- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
A new community 4-H Club will be launched in Calexico this summer with support from the Imperial County Board of Supervisors, reported the Imperial Valley Press. Calexico is a low-income community. In order to establish a new 4-H Club for 5- to 19-year-old youth, the board has allocated $10,000 to cover start-up costs.
According to the article, written by UC Cooperative Extension 4-H program representative Shanna Abatti, 20 years have passed since a 4-H Club was chartered in Calexico, the second-largest city...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Twenty-five schoolchildren learned what it means to be “sustainable” at the inaugural 4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp at the UC Desert Research and Extension Center in Holtville, reported Michael Dukes in the Imperial Valley Press.
The environmental impact of humans is something children need to be aware of, said Shanna Abatti, UC ANR 4-H Youth Development Program representative. The camp was designed to provide new or different perspectives on how to save water,...