Bolyard Represents
Pennsylvania
Shelah Bolyard, daughter of
Charles and Rebekah Bolyard,
Mercer, PA, represented Penn
sylvania in the National Beef
Ambassador Competition in San
Francisco, California on No
vember 3-5, 2000 in the annual
scholarship competition.
“ It was exciting to meet
people from all over the United
States who take beef seriously,
they had issues,” said Bolyard.
“Some of them come from
ranches over 1000 acres big and
produce over 600 head of cattle
every year. Most of them entered
the competition to for future ag
riculture jobs. I really learned a
lot about beef and would like to
speak to Pennsylvania groups
about my experiences at Nation
als.”
The Beef Ambassador Com
petition included a barbeque
and rodeo at the Cow Palace, a
tour of San Francisco, Embassy
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Bolyard and her sister, Sarah,
mother, Rebekah, and grand
mother, Ruth Woods, also
toured the Presidia Military
Base and Fort Point, Golden
Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Warf,
Alcatraz, China Town by cable
car, and the Rain Forest Restau
rant.
Bolyard won the Penn State
Competition during 4-H State
Days in August, 2000. She
represented the Mercer County
4-H program.
To get information on the
local competitions, contact your
county 4-H office and request
the State Days rules and regula
tions packet.
The National Beef Ambassa
dor Program was conceived in
1988 as a scholarship event by
the National Cattlewomen and
then by the National 4-H Coop
erative Extension Program. In
1995, the American National
Cattlewomen received beef
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check-off funding from the Cat
tlemen’s Beef Board to expand
the program, which today in
volves all youth in SO states from
ages 15-19.
The top seven winners re
ceived monetary awards and
trips to National Livestock Ex
positions.
The purpose of the National
Beef Ambassador Program is to
train spokespersons for the beef
industry. Through preparing for
the competition, contestants
become knowledgeable about
the nutritional and economic
values, by-products, food safety,
and versatile uses of beef.
Trained youth ambassadors
can address issues and miscon
ceptions in schools, workplaces
and in their communities both
urban and rural. Contestants
participating in the National
Beef Ambassador Competition
presented a five to eight minute
illustrated talk on the promo
tional aspects of beef and partic
ipated in a hands-on beef
education workshop.
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