Twelve Woodford County 4-H members held their first 4-H Showcase presentation for the residents of Snyder Village in Metamora on Tuesday, Aug. 15.

The members had recently showed their work at the Illinois State Fair and Woodford County 4-H Show and brought them to share with residents at the village.

Project displays ranged from rockets and shooting sports items, to a duct-tape dress and several visual arts pieces, and more!

This event provided a great opportunity for the youth to show off their talents one more time as they spoke with each resident about their project’s journey. It also provided these residents a small glimpse of what was at the county show this year in which some of them were unable to attend.

Residents in attendance shared a few words with us on what they thought of the 4-H Showcase.

“We are amazed at the talent that the young people have brought to Snyder Village.”

“We have been attending the 4-H Fair for over forty years and last year we were in the process of moving and this year we had other obligations. There is no way that we would have missed this when it was in our own back yard,” said one resident.

The evening concluded with a public presentation speech from Collin Grebner entitled, “Cheers to Truth!” and a presentation from Rachel Casey on becoming a 4-H Shooting Sports National Ambassador.

For more information about the Woodford County 4-H program, contact the University of Illinois Extension Woodford County Office at (309) 467-3789 or email at acorban@illinois.edu to talk with Alcha Corban, Extension unit educator, 4-H Youth Development-Livingston and Woodford Counties.

–Woodford 4-H shares project with Snyder Village residents–