4-H Week In Review – October 22nd, 2010

Hey there 4-H’ers! As usual, we’re impressed with all the different ways you come up with to help out your communities.

A lot of you are gathering donations of food, toys or clothing and donating them to those who are less fortunate. Still more of you are helping to beautify and improve your local community utilizing donations from others and your own donations of time and energy.

If you are planning a fund raising or community benefit project for the holidays, let us know about it in the comments below.

4-H Weekly News for October 22nd:.

• 4-H Teen Leaders in Leesville, Louisiana are making a big difference in the lives of children in their local community.

  Concerned that millions of children in America are at risk of hunger, the Vernon Parish 4-H club is organizing a food drive for local children. Dubbed the “backpack project” their goal is to fill the backpacks of children in their local schools with non-perishable items to take home for the holiday season.

  “By sending these students home with a backpack filled with nutritious, non-perishable foods and snacks, (we’re ensuring) the students are getting some of their dietary needs met when school is out for the holidays,” said a 4-H spokesperson.

  Great job, and a great example for other 4-H clubs around the country! Vernon Parish Backpack Project providing nutrition for needy kids




• This year, the Nebraska 4-H Foundation held a raffle as a big part of their yearly fundraising. The grand prize? A 2010 Ford F-150. This is the second year they have held the truck fundraiser and have raised over $45,000 each year with proceeds going to 4-H clubs all over the state.

  But here’s the really cool part about the story. The winner this year was Eric Woita, a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who is a former 11 year member of 4-H. “I was excited to win the truck,” Woita said, “4-H is a great program and any money they get, they appreciate a lot.”

  Way to go Eric! You can read the whole story here – Eric Woita Wins Nebraska 4-H Foundation Truck




• Congratulations to Ashe County 4-H who applied for and received a 21st Century Community Learning Center Afterschool Grant from the Department of Public Instruction.

  They will use the money to fund their new Afterschool program called 4-H LINK, which stands for Learning, Inspiring, Nurturing, Konnections.

  They will receive a total of $1,360,000 over the next four years to fund the program.

  Read all about it here – Jefferson Post – 4 H Afterschool receives grants in excess $1.3 million




• The Salem Ohio 4-H Group is helping their community by volunteering for good old community service!

  When they learned that their local library was having funding problems, they jumped into action and were able to get donations of gardening materials and beautify the outside of the library.

  According to the library staff, if 4-H didn’t do it, it wouldn’t have been done.

  Way to go 4-H’ers, keep up the great work! 4-H’ers Perform Community Service

That’s it for this week, folks. We know there are some stories we missed, so if you have a story or news event you’d like to share, just leave it in a comment below.

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Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next week!