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Three Santa Fe County senior 4-H members from the Horse Judging Team earned nationals honors at the Western National Roundup Conference held January 9–13, 2008 in Denver, CO. The three-member team composed of Ellie Powell and Shyanne Stambaugh (both from Santa Fe) and Kendra Werner (Edgewood) had won the State title at the NM 4-H State Conference in July and earned the right to compete nationally along with more than 800 competitors from more than 30 states and Canada. They were the only youth from Santa Fe County who competed at this event.
Horse Judging is just one of the activities offered to youth through the 4-H Program.   4-H, the youth development program of the Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture & Home Economics, is a dynamic non-formal education program.   4-H provides youth with opportunities to learn skills, gain knowledge, have fun, and make contributions in such areas as environmental education, community service, and current youth issues.

From computers to citizenship, from livestock to leadership, from rabbits to rocketry- youth ages 5-19 can have fun exploring over 100 projects on nearly every subject.  Today’s 4-H is available to youth -urban as well as rural-of all racial, cultural, economic, and social backgrounds.


Any youth interested in joining 4-H should contact the Santa Fe County Extension Office at 471-4711.


About 4-H: With over 5 million members, 4-H is the largest youth organization in the United States.  In New Mexico, 4-H clubs have over 25,000 youth and over 3,000 adult volunteers enrolled in the program.  In Santa Fe County there are over 240 traditional 4-H members and 186 adult volunteers enrolled.  Santa Fe County has 11 traditional 4-H clubs located in various regions the County.