Community encouraged to show its support
(Seguin) – One of the largest Guadalupe County Youth Livestock and Homemakers Shows continues this week at the Guadalupe County Fairgrounds.
The show kicked off Tuesday and will wrap up following the noon sale on Saturday.
Again, promoting this year’s effort is Megan Reiley, co-secretary for the youth show committee.
Reiley says the group is pleased to report an increase in exhibitors from across the county. She says after a long year, these students in grades 3-12 finally get to show off their hard work.
“Our numbers are definitely up this year. We are well over 1500 entries, and we are looking well over 500 actual exhibitors. So, numbers are definitely up from previous years. Last year, we had a sale lot number of 407 sale lots. We are looking to probably be anywhere about 10 to 20 more sale lots this year which is a great thing. We are always wanting to get as many kids in that auction as we definitely can. So, we are excited about that. We are excited about the numbers. We have everything across the board from rabbis, turkeys, chickens, lambs, goats, steers, heifers and even into our homemakers side of things which is going to be your ag mechanics, your needlework, baked goods and everything like that so a lot of different projects, a lot of different kids all over Guadalupe County who are kind of coming in to showcase your project so we are excited for everybody to be out here,” said Reiley.
Reiley says the support of the youth show and these students are crucial more than ever and hope folks come out to show their support.
“When you are looking at 10, 20, 30 years down the line, these are going to be the people continuing on the farming. They are going to be continuing these jobs that our making agriculture sustainable and still a part of our lives and it is so important that we continue that especially in Seguin. Seguin is still small-town Seguin. We still have quite a bit of farmland but as we see moving into New Braunfels and some of these other close cities, a lot of that farmland is being sold off to apartment complexes and things like that and agriculture is how we get our food. It is how we live and that is what these kids are passionate about is teaching the community who might not know all the benefits that we actually reap from agriculture. So, for those who kind of share that passion and are excited about keeping agriculture in our community, this is the best way you can support it is to support these kids. By donating money back to their projects, it gives these students the ability to go to college, to go on and continue studying agriculture and to continue on making a difference in this world with an agriculture background,” said Reiley.
Those wishing to support the kids are asked to donate toward their projects. Individuals, families, friends, and businesses are all welcome to donate. Whether it’s $20 or $5,000, Reiley says the money goes directly to supporting the youth and their futures. Information on participating in the Saturday sale can be found on the youth show website at gcys.org.
They may also stop by the fairground youth show office or contact Reiley at 830-660-2328.