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  • National 4-H Week is this week, and kids around the county are recognizing it by giving back to their communities.

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October 4, 2011

Community projects to benefit from 4-H youths

By Oliver Sheehan Corsicana Daily Sun

Corsicana — National 4-H Week is this week, and kids around the county are recognizing it by giving back to their communities.

Between 100 and 150 students involved in different 4-H chapters will be cleaning and repairing local buildings as part of the Navarro County program, said Emily Cooper, the Navarro County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth Development.

A range of organizations are expected to benefit from the kids voluntary efforts, with the Frost 4-H chapter even running a vaccination clinic.

This is the second year in which local teens have participated in recognizing National 4-H week.

Most of the projects scheduled for this week are due to take place on Saturday, which is called One-Day 4-H.

“It is a day that, all across the state, 4-H members are participating in community service projects and within our community,” Cooper said. “Each 4-H club will be doing its own community service project.”

Rice 4-H is cleaning up the Chatfield Community Center ,and Corsicana 4-H is cleaning up and making repairs to the 4-H storage building located in the Sheriff’s Office parking lot. Corsicana 4-H has received several donations from local businesses to help carry out the repairs on the storage building.

The Dawson and Blooming Grove/Barry chapters will be participating in the Adopt a Highway Program run by the Texas Department of Transportation. They will be out in force cleaning up the ditches beside the roadways.

Participants from the local 4-H youth development programs made a presentation in the Navarro County Commissioners Court last week. County Judge H.M. Davenport Jr. then read the 4-H proclamation and commissioners approved Navarro County participation in National 4-H Week from October 2nd-8th.

“(Participants) are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills and giving back to the community,” Cooper said.

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Oliver Sheehan may be reached by e-mail at oliver@corsicanadailysun.com. Want to “Soundoff” on this story? E-mail: soundoff@corsicanadailysun.com

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