Success StoryShooting With The Stars



Shooting With The Stars

Author: Mary Anne Garnett

Planning Unit: Christian County CES

Major Program: Natural Resources

Plan of Work: Cultivating community leadership, engagement and pride through educational and experiential learning.

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

By supporting and engaging young leaders, adults, organizations and communities experience direct benefits, through stronger connections to other young people in the community (Zeldin, McDaniel, Topitzes, & Lorens, 2001). Additionally, young people help to re-energize adults and counteract negative stereotypes of youth when they are successfully engaged in leadership within their communities (Zeldin, & Camino, 1999; Fiscus, 2003). On June 19, 2021 the 2nd annual Shooting with Our Stars competition took place at the local trap shooting range. The event was hosted by the Christian County 4-H Shooting Sports club who invited Christian County Sheriff Tyler DeArmond and members of the local sheriff’s department and new this year was the Hopkinsville Police Department, and Hopkinsville Fire Department, to compete in trap and archery contest. In attendance were seventeen 4-H members and eighteen participants from the local departments. From each team a winner was named for best shot in archery and best shot in trap, the team with overall combined scores would win a traveling trophy. The 4-Hers received the winning title for the second year in a row. With the addition of the other departments this year, youth were able to make connections with first responders in their community. The hope is to grow the event each year to in order for 4-H members to network with local law enforcement in a positive setting. 






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