4-H Strives to Increase Community Service

Published: 2022
By Kellie Kahtani

The focus of the 2021-2022 4-H year was to increase community service projects at the club and county levels. In October 2021, each club outlined its plans for community service as the new 4-H year started. The Animal Crackers club chose to work with foster families, Copper Clovers worked with the Butte Rescue Mission, and Copper Mountain focused on homeless pets. As we entered the new 4-H year, the program was growing. Silver Bow County 4-H added “Food Bank Donation” to their county-wide potato sales fundraiser in October 2022, with each donation adding up to a 10-pound bag of Montana-grown Bausch Potatoes. On November 11, 170 bags (1700 pounds) of fresh russet potatoes were delivered to the Butte Emergency Food Bank on behalf of the 4-H program. We will continue our work with the Butte Emergency Food Bank, as the Animal Crackers 4-H Club has challenged each other clubs within the county to collect donated food through a “Reverse Advent Calendar,” with members placing items into the donation box through mid-December. We are proud that the Silver Bow County 4-H members and leaders focus on the “H”s of 4-H and putting the focus on the 4-H pledge all members recite at the beginning of meetings: “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living. For my club, my community, my country, and my world.”