Skip to main content

4-H Civic Day - Lee County 4-H



Lee County 4-H / Trail Blazers 4-H Club

4-H Trail Blazers’ youth Reed & Grant Gilmore – ages 12 and 8, planned, organized, and led the Lee County 4-H Civic Day Service Project to continue the mangrove restoration they started a year earlier on Conservation 20/20 land.  This land impacts not only the residents of Pine Island but future generations to come.

            On October 12, 2013, using a mini-grant from the Youth Ocean Conservation Summit, a non-profit organization started by former State 4-H President Sean Russell dedicated to empowering youth, the 4-H Trail Blazers’ club youth and Park Rangers Mickey Miller and Parke Lewis collected, raised, and planted propagules, also known as seedlings and conducted field research on the status of last year’s plantings.  

            Because of their dedication to the environment, commitment to conservation, and the partnership with Lee County Park Rangers, Lee County 4-H youth planted over 300 new mangroves in addition to the 200 planted the year before.

Mangroves are incredibly important to Southwest Florida because they provide food, shelter, and structure for estuarine sea life.  Mangroves serve as a hurricane buffer, conserving 20/20 land for our children and their children.  Mangroves also improve our water quality, protecting against coastal erosion, providing a habitat for birds and wildlife.  They are also crucial to southwest Florida’s commercial and recreational fishing economies.
 
 
 
Originally published by Luke Turner; County Reporter, Lee County 4-H; Club Reporter, 4-H Trail Blazers Club
 
 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Florida 4-H and United Health Care Launch Partnership Promoting Healthy Living Through Fun, Creative Activities at North Florida Fair

Florida State 4-H representatives join UnitedHealthcare for a check presentation at the "Eat4-Health" partnership launch at the North Florida Fair. Florida 4-H received a $30,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare to promote healthy living. From L to R: Pete Vergott III, District Extension Director, University of Florida IFAS Extension; Heather Kent, 4-H Regional Specialized Agent; Marcus Boston Jr., Extension Agent, Leon County 4-H; Kelly Skidmore, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida; and UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound (Photo: Sam Holton/Holton Photography). Business Wire Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/12/3093682_p2/florida-4-h-and-unitedhealthcare.html#storylink=cpy Eat4-Health partnership includes 10 states, with 4-H youth as health ambassadors reaching other youth and families with messages to fight obesity United Health Care mascot Dr. Health E. Hound participates in 4-H Day at the North Florida Fair, leading hundred ...
3 comments
Read more

MARILYN NORMAN INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL 4-H HALL OF FAME

Contact:   Jeannette Rea Keywood, National 4-H Hall of Fame Chair, 609-827-0199, reakeywood@njaes.rutgers.edu                            MARILYN NORMAN INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL 4-H HALL OF FAME CHEVY CHASE, MD (October 11, 2019) – Dr. Marilyn Norman of Asbury, Iowa was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame on October 11 for her lifetime achievements and contributions to 4-H. Honored by the University of Florida/IFAS Extension and the Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, Norman was one of 16 people inducted during the ceremony at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The National 4-H Hall of Fame honorees are nominated by their home states, National 4-H Council; the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA) ; or 4-H National Headquarters/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), ...
Post a Comment
Read more

It All Began With Agriculture

4-H has always taught life skills to youth, and it all began with agriculture. Florida 4-H began as a program to teach farming methods to rural youth and became a community-based program that taught millions of young Floridians how to “Learn By Doing”.  “Agriculture is firmly cemented in the foundation of Florida 4-H and thanks to the resources of the University of Florida IFAS Extension and a nationwide network of extension professionals, agriculture remains an important part of Florida 4-H programming.” Shaumond Scott, State 4-H Communications Coordinator. In 1909, UF Dean of Agriculture J.J. Vernon organized corn clubs for boys in Alachua, Bradford and Marion counties.   Clubs for girls followed in 1912.   After 1915, Florida A&M University directed a program for African American youth.   The clubs were part of a national movement that became known as 4-H and is now one of the largest youth organizations in the country.   4-H o...
Post a Comment
Read more