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Mississippi 4‑H participant recounts Dixie National fundraising, says program shaped career
Summary
Alex Pittman told the House about childhood participation in the Mississippi 4‑H Livestock Program, recounting how proceeds from Dixie National sales raised money for families with medical needs and noting he now coaches at Mississippi State University.
Alex Pittman told the Mississippi House of Representatives about how participation in the Mississippi 4‑H Livestock Program and sales at the Dixie National raised funds to help families cover medical needs and shaped his career path.
“First off, I wanna say thank you to all of those who have stood behind me and in my corner throughout my years showing in the 4 H Livestock Program,” Pittman said during an announcements period. He described beginning in pee wee showmanship at age 5 and later selling multiple animals in the Dixie National sale of champions. Pittman said proceeds from one sale were used to support the family of a boy identified in his remarks as Samuel, who was born with spina bifida and undergoing surgery in Jackson; the speaker said the sale generated a substantial donation to that family, though he did not specify an amount.
Pittman also told the chamber that his younger brother, Carson, raised more than $20,000 at a later sale to help a schoolmate undergoing cancer treatment. “There was not a dry eye in sight,” Pittman said of the sale when donations were announced in the ring.
Pittman described how those experiences led him to return to the industry as a coach and instructor. He said he is now a Mississippi State University livestock judging coach and an instructor in the university’s Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, and he closed by thanking members for their continued support of the Mississippi 4‑H Livestock Program.
The remarks came during the chamber’s announcements period and were presented as a public recognition rather than a legislative proposal or formal request for funding.
