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Shelby Diehm director of youth activities, director of marketing & communications

Sail Away with Shorthorn

As I write this July article, I am mentally going through my junior national list, making sure I am ready for the 2023 junior national. The interns and I will be heading to Des Moines first thing in the morning. It seems like just yesterday; we were in Kansas City for the 2022 National Junior Shorthorn Show & Youth Conference. Each year they seem to arrive sooner!

By the time you receive this issue, NJSS will be over, families will have returned home, and I will already be working on plans for 2024. We are headed East to Timonium, Maryland. We are excited for the 2024 NJSS at the

Maryland State Fairgrounds. The state associations are already making plans for fundraising, volunteers and more of their duties they will have during the week of the show.

Mark your calendars for June 16-22, 2024, as we Sail Away with Shorthorn. We know the travel may be long, but it will be worth it to gather again with the Shorthorn family in the East. Many of our Eastern junior members travel to the NJSS each year, no matter the location, so I know they will appreciate it being close for them.

We hope families can take advantage of being close to many historical locations on the East coast, many that they may never get to see again! Stay tuned on how we hope to incorporate or encourage families to visit these places.

As always, if you have any questions about the NJSS, reach out to the junior board or I, we would be happy to help answer those questions. We will be having our summer board meeting in conjunction with the IGS Summit Youth Leadership Conference later this July. Be on the lookout for any contest, schedule, or other changes for 2024 after that meeting.

See you in Maryland!