Kelsee Gibbs

What a great future we have for the Kinder Goat Association! We had several applications
for the 2024 Youth Scholarship Awards: Levi Russell – Fort Plain, New York, Colt & Brynlee
Smail – Canfield, Ohio, Johanna Fuhrhop – Percy, Illinois and Emma & Macy Mounts –
Mansfield, Ohio. All of the applications were excellent candidates, however, the youth
committee needed to narrow the selection to two top applications.

Levi lives in Fort Plain, New York. He has been showing his Kinder goats at his county fair
and hopes someday to make it to the Northeast Ohio Kinder Goat Show. He can’t wait
until spring as he loves kidding season when the new baby goats are around. He helps with
chores and milks his goats. He loves going to the county fair to promote Kinder goats. He
is hoping to purchase some grooming equipment to help make his goats look better for the
show. He is also hoping to buy a portable milk stand to make traveling, and milking at
shows much easier. Congratulations to Levi!

Brynlee & Colt Smail have been working on building their Kinder herd. They are involved in
the Capriculturist 4-H Club in Canfield Ohio. In 4-H, they are involved in a program called
Pet Pals, where they work with their goats to visit nursing homes. Since they were the
recipients of the Donor Doe Program, they plan to give back to a youth and mentor them to
join 4-H and become involved in the Kinder Goat Association. They would like to buy
milking equipment to begin milking their goats when they kid in the spring. They are also
hoping to buy a crate to haul their goats to nursing homes. Brynlee & Colt will be sharing
their scholarship.

We encourage Johanna, Emma and Macy to reapply in 2025, and welcome all other youth
who are excited about the Kinder goats to complete an application in 2025. Applications
are available on the Kinder Goat Breeders Association website.