Spring Break Backpack Project

Stephenson County 4-H Ambassadors organized a Spring Break Backpack Project for area youth in need of food security this past spring. From start to finish 13 youth planned, organized, shopped, and packed 30 backpacks for 30 families and then delivered them to the Boys & Girls Club of Freeport.

Stephenson County 4-H is all about using our head, heart, hands, and health to give back to our club, community, country, and our world! Knowing there are families within our community that would struggle to provide meals during spring break, our youth saw an immediate need to help. The 4-H Ambassadors c...