Community Service

Club Contest – Stock the Trailer during the Fairfield County Fair!

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The Fairfield County Junior Leaders are asking for your help with a Fairfield County Fair canned food drive!! Farm Credit Mid-America is challenging County Fairs all across the State to help fill local food pantries with their STOCK THE TRAILER, FILL THE PANTRY food drive.  By participating in this event you will allow youth to compete for monetary prizes awarded by Farm Credit for those fairs bringing in the most pounds of canned food donated.  Our goal is to collect 10,000 pounds of canned goods during the Fairfield County Fair. Clubs can drop off their items in the 4-H Display Barn and label with their club name. Junior Leaders will weigh food throughout the week to see which clubs, chapters or scout troops have the most. The top 5 groups by weight will receive a cash prize.

Items of Most Need Right Now: Canned Meat, Pasta Dishes, Fruit, Vegetables, and Soups. All food collected will be donated to Food Pantries across Fairfield County via the Fairfield County Hunger Collation. The collation includes 30-50 pantries from Pickerington to Sugar Grove and Lithopolis to Bremen.

 

Community Members can donate too: The Junior Leaders will be collecting your donations every day during the fair, there will be containers by the General Parking Area, Ed Sands Building, and the 4-H Display Barn. The contest ends on the last day of the Fairfield County Fair, October 11! Don’t want to shop?… send a monetary donation to the attention of the Fairfield County Junior Leaders 4-H Club c/o OSU Extension 831 College Avenue, Suite D, Lancaster, OH 43130.  We will send our Junior Leaders out to shop for you.   Your support helps our YOUTH  give back!!

Local Teen Opportunity: Youth Action Committee with the Fairfield Co. Health Department

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Through their tobacco use prevention and cessation program, the Fairfield County Health Department is recruiting youth to join our Youth Action Committee! The focus of this year will be for youth to lead a youth nicotine prevention Policy, Systems or Environmental (PSE) change project! They will work together throughout the school year to build support for the change project they decide on. Youth ages 13-18 are welcome to join!

Please pass along this exciting opportunity to youth for them to get involved to improve the health of their peers! We will be offering community service, volunteer hours, and more for those who participate throughout this school year.

Community Service Opportunity: Lithopolis Honeyfest

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If you may know of 4-H members in need of community service hours, we have a few areas during the Honeyfest in need of volunteers! Recommended ages for these positions are ~15 and older teens. If younger and unable to work independently, the volunteer must be accompanied by a parent at all times to assist.

Sign-ups are directly via our Sign-Up Genius webpage. Once signed up, the volunteer will receive a confirmation e-mail with event details.

A few areas of potential interest:

  • Busy Beehive – help young kids with craft projects
  • Bee Train – assist young kids on/off the train
  • Welcome Center – greet visitors and pass out event program booklets
  • Honey Sitter/Contest Support – this is indoors – good for someone who needs to remain seated most of the time or cannot be in the heat/weather (we are rain or shine)

Sign-Up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DACA72DA7FDCF8-54446649-lithopolis#/

Please note that I will be away from 7/11 through 7/23. E-mail is welcome, however I won’t be able to respond until after my return.

Thank you for sharing with the clubs!

June Queen

Lithopolis Honeyfest Volunteer Coordinator

junemqueen@aol.com

Club Community Service Opportunity: Toy Drive

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4 Legged Friends 4-H Club  is challenging all 4-H Clubs to collect new unwrapped toys to donate to the Lancaster Firefighters Toys for Kids Toy Drive! Club members should work together to collect some of their favorite toys especially games and puzzles to donate to the drive. All items can be dropped off at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 19th from 9am-3pm between the Ed Sands & AAA Buildings! Use your ‘Hands for Larger Service’ to help children in our community while competing against your fellow 4-H Clubs. Who is up to the challenge?!

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Save the Dates: Ohio 4-H Teen Service and Social Days June 26 & 27

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Please save for the date for the Ohio 4-H Teen Service and Social Day(s) on June 26 and 27 across the state! Hosted by Teen Leadership Council, this is a day of service to a local community as well as fun, social bonding with fellow older 4-H members! This year there are 2 LOCATIONS – Northeast Ohio and Southern Ohio.

Registration will be launched in May and due by June 18 – we will send more information at that time. Please save the date and share with your teens and teen groups (fair boards, Jr. Leaders, counselors, etc.)!

More information:

What: TWO DAYS of service to the community and socializing with fellow Ohio 4-H teen members! Service activities include a park clean up with a picnic and outdoor games after the work is done!

When: June 26 and 27; 9:30am-3pm; Registration is open from May 1st-June 18th at go.osu.edu/TLCServiceSocial.

  • Northeast Ohio – June 26 – Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Cuyahoga/Summit County)
  • Southern Ohio – June 27 – Rocky Fork State Park (Highland County)

Who: Any 13–18-year-old 4-H members (as of January 1, 2025)

Where: We will meet a local extension office/fairground will caravan to the service and social locations and return to the meeting place by 3pm.

Cost: $10. This price includes picnic lunch, service and social supplies and activities, and a t-shirt! Sponsored by the Ohio 4-H Foundation. Payment must be made by June 18 at www.go.osu.edu/TLC10.

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Community Service Opportunity: Pickerington Lions Community Earth Day

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I am representing the Pickerington Earth Day Community Cleanup. Would any of your 4-Hers be interested in volunteering? This is a large event that draws a couple hundred volunteers to pick up litter and plant trees. In the past, we have had Boy Scouts and Girl Scout Troops but we would love to have 4-H clubs join us as well.

I have attached a flyer. We are a Pickerington Lions Club event and associated with Green Columbus.  We have a sign up for litter clean up and a sign up for tree planting in a nature preserve.

Thanks,

Rachel Scofield
(614) 561-2249

www.pickeringtonline.com

President’s Environmental Youth Award

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Encourage youth with an existing environmental stewardship project or an idea for a project to apply so that their achievements can be further recognized. The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by K-12 youth. The PEYA program promotes awareness of our nation’s natural resources and encourages positive community involvement.

Youth must have completed their project while they were in kindergarten through the 12th grade and the project must be sponsored by an adult who is 21 or older. Applicants from all 50 states as well as U.S. territories are eligible to compete for a national Presidential award.

Visit the President’s Environmental Youth Aware webpage for more information about eligibility requirements, judging criteria, and how to apply.

Grab those toys, games, puzzles for our Toys for Kids Toy Drive with the Lancaster Firefighters – Drop off at the 4-H Vendor Sale, Saturday, July 27th

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4 Legged Friends 4-H Club  is challenging all 4-H Clubs to collect new unwrapped toys to donate to the Lancaster Firefighters Toys for Kids Toy Drive! Club members should work together to collect some of their favorite toys especially games and puzzles to donate to the drive. All items can be dropped off at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 27th from 9am-3pm between the Ed Sands & AAA Buildings! Use your ‘Hands for Larger Service’ to help children in our community while competing against your fellow 4-H Clubs. Who is up to the challenge?!