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County Impact Statements - Lincoln County
Helping Hands in the Community from Lincoln County 4-H Youth
"These kids have really worked hard this year and this community is a better
place because of them!," Star City Mayor Gene Yarbrough stated when he presented
Community Service Awards to members of the Star City Pokemons 4-H Club.
Mayor Yarbrough wanted to recognize these young people for their outstanding
service to their community during the year. "Everywhere I looked this year,
they were there! Sprucing up their Adopt-A-Spot city beautification project;
picking up bags and bags of roadside trash during the county Clean-Up/Pick-Up
Day; adopting needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas; adopting
grandparents who are shut-ins at our nursing homes; serving as hospitality
volunteers at the County Fair and Chamber of Commerce’s Chick-A-Dilly Daze and
these are on Saturdays!"
4-H - one of three educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service,
University of Arkansas - is an informal, practical, learn-by-doing educational
program for boys and girls between the ages of 5-19 from all racial, cultural,
economic and social backgrounds.
To make the best better is the 4-H motto. According to Mayor Yarbrough,
"These young people are great! They are learning by doing!"
The county Clean-Up/Pick-Up Day was only one of many community
service projects of the Pokemons 4-H Club.
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Impacts
- 589 county youth learned fire, electrical, gun, ATV, and tractor safety
during the Lincoln County Farm Safety for Kids Day Camp.
- 634 county youth participated in Extension Foods and Nutrition programs.
- 496 youth took a part in dairy education during the Lincoln County Fair.
- 271 county youth participated in Extension environmental stewardship
programs.
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