ForImmediateReleaseContact:AmberBishop
March21,2017912-5763219
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ambersb@uga.edu
4-H’ersExcelinPublicSpeakingContest
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Sixfifthgraders,threesixthgradersandthreeTeenLeaderssleepilyboardedaschoolbusonthemorning
ofthe18"inordertocompeteinaDistrictProjectAchievementevent.AllnineCamdenCounty4-H
participantsplacedintheircategoryatDistrictProjectAchievement.
Participatinginthis4-HcompetitionincludedfromCamdenMiddleSchool:BritneyButler(3placein
InternationalwithapresentationonColumbia);fromSt.MarysMiddleSchool:KaileyRusso(2™place
inPerformingArtsInstrumentalplayingherviolin)andSamCone(1°placeinPoultry&EggScience
withapresentationonincubatingchickens);fromDavidLRainerElementarySchool:AleenaHarris(24
placeinScienceofEngineering&MechanicswithapresentationonelectricityandmagnetsandEthan
Tuttle(3placeinHistorywithapresentationonEgyptianMethodology;fromMatildaHarris
ElementarySchool:LoreleiBurnett(1*tplaceinDogCarewithapresentationongreatdanes,Caden
Whitfield(1*placeinScienceofEngineering&Mechanicswithapresentationonthecarinventions),
andPranshuShah(3placeinTime&MoneyManagement);andfromSt.MarysElementarySchool:
LuciEskridge(1%placeinHealthwithapresentationonChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy.)
JuniorandSenior4-H’ersthatassistedtheCloverleafparticipants,servedlunchesandhelpedwiththe
carnivalgamesincludedKarleeGotshall,JerryLowe,andJordanFrost.
Cloverleafparticipantswererewardedfortheirparticipationbyreceivingribbonsforparticipation,4-H
clovercredits,andtheywillalsoberecognizedatanendoftheyear4-HAwardsBanquet.
ProjectAchievementisaneventthatisopento4-H’ersin5"through12"grade.Itprovidesan
opportunityforstudentstoimprovebothwrittenandoralcommunicationskills.Formoreinformation
aboutthisandother4-Hprograms,contacttheCamdenCount4-Hofficeat576-3219orvisitourwebsite
athttp://ugaextension.org/county-offices/camden/4-h-youth-development.html.