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Feb 05, 2021 Do good. That phrase is getting a lot of use today. It’s probably second only to "Be kind." Quite frankly, I don’t think these two phrases are anything new. The words come to life every year in small towns across the country, often driven by our youth. Case in point, Warren County 4-H member Nicole Benne delivered food to the Agape Food Pantry in Warrenton, Mo., during the 2020 4-H Feeding Missouri food drive. The pantry serves about 90 families per month and saw about a 30% increase in those who needed its service because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to University of...

Youth clubs band together to donate blankets for children in need Children throughout Missouri who are ill or in need will be a little warmer this winter, thanks to 50 Missouri 4-H'ers who answered the call of a philanthropy challenge back in October. Seventy-two blankets have been donated to Project Linus, a nonprofit that facilitates the donation of handmade blankets to needy and sick children through local service organizations and hospitals. According to a news release from the University of Missouri Extension, 4-H'ers learned about the project at the the Fashion Revue in October, fro...

15 Shares Missouri 4-H’ers have been hard at work making blankets since the State 4-H Fashion Revue in October. Fifty 4-H’ers from 19 counties donated 72 handmade blankets to Project Linus as a result of a philanthropy challenge at the event. Project Linus is a national nonprofit that facilitates the donation of handmade blankets and afghans to children who are ill or in need. Blankets are collected locally and distributed to children through hospitals and social service agencies. At the Fashion Revue in October, 4-H’ers learned about Project Linus from Conni Douvier, North Central Miss...