Hello all,
I've been trying to get mini horses established as a project at our county fair.
I figure the starting point will be gettting a project book approved.
Well I have a mini horse book with seperate question booklets so the 1 ($25) book would be used for several years. The 4-H'ers would just do different sections each year. (thanks to help from Lorain County
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There is some concern of the cost($25) of the book. The ext. office feels some parents may not want to fork out that much. So I'm on a quest to find other options and ideas. When doing a google search I found another county here in Ohio that had mini booklets for thier county (Medina County) that were only $5 a year, which may go over better, so I'll be trying to get some contacts in Medina the first of next week, unless I luck out and find all I need thru here.
I would need project books I can copy or order for my 4-h'ers.
My county says we'll have to do them as self determined projects next year to prove interest but then the kids don't get any reference material.
I'm not sure how this will all pan out but I've been waiting to present it to the committee since last January. And I keep getting the run around so I want to have atleast 2 different project book options and go in totally ready hopefully with all the answers on how this can be done easily.
So please share your ideas or how your mini 4-H clubs handle the projects.
This year they took the regular saddle horse project but they had to learn parts of riding tack and things that had to do with riding (which is good to know) but most of this project book wasn't related to thier breed. The kids would enjoy the books more if it applied to thier individual project better.
If anyone reads this in Richland county and has interest in taking mini's as a 4-H project please let me know, I'm also taking a list of names who would take the mini project if it were available, I have about 15 names already and the more the better. I was told there had to be a minium of 4 exhibitors to even be considered, so my list will be very helpful in proving there is a interest. Currently, most of the mini people just show at the open pony show rather than doing 4-H, but they said they do 4-H if they make mini's a project. So I'm trying!
THanks in advance for any help.
I've been trying to get mini horses established as a project at our county fair.
I figure the starting point will be gettting a project book approved.
Well I have a mini horse book with seperate question booklets so the 1 ($25) book would be used for several years. The 4-H'ers would just do different sections each year. (thanks to help from Lorain County
There is some concern of the cost($25) of the book. The ext. office feels some parents may not want to fork out that much. So I'm on a quest to find other options and ideas. When doing a google search I found another county here in Ohio that had mini booklets for thier county (Medina County) that were only $5 a year, which may go over better, so I'll be trying to get some contacts in Medina the first of next week, unless I luck out and find all I need thru here.
I would need project books I can copy or order for my 4-h'ers.
My county says we'll have to do them as self determined projects next year to prove interest but then the kids don't get any reference material.
I'm not sure how this will all pan out but I've been waiting to present it to the committee since last January. And I keep getting the run around so I want to have atleast 2 different project book options and go in totally ready hopefully with all the answers on how this can be done easily.
So please share your ideas or how your mini 4-H clubs handle the projects.
This year they took the regular saddle horse project but they had to learn parts of riding tack and things that had to do with riding (which is good to know) but most of this project book wasn't related to thier breed. The kids would enjoy the books more if it applied to thier individual project better.
If anyone reads this in Richland county and has interest in taking mini's as a 4-H project please let me know, I'm also taking a list of names who would take the mini project if it were available, I have about 15 names already and the more the better. I was told there had to be a minium of 4 exhibitors to even be considered, so my list will be very helpful in proving there is a interest. Currently, most of the mini people just show at the open pony show rather than doing 4-H, but they said they do 4-H if they make mini's a project. So I'm trying!
THanks in advance for any help.
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