According to Kentucky: By The Numbers, Breathitt County’s poverty rate was at 34.3% in 2016. Breathitt County’s Agent for 4-H Youth Development believes that the best way to combat this issue is to teach the children of Breathitt County about the leadership skills they need to achieve, and to be able to overcome the problems of poverty. The agent works to focus on this by taking 4-H’ers each year to the J.M. Feltner 4-H Camp located in London, Kentucky. While at camp 4-H’ers learn valuable life skills by leading hands-on projects, learning about civic engagement, and the importance of a good education. The cost to attend camp last year was $225 per camper, and this fee can often be an obstacle to many of the 4-H age youth of Breathitt County. To help remove the majority of this money obstacle the agent aided by his council continued to run the Breathitt County 4-H corn dog booth during the 2021 Breathitt County Honey Festival. Once the event was completed the total sales equaled 10,849 corn dogs, and with this money the 4-H’ers of Breathitt County now would only have to pay $25 to attend 4-H camp, which cuts the cost of camp by 89%. The agent feels that this is a great success to be able to help the youth of the county and looks forward to continuing the 4-H Corn dog booth each year in the future.