The Nicholas County Youth Livestock Shows were held June 15th - 22nd at the county livestock pavilion. Our 4-H livestock club educated and encouraged 22 youth to engage in an animal project to be exhibited at our county fair. They succeeded by having all 22 participate. In total there were 75 hogs, 53 goats, 35 lambs and 35 head of cattle with last year only having 13 hogs, 18 goats, 7 lambs, and 1 steer. Volunteerism was also a large factor in the success of this program. By empowering local community members to get involved we increased awareness of this event and ensured there was plenty of help as the shows were going on.