you are interested in • Schedule • What leadership qualities you bring to the table • Applications are selected through a committee process based on: • Leadership qualities • Involvement in Service/Leadership Activities through Junior Leaders • 4-H involvement • Acceptance letters are mailed to all selected applicants • 25-30 Youth selected each year with 25-30 participating as Junior Fairboard Assistants

  5. Planning Time • What groups do you have in your community that you could implement this with? • How would you select them? • Process? • Number?

  6. How does Junior Fairboard work? • Mandatory Training Sessions (2) • Assign/select a Junior Fairboard Assistant • 7th or 8th grade Junior Leader or 1st time Junior Fairboard participant/non-selected member • Project Selection • Based on activeness • Points based on 2 for each community service, 1.5 for committees, 1 per meeting • Building Project Day • Livestock Project Day(s) • Pre-Fair/Post Fair set up/take down

  7. Why we do it? • Junior Fairboard is an opportunity for youth to take a more active role in the 4-H fair • It gives youth the opportunity to take on leadership roles and make an impact in each of the 4-H events at the fair • It helps shape 4-H events and programs at the fair to be youth driven and friendly with youth voice • Gives youth the opportunity to work with adults on 4-H projects and activities to see how everything works and happens • Strengthens the 4-H program and sets mentoring/role modeling examples for younger youth

  8. What we learned from it! • Learn community involvement • Life skill development • Honesty • Time Management • Responsibility • Respect • Social Skills • Learn “behind the scenes” of the county fair and 4-H program activities at the county fair.

  9. Planning Time • How would you train them? • What would their roles and responsibilities be? • What would their role be in your fair/activity? • Other?

  10. Youth Involvement in Other Activities • Officer Team • Youth Led • Executive Board Meetings held monthly (before meetings) • Set Agenda • Planning activities • Community Service • Fun Activities • Fundraisers • Four voting members of 4-H Council • Two members sit on 4-H Fairboard • Junior Fairboard/Junior FairboardAssistants

  11. Youth Involvement in Other Activities • Mentoring Opportunities • Club mentors to younger youth • Children’s Inc. crafts with younger youth • REMC Youth kids area mentoring and volunteering • Mentor younger Junior Leader/Junior Fairboard Assistants • Committee Chairs • Community Service Organizers

  12. QUESTIONS????

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