Hay displays are sprouting up across Christian County for the fourth annual local 4-H Bale Trail to ring in the fall season and fundraise for the youth development organization.
The organization 4-H focuses on providing youth activities surrounding career and agriculture skills.
Christian County 4-H Agent, Mary Anne Garnett says the local Bale Trail began in partnership with the Hopkinsville-Christian County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau in 2020. Garnett says she saw the turnout for the Todd County Bale Trail and thought with Christian County being an agricultural community a local trail would be something the community would participate in.
After the inaugural Bale Trail, Garnett says the event became an opportunity to raise funds for 4-H activities and also saw it as away for people to explore parts of the county they would not typically to travel through.
Garnett says the funds they have raised will go toward helping those who may not be able to afford attending 4-H camps and retreats as well as fund 4-H scholarships.
For this year’s trail, 14 hay displays will be up and finalized by Tuesday, the first official day of the trail, and are set to stay up through Halloween.
Garnett says there will be first and second place winners for small, medium and large displays and a fan favorite winner will be determined by public vote when the displays are posted on their Facebook.
On Tuesday, Bale Trail maps will be available on the Christian County 4-H Facebook page and physical copies will be available at Christian County Extension Office and the local visitor’s bureau.
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