2024 Bacon Buddies® Youth Mentor Program
Join us for the Bacon Buddies® Show at the Great Jones County Fair!
| WHO: | 4-H and FFA Members will be partnered with a person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability to teach them about exhibiting a pig. |
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| WHAT: | Bacon Buddies® participants will have the opportunity to experience showing a pig. The judge will assess how the mentors, participant, and pig work together as a cohesive unit. All youth mentors will receive a T-shirt and complimentary meal. |
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| WHEN: | Wednesday July 17, 2024
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| WHERE: | The Great Jones County Fair |
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: July 2,2024
EXPECTATIONS:
• 4-H/FFA youth mentor must be age 12 or older.
• Actively Enrolled in 4-H or FFA.
• Arrive on time and dressed in appropriate show attire, including Bacon Buddies® T-shirt.
• Exhibitor will exhibit pig during the event and youth mentor will help assist and help when necessary.
• Bacon Exhibitor and Mentor pairings will be assigned by Bacon Buddies® committee.
• Stay for the entire Bacon Buddies® event and show.
QUESTIONS: Please email office@greatjonescountyfair.com
Participant Application & Waiver
Bacon Buddies Participant Application & Waiver (PDF) * Due by July 5
Youth Mentor Application & Waiver
Bacon Buddies Youth Mentor Application & Waiver (PDF) * Due by July 2
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