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Leader's Corner Newsletter
A Resource for Idaho 4-H VolunteersMay 6, 2005 Volume 1, Number 3
--MODEL HORSE CLUB CO-HOSTS "ABACO BARB YOUTH PROJECT"
Members of the Salmon Model Horse 4-H Club of Salmon, Idaho, and W.H.O.A., (Wild Horses of Abaco) are proud to announce the "Abaco Barb Youth Project," an opportunity for young people of all ages to participate in an international project to save the wild horses of Abaco Island in the Bahamas. This project came about after members of the Salmon Model Horse 4-H Club wrote letters to the Breyer Model Horse Company asking if they would create a model of one of the remaining 11 Abaco Barb horses. In January, a model of Capella, an Abaco Barb stallion, was released. Since then, both W.H.O.A. and the Salmon Model Horse 4-H Club have received inquiries from 4-H leaders and youth across the country as to how they too could help.
Thus, the "Abaco Barb Youth Project" was created.
To participate, youths must pre-register their project idea to help the horses either by fund-raising or promoting them. When the project is complete, they need to send a brief report on their activity to earn a special recognition certificate for their efforts. This can be done as a club or individual project and youth don't have to be 4-H members.
For complete details and project ideas, check out the W.H.O.A. website at www.arkwild.org or the Salmon Model Horse 4-H Club site at www.geocities.com/smh4hc/.
For more information on starting a Model Horse Club, contact Diane Fisher at [email protected]. Be sure to put Model Horse info in the subject box.
Photo Caption: Country singer Johnny U, of Twin Falls, ID, joined members of the Salmon Model Horse 4-H Club as they kicked-off the "Abaco Barb Youth Project" during the Salmon Select Horse Sale.
Submitted by: Susan Dudasik, Lemhi county volunteer