Garrard County is a large producer of livestock, however its’ youth did not have something to help guide and teach them how to raise livestock of their own. After talking to producers, teachers, and parents in the community, the support to start a livestock club was overwhelming. After going to school clubs, having a livestock day, and talking to the 4-H’ers about the new club, advertisement in the local paper and in newsletters given to youth at the school clubs, excitement was born and the newly formed Livestock Club was underway. At the first meeting only 5 youth came. But soon their after, 19 youth had enrolled in the Livestock Club. An enthusiastic parent in the club was asked to go and attend the then “voluntary” certification workshop that would become mandatory next year. The club had a certified leader with a livestock kit in which she taught the club 6 hours of educational curriculum. Kentucky 4-H new rule on youth participating in Livestock must have 6 hours of core curriculum in learning very important information about livestock. To reward the youth on all of their hard work with their animals, the first time the new Livestock Club would have an Investment in Youth Livestock Sale at the end of their project in September. This sale brought lots of local producers, businesses and individuals who supported these youth by paying premium dollars for their hard work. At the end of the day, 14 animals and 4 country hams netted $14, 743. Word traveled fast, and to date the Livestock Club has 32 youth on the roster. With the large number of youth learning the mandatory curriculum brought a need for more certified leaders so 4 more have been certified since January 2006. The outcome, 32 vibrant youth excited about learning and raising livestock and 5 adults with lots of work to do! An evaluation was filled out by the youth to 1. See if they could figure a simple daily rate of gain math problem and 2. See if they though keeping a record book was beneficial to them. Out of 23 surveys completed, 91.3% or 21 answered the math problem correctly. 100% said they felt the record books they had to keep was useful to them.