4-H youth participate in service projects at the club, county, district and state levels throughout the year. As adults, 4-H youth are more civically active.
Each year, teens across the Florida panhandle convene for a weekend to practice leadership skills, learn workforce skills and participate in service to their communities. This years’ event will be February 24-26th at 4-H Camp Timpoochee. Teens plan and lead the weekend retreat. Last year, teens cut out and donated more than 200 pairs of shoes for Sole Hope, an organization that provides shoes for children in Africa in order to prevent foot related diseases. This year, the project they chose was to make Chemo Kits for cancer patients. Over the next six weeks, teens will be collecting items for the kits and will bring them to the retreat to package them up. Each county will be partnering with local hospitals and hospice groups to distribute the kits.
We are asking clubs, alumni and other 4-H supporters to please donate items for the kits so that we can serve as many cancer patients as possible. You can drop the items off at our local 4-H Extension Office. Here’s a list of items that are needed:
- Coloring books (youth and adult)
- Crayons/ colored
pencils - Beanies/ hats
- Headbands
- Water bottles
- Stuffed animals
- Slipper socks
Please consider supporting this district-wide service project! For more information, contact your local UF IFAS County Extension Office or visit http://florida4h.org.
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