Past 4-H Service-Learning RFP Projects
On the Wild Side, SacramentoCounty
The SacramentoOn the Wild Side Team composed of adults and teens from both the 4-H Club Program and the after-school YES Program collaborated with theSacramento, Rio Linda, and Folsom Unified School Districts and Camp FireUSA to plan and carry out two weekend environmental education camps for urban students.
Down on the 4-H Farm, TulareCounty
Elbow Creek 4-H Community Service Project hosted a program for children from the Blind Baby Foundation to introduce children with limited or no sight a Halloween experience including a hay ride, petting farm, corn pool, pumpkin patch, and touch books.
Leadership Conference, HumboldtCounty
Humboldt County All Stars collaborated with several other youth serving organizations to provide a leadership conference to increase the leadership and service-learning skills of the teens.
Native American Tipi Playground, TulareCounty
Visalia’s Community Pride Project joined with the VisaliaParks and Recreation Department to build a Native American Tipi play area in a new community park in the city.
Toiletry Bags for Homeless Shelter, San MateoCounty
The Belmont Sewing Project created toiletry bags and fill them with basic supplies for the homeless individuals and families who find temporary shelter at the Shelter Network.
ValleyCenterAdultSchool, San DiegoCounty
The Valley Center Community Service Group provided computer and English language assistance to adults and the children of the adult learners at the ValleyCenterAdultEducationCenter.
Scarves for Breast Cancer Survivors, San MateoCounty
The Belmont 4-H Sewing Project collaborated with the Mills Peninsula Hospital Breast Cancer Support Group and supplied hand-dyed silk scarves for recent cancer patients.
Senior Citizen Prom, SiskiyouCounty
The Siskiyou County Hi 4-H Club provided a Senior Prom for all SiskiyouCounty senior residents during the holiday season. Their efforts were in collaboration with the Yreka Senior Citizenship Program and the Parks and Recreation and gave senior citizens a chance to socialize and interact with young people in their community.
Sisson Meadow Public Access, SiskiyouCounty
The StrawberryValley 4-H Club worked with the Siskiyou Land Trust to design, build and install public access benches on the Sisson Meadow Wetlands boardwalk.
4-H Million Trees Project, San MateoCounty
Pacific 4-H worked with 4-H clubs to plant trees to combat global warming, Their long range goal over the next 4 years to reach 4-H clubs across the nation and to plant 1,000,000 new trees.
The Shoe that Fits, ButteCounty
The Oroville 4-H Club collaborated with their local police to provide new socks and shoes for local children while raising their own awareness of the needs of families in their community.
School Supplies for Those in Need, Los AngelesCounty
Greenleaf 4-H Club mounted an effort to supply school supplies for underserved junior high students in their area with the overall purpose of teaching fellow 4-H’ers about leadership, service, and giving back to their community. They received donations and build relationships with donors and business groups.
Live OakCanyon Citizenship and Wildlife Project, San BernardinoCounty
EastValley 4-H Club joined forces with the Redlands Conservancy and Redlands Heritage Trails Alliance and the San BernardinoCountyEastValley 4-H Photography Club to produce a pamphlet that will educate and heighten awareness of the local wildlife area, LiveOakCanyon.
ESL Instruction, San DiegoCounty
The ValleyCenter 4-H Club provided support services for the English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction at ValleyCenterPaumaUnifiedSchool District. 4-H’ers made available children’s books that adult students could take home to read to their children and worked with children to increase their English vocabulary while their parents received instruction.
Wrapped in Love Blankets, HumboldtCounty
The Felton 4-H Club made fleece blankets for children and premature babies who are undergoing treatment for various illnesses at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.
CampImprovement Project, SiskiyouCounty
The Hi 4-H Club in SiskiyouCounty collaborated with the U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire to produce an educational program about forest management and fire protection and to clean up the forest service camp in their county.
Dry Creek Community Beautification, PlacerCounty
Our plan is to grow flowers and vegetables from seed in our green house using compost we create and pollinated by bees we raise on our ‘farm’ will bring our Dry Creek community closer together by working and serving togethers with other local community organizations. Through this project, the Dry Creek 4-H group will be able to: provide seedlings and soil amendments for the community garden at DryCreekElementary School; flowers for the Dry Creek firehouse (Cal Fire) and flowers for the Placer County Fairgrounds during fair time.
Marin 4-H SET Show on the Road, MarinCounty
The proposed “Marin 4-H SET Show on the Road” provides a countywide structure for club teens to deliver a group of themed-based, experiential education activities at both the club level and at public events. The project will build upon the model developed by last year’s countySET program, which was also its first. Led by a county council Teen Advisor, the leadership team will be comprised of but not limited to past and current All-Stars and Emerald Stars. Themed kits will focus on four general topics: plant science, health and nutrition, and physical science.
Operation Bus Stop, RiversideCounty
Last year Murrieta Mustangs 4-H club put on an Earth Day Celebration at their local sports park to share with our neighbors the lessons we learned in our Environmental Science project. Their goal was to raise awareness about “going green” in their community. One of the great tips for saving resources and the planet was taking advantage of public transportation. While the bus system in the club’s area is a much used mode of transportation for many, it is not used to its full capacity. Therefore, the Murrieta Mustangs would like to implement “Operation Bus Stop” to promote the use of public transportation in our neighborhoods, specifically targeting the audience of citizens who are unaware of the conveniences of riding the bus.
4-H Living History Project, InyoCounty
Roadside Heritage ( has successfully engaged rural Eastern Sierra youth in authentically preserving our cultural, natural and scientific heritage. These 4-H projects, in partnership with the Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education (ESICE), create high-quality audio “traveling companion” CDs and Podcasts for distribution to visitors and local residents alike. In this project, 4-H members will interview descendents of early Basque Immigrants to digitally preserve and tell of their strong but little know, imprints on our local culture. Funding for this project will allo development and testing of a model to replicate our techniques for dissemination to other rural American Communities.
Emerald Trees – Replacing Nature, MariposaCounty
The target audience is local community residents of Mariposa. The youth are hoping to obtain more and new youth to their class project of planting trees to help reforest their Community. They will welcome all individuals to help with the planting and research. The project’s main focus is to add to the community and keep it beautiful as possible by helping it along with newly planted bareroot seedlings. The project will be spread over a 3 year period at 1000 trees yearly.
Afterschool Science, SiskiyouCounty
This Service Project will be an expansion of a project started in 2009 to train teens as teacher for afterschool science programs. Teens will research science projects that are age appropriate for elementary afterschool programs. They will work with site coordinators to set schedules and implement hands on programs in at least 5 afterschool sites in SiskiyouCounty.
Madison 4-H Club Service Learning Project, YoloCounty
The Madison 4-H Club is requesting funds to support a service-learning project to improve the physical surroundings of the MadisonMigrantCenter, a housing development in rural YoloCounty for migrant farmworkers and their families. While the particular project chosen will ultimately depend on student-led needs assessments, surveys and choices, preliminary surveys point toward some kind of shade, playground or garden project. This project will build leadership, math, science and English language skills of the participating youth and families, and will be an integral part of growing a new 4-H club.
Organic Garden Feeding 4-H and the Community, RiversideCounty
Members of the Murrieta Mustangs 4-H Club built and cultivated a community garden to provide organic produce for their club and other members of the community. They emphasized the use of organic methods and products, and worked to save water by using primarily rain water for irrigation. The club has a monthly booth at the Murrieta Farmer’s Market.