Loudon County 4-H offers a wealth of learning opportunities to participating youth
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Amanda Brooks Brown, Loudon County Extension Agent
n Loudon County, Extension Agent Amanda Brooks Brown leads a group of 2,474 youth involved in 4-H, holding meetings in each of the county’s 11 school systems. Activities in which these 4-H clubs were involved in over the past year include Farm Day, which demonstrated the value of local agriculture to 488 4th graders; communication skills development, which benefitted 996 5th and 6th graders and 432 7th graders; the On My Own program, which taught financial management and other workforce preparation skills to 418 8th graders; the 4-H Roundup, which included eight state project finalists from Loudon County, three of whom received scholarships; and various animal science projects, in which 62 4-H participants exhibited more than 400 animals. In order to offer such a wide variety of skills-building activities, Loudon County 4-H established several local funding partnerships. Funding partners include: the Farm
Bureau, Sweetwater Valley Farm, Farm Bureau Women, Valley Farmers Cooperative, Loudon County Livestock Association, Habitat for Humanity, and the Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers. For more information about Loudon County 4-H or any of the activities mentioned here, please contact Amanda Brooks Brown at abrook7@tnstate.edu.
"Activities in which [Loudon County's] 4-H clubs were involved in over the past year include Farm Day [and] communication skills development. " 67 Extension Impacts, 201 3