| ESCY Youth Step Up to Environmental Challenge |
Bryant Pond is one of Maine’s hundreds of lakes and ponds suffering from milfoil  infestation, a weed like growth found in fresh water that prevents fishing, swimming and clean drinking water. |
| Washington 4-H'ers win Chevron Community Pride Award |
When the members of the King County 4-H Horse Program saw a 4-H alum in need, they knew just what to do.  The youth decided to lend a hand and a supply of coats for the Christmas at the Farm event and a coat drive to benefit a local women's shelter. |
| 4-H'ers Raise Funds to Restore Local Library |
 In April 2010, a lightning strike in Twiggs County, Georgia, left the town without their Public Library, and without valuable resources like summer reading programs, rare county histories, family genealogies and access to technology. The county 4-H'ers knew they had to step up to help their local community. |
| 4-H'er Makes Prom Possible |
 4-H'er Brooke Crawford put her 10 year involvement in the organization and entrepreneurial spirit to good use by providing formal dresses for high school peers who could not afford them. |
| Georgia 4-H'ers Prove a Little Aluminum Goes a Long Way |
 For the last 10 years, 4-H'ers in all 159 counties in Georgia have worked together to make a tremendous impact in their communities using only aluminum cans. The pull tabs project was started by junior board Georgia 4-H'ers, allowing youth to collect tabs year-round and sell the aluminum at local recycling companies.
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| Youth in Mississippi Start a Social Media Revolution |
When the town of Lucedale in George County, Mississippi, was struck by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, traditional media (television and radio) were used in the advanced efforts to warn the public. Popular social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter weren't used in the town's communication plan, although they are heavily used among the general public. |
| 4-H Teen Challenges Bullying with Revolutionary Alternative |
 4-H'er Paige Logan is gearing up for a trip to Washington, D.C., next week, where she will be a voice for nearly 8 million other youth in America during the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit. She has been invited to share her story, in hopes of creating stronger legislation and policies against bullying. |
| Mississippi Youth Make a Community Splash |
 The 4 H Fair came early for several Mississippi fourth graders from Union, Lee and Pontotoc County schools. Thanks to 4-H in Blue Springs, Miss., and Mississippi State University Extension Service, students were treated to a day full of important lessons on how to conserve water and protect their community's environment.
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