Excerpts from Former Summer Intern Reports
The third week was very tiring, but very fun. It was 4-H Camp. It was my first time ever going to 4-H Camp and I had a blast. The weather was perfect. At camp, I served as an adult leader, softball instructor, Flag Corp Coordinator, and the cabin leader. As an adult leader and cabin leader, I felt like it was my responsibility to make sure that all of the girls had fun and got along with one another. As softball instructor, I taught softball four times a day. I went over some of the basic rules of softball. The rest of the time, they played. My first, second, and third periods had only 12 individuals sign up. However, the fourth class was larger with 25 individuals. The last day, I passed out a softball word puzzle that I had made for them to keep. Overall, I thought the kids enjoyed themselves in my softball class. Being the Flag Coordinator, I had to organize the Flag Service. The Flag Service was held every morning at 9:00 a.m. and in the evening at 6:45 p.m. Helping in the Flag Service allowed me to learn the 4-H Pledge and how to hold the flag. Camp was very fun!
Raven Brets, Hart County Intern
Raven Ford, Rowan County 4-H Youth Development
Tuesday through Thursday was probably one of the busiest times of my life. I went back to the work on our country fair, which was a project I had been working on for over a month. I began to realize that I still had a lot to do before the fair on Friday. I just kept busy and tried to put different people in the office in charge of things that needed to be done – delegating responsibilities. I hated to be the boss in the office, but no one seemed to mind helping. After baking pies and making signs Thursday night, all the planning was over, and the first Perry County Fair in over 25 years was underway.
Chad Conway, Perry County Intern
Leslie County 4-H Youth Development
I really enjoyed 4-H Senior Conference. I feel it is a great opportunity for high school students to experience college life which will decrease some anxieties about leaving home in the future. I also feel that this conference helps some students decide what they want to do with their lives, what choices to make, what college or university they want to attend (whether large or small), and what they want to major in, etc. I think that this is a great asset for high school students. I wish that I could have attended 4-H Senior Conference when I was in school.
Natasha Bowling, Lee County Intern
Natasha Lucas, Owsley County Family & Consumer Sciences
It has been a very busy July, a lot busier than I expected. We coped with the blue mold outbreak in a pretty good manner. We had it a lot better than some other counties in the state. When Steve was out, I answered several calls on this dreaded fungus. I also got some more data for my major project dealing with tobacco spacing. I plan on writing a paper on this subject the week before classes start.
Bryce Roberts, Henry County Intern
Spencer County Agriculture & Natural Resources