Shawnee Chamber of Commerce

Pottawatomie County Junior Livestock Show

Randy Gilbert

Chairman

PCJLS
March 2-5, 2010
Aims and Purposes

All sponsored activities in this show are designed to achieve those "Aims and Purposes" set forth as follows:

Create and nurture an appreciation for agriculture, rural values and the free enterprise system.
Pay tribute to the honor and dignity of work.
Develop leadership, responsibility, citizenship, discipline, and a keen sense of fair play among Oklahoma's 4-H and FFA youth.
Reward young people for pursuit of excellence and recognize their achievements.
Expose young people to business principles and the financial realities of risk taking.
Afford Oklahoma's 4-H and FFA youth an enjoyable, rewarding, and educational experience in the care, feeding, selection and improvement of livestock.
Encourage 4-H and FFA youth to employ a practical, common sense approach to the selection, purchase, and fitting of their livestock.
Provide opportunities for families to draw closer to and be supportive of their children.
Prepare our youth for the responsibilities of parenthood by allowing them to be solely re-sponsible for the food, shelter, and welfare of their livestock project.
Create opportunities for business leaders and 4-H and FFA youth to spend time together.
Provide our county with an event of state stature and significance to 4-H and FFA youth.
Provide a showcase for outstanding young people, using state of the art technology to produce and exhibit livestock of exemplary quality.

Contact Bo Chavez-Baucom, 273-6092, for more information.

Download a copy of the 2010 PCJLS Rules & 2010 PCJLS Schedule.

To apply for the 2010 PCJLS Scholarship, please complete the 2010 scholarship application.
online form, print and deliver to the Show Office located at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center, no later than Tuesday, March 2, 2010.