 Hey everyone my name is Chelsea Gann, 4-H Regional Extension Agent for Pickens and Lamar County. Today we're going to pledge our hands to greater service and 4-H our youth make positive impacts through community service projects. Now I'm going to share with you some different examples of projects that our youth are participating in across our local 4-H clubs in Alabama. Our 4-H clubs partner with local nursing homes and assisted living facilities by spending time and playing games with the residents. The youth also assemble and help deliver care packages and goodie bags. 4-Hers give back to their communities by collecting items for a food drive which is donated to the local food bank or distribution service. Our youth also show their appreciation to local first responders by assembling goodie bags, baking cookies and sending a handwritten thank you note. Many of our 4-Hers have been involved with creating and maintaining community gardens throughout our state. This community service project provides an access to fresh foods for community members and a positive learning experience for youth. Picking up trash and litter is one of the most common community service projects that our youth participate in. Litter is more than just an eyesore for our landscape. It can be costly to clean up, affect our quality of life and could possibly end up in our waterways and oceans. Litter cleanup can cost up to 11 billion dollars annually. Community service ideas in the comment section below so we can implement these ideas in our local 4-H programs.