UGA Cooperative Extension

Spalding County Extension Office:
4-H Youth Development
Judging Teams

Cotton Boll /Consumer Judging

By participating on the Consumer Judging Team youth develop their decision-making abilities, communication skills and learn responsibility. These youth attend practices at the 4-H office, then compete with 4-H'ers from other counties at an area contest. The top senior teams then advance to the state contest.

Consumer Judging participants will learn to:

• Understand the importance of cotton as an agricultural commodity
• Promote cotton in communities
• Make knowledgeable, rational decisions when purchasing goods and services
• Select, use, maintain and dispose of goods and services in ways that maximize resources
• Obtain clothing, goods and services to meet needs and reflect lifestyles, personal values and goals
• Act as responsible consumer-citizen with an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of the consumer, business and government
• Learn to communicate reasons for choices made

• The Story of Cotton
• The Impact of Cotton

Study Guides for 2011 Consumer Judging:

• Pizza
• Backpacks
• Cotton Pants
• Mutual Funds

For more information about the Cotton Consumer Judging team, contact Mrs. Wendy Sauley-Simmons at the 4-H office at 770-467-4225 or by email at wsauley@uga.edu.

Contact

For more information about Spalding County 4-H Youth Development programs, contact Cherry Hovatter at hovatter@uga.edu or (770) 467-4225.