The Calgary Stampede has come and gone for another year and a highlight during all of the excitement, the Youth in Action Showcase has concluded.
During this year's July 4 - 11th Calgary Stampede, an area of the Agriculture Building was transformed into an engaging and energetic 4-H Showcase. 4-H members had the opportunity to interact with Stampede guests from around the world and showcase their 4-H talents, projects and knowledge. This year members showcased their poultry, swine, horse, and rabbit 4-H Projects, to name a few of the diverse projects and activities that were on display.
In addition, the Calgary Stampede generously provided 4-H Alberta with a display booth for the entire seven days. This opportunity allowed 4-H Alberta to interact with youth and families and inform them about 4-H and the benefits of being part of this great program.
To add a little more attraction to the 4-H Alberta booth this year we included sack races and hula hoop competitions for the kids, a straw bale couch for families to relax on, lego tables (to showcase one of our many projects) and the “Wall of Cleaver”, which showcased art work of Cleaver at our booth.
Kids’ Day was held Wednesday July 9th, which for the 4-H booth, was a highlight of this year’s events. The 4-H Alberta booth face painted 50 little faces and collected more than 150 coloring pages to help decorate the “Wall of Cleaver”!
Of course the Youth in Action Showcase would not have been as successful for the 4-H Alberta booth if it had not been for all the hard working volunteers who helped man the booth throughout the week. A big thanks to Elaine Manor, Lorraine Parkinson, Heather Pfeil, Bailey Pfeil, Raina Irons, Arlyn Bouchard, Oliver Mcateer, Siera Burg, Cathy Price, and face painters, Heather Ayles and Candace Knull, for their dedication and contributions. Thank you to everyone who stopped by! Hope to see you next year!
