Twelve winners were chosen to move on to the next step. The youth role played the budgeting process of the federal government. After the budget exercise, the group traveled to Washington D.C. where they toured the Capitol. Juveniles, designated by the court, participate in this 90 day 4-H program. The community is very transient and youth are often left unsupervised.
Drug sales are rampant.
In 1994, the Lakeview Estates Community Action Committee identified positive youth activities as a need. Club for fifth grade youth. The 4-H club works with the school system to identify youth and transport them, via school bus, to a meeting site in the community. The youth have learned skills to help them steer clear of crime and drugs which infest their neighborhood. Members are given the opportunity to feel good about themselves and their neighborhood by identifying service projects within their community.