Senior Level I and II Only

Alabama 4-H is now requiring all Senior Level 4-H members to add a community service component to all 4-H Competitive Events. Each Senior Level 4-H member will have to complete the 4-H Community Service Report as a part of his or her project. 4-H members will be disqualified if the community service report is not included.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Gandhi

Examples of Service Projects

• I visited a class of 20 first graders and got them to tell stories about their pets. This helped them learn to talk in front of a group.
• I got kids in my club to help me plant pansies in the flower bed at the library. They learned good gardening techniques and provided something pretty for our community. We put up a sign: “Flowers provided by the High Hopes 4-H Club.”
• My friends and I participated in the Community Arts Festival. We displayed our quilts in a 4-H booth and taught younger kids how to make quilt square designs using glue and paper.
• I grew lots of squash in my garden. I took some to the Food Bank and gave some to elderly neighbors. I put 4-H clovers on the paper bags.

Documentation

Provide photographs and any publicity, such as news clippings.

Download the Report

Download a PDF of the Alabama 4-H Community Service Report to complete.

Joy Scott, Extension Specialist, 4-H and Youth Development, Auburn University.

Revised July 2024, Community Service Report, 4HYD-2241-CS