{"id":12496,"date":"2012-08-27T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T02:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2012-09-10T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T17:43:56","slug":"new-4-h-club-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/08\/new-4-h-club-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"New 4-H Club Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange is proud to announce their partnership with 4-H offering edible gardening education to youths 8-18 years old. The “4-H Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange” is the ONLY garden project 4-H club in all of Lee County. This newly formed club is also the ONLY 4-H club in Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n

4-H is a non-formal, practical educational program for youth. The Florida 4-H Youth Development Program uses a learn-by-doing approach and caring adults to help youth gain the knowledge and life skills they need to be productive, responsible citizens. To achieve its mission, 4-H accesses the expertise and resources of the University of Florida and a nationwide network of Cooperative Extension Service faculty and staff.<\/p>\n

Interested 4-H members will meet at 5:30pm the third Thursday of the month at Veterans Park Recreational Center (with the exception of December). The 4-H meetings will run approximately 15 minutes prior to the regular meeting of the Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange. During this time, 4-H members will plan activities, assign responsibilities, and organize community service projects with adult guidance. Afterward, 4-H members will stay for the regular edible gardening meeting plus the raffle, free exchange, and snacks afterward. The cost to join the 4-H Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange is $1 (one dollar) per member to cover secondary medical insurance.<\/p>\n

This month’s guest speaker for the Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange will be Mr. Tom Becker who is our Lee County Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program Extension Agent. He will be teaching us about soil improvement,\u00a0use of organic matter, composting, water conservation, irrigation, mulching, and Florida Yard and Neighborhood practices.<\/p>\n

The regular Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange meeting will start at approximately 5:45pm on Thursday, September 20th in the Veterans Park Recreational Building, 55 Homestead Road and will last about 1.5 hours. Regular members are welcome to sit in on the 4-H meeting at 5:30pm. All members require a once-in-a-lifetime membership fee of $10 per person to Veterans Park after one free “trial” visit. There is no fee for the Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange.<\/p>\n

A raffle ticket is provided to every type of member that brings in an item to exchange whether it be seeds, cuttings, plants, fruit, veggies, or a healthy drink or snack. Our raffle, free exchange, and snacking take place after the meeting has ended.<\/p>\n

For more information about joining the 4-H Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange (LAEGE), contact Karen Harty, leader of the 4-H LAEGE at ilovelehighacres@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or call\u00a0610.530.8883<\/a>\u00a0between 12 noon and 3pm.
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