4-H Week In Review – December 3rd, 2010

Hey 4-H’ers! We’re back with our 4-H Week in Review and we’ve found some great stories to share with you below.

Our latest Sweepstakes came to and end this week and two lucky 4-H Groups won coupons for Custom T-shirts at ClassB. Check out who won here – ClassB 4-H Sweepstakes Winners – and stay on the lookout for future promotions and contests!

As always, if you know of a newsworthy 4-H story, don’t be shy! Post it below in the comments section.

• Venison donation is nothing new to Oklahoma hunters. Every year, over 40,000 lbs. of venison is donated, processed and distributed to the needy in Oklahoma alone. But a young lady in Sapulpa, Oklahoma is taking the entire concept a huge step forward.

  Chelsea Blevins has teamed with local butchers in her area to not only boost venison donation, but to bring in younger kids, teach them some skills and educate them on how and why donations are made.

  Chelsea and her Club held a processing workshop in October and are using every means possible to get the word out that they are taking donations for a “processing work party” which they are holding later this month. All processed meat will be going to charity.

  Super idea Chelsea! You guys and gals are doing a great thing – Bostian column: Local 4-H club helping worthy cause.




• While we’re on the subject of food donations, we thought we’d let you know about a 4-H Club in Indiana who are making a difference in their community as well.

  The Crothersville Helping Hoosiers 4-H Club recently collected food items to donate to the Crothersville Clients Choice Food Pantry. But they didn’t just drop it all off! Instead, they stuck around for a while and received a guided tour of the facility and learned how the entire food donation and distribution process works. They also learned how those in the community can help.

  What a neat experience and what a great way to help their community! Way to go Helping Hoosiers! – Helping Hoosiers 4-H Helps Feed Community.




• A great relationship has been created in New Jersey between 4-H and a group called ReRun, Inc., who run facilities to foster ex-racehorses.

  During tough economic times, more often than not, when racehorses end their careers, they find themselves on a trip to slaughter. But ReRun is able to take many of them and the 4-H members are offering their time, energy and TLC to help take care of the horses.

  Each day, a different 4-H member is in charge of one of the horses. As one of them say in the story linked below, it is like having a horse for a day. Very cool!

  This was a great idea and we’re glad that you are there to help these magnificent animals! Read the whole story here – ReRun and 4-H: A Great Combo for Recycled Thoroughbreds.




• The Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports program are hosting a free, two-day hunter safety education class at the Allen County Extension Office. The program isn’t until February, but class size is limited and pre-registration is required. If you’re interested in this opportunity, check out this page as soon as you can – Free Hunter Safety Course.

  And this Sunday beginning at 9am, The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host a free regional livestock clinic for South Plains youth and their families. If you’re in the Texas Tech area and you want to learn about the principles of livestock management, then check this one out – Texas AgriLife Extension offers youth livestock clinic.

Well, that’s it for this week everybody. We know there are some stories and announcements that 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!