The following article was written by Dayle Morris, Vice President of Las Posas 4-H Club. We are proud of the many community service projects throughout the county. We would like to thank the youth for their dedication, and the adult leaders for providing safe and supportive environments for our youth to thrive!
At the beginning of this project year, the Las Posas 4-H board decided that our club should do more community service projects in addition to our regular club projects.
In October, most of our club participated in Trick Or Treat So Others Can Eat, and we collected a lot of food.
In December we were very busy. About 25 members from Las Posas 4-H and Somis 4-H went Christmas Caroling at senior citizen homes in the Camarillo area. Some of our club members also marched in the Camarillo Christmas Parade behind the equestrian units to pick up after the horses, and still other members of our Cake Decorating Project made and decorated cakes for the Ventura County Rescue Mission’s Christmas lunch.
This winter we have already prepared hand made Valentines for the troops, which we are going to send to Afghanistan.
This month we are also going to be collecting socks for Project Understanding, because there is a very big need for socks for homeless people right now. If you have any new socks you would like to donate, please drop them off at the County 4-H office.
Our club is also going to be participating in the California 4-H Statewide community service project, Operation Cover-Up to make hospital gowns for sick kids in California. Details about Operation Cover-Up can be found on the California State 4-H website.
For more information about our 4-H Youth Development Program, please see this page of our website.