4-H & YOUTH — 4-H’ers problem solve real-life situations at Life Challenge

Lancaster County 4-H youth participating at the 2018 statewide Life Challenge
Lancaster County 4-H youth participating at the 2018 statewide Life Challenge

The 4-H Life Challenge contests focus on family and consumer science and entrepreneurial project areas.

COUNTY CONTEST
The county Life Challenge contest was held June 2. Youth demonstrated their knowledge in the areas of foods & nutrition, personal finance, human development, healthy lifestyles and home environment design. Sarah Lange was the junior champion and Abby Kruse was the junior reserve champion. Senior champion was Madelyn Kreifels and Cecilia Yallaly was the senior reserve champion.

STATE CONTEST
The 2018 State Life Challenge Event was held on University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus on June 25–26. Twenty-two Lancaster County 4-H’ers formed six teams. Teams applied information they have learned in 4-H projects to real-life situations such as creating and marketing a new product to help the elderly (Entrepreneurship Investigation Challenge/Human Development), designing a dorm room space (Design Challenge) and creating plans to alleviate food waste (Foods & Nutrition Challenge). The highly successful Lancaster teams won seven top awards!

The Lancaster 2 team of Ellie Babcock, Emma Lanik, Madelyn Kreifels and Julia Stephenson each won a $500 scholarship from the UNL College of Education and Human Sciences for their 1st place in the Food & Nutrition Challenge. This team also received the “Best Use of Elements” award in the Design Challenge and the “Most Viable Solution” award in the ESI/Human Development Challenge.

The Lancaster 4 team of Clare Bauman, Lillian Johnson, Heather Lange and John Stump also won $500 scholarships for their 1st place win in the Design Challenge. They also won 3rd place in the Foods & Nutrition Challenge.

The Lancaster 1 team of Aleyna Cuttlers, Nathan Gabel, Gregory Johnson and Abigail Kreifels garnered the “Most Organized” award in the Design Challenge.

The Lancaster 3 Team of Elise Chadwick, Hannah Dean and Clara Johnson won the “Most Useful Solution” award in the Design Challenge.

The Lancaster 5 team of Christopher Moore and Pierce Smith caught the judge’s attention with their motorized/pedal bicycle which won the Senior Choice Award in the ESI/Human Development Challenge.

The Lancaster 6 team of Haylea Dean, Kylie Hansen, Lilly Riedel and Eliese Schwinck also represented Lancaster County with high scores.