Bergen and Passaic 4-H Teen Council News
Mention in Rutgers' newsletter
4-H and TC kids served Paterson, NJ this summer
Report by Jennae DuBois, Passaic County 4-H Program Associate and Kimi Wei
The Passaic County 4-H Youth Development Program and St. Paul's CityServe Program teamed up on a 5 week service and learning program this summer titled, CityServe. In CityServe, 50 youth from Passaic County devoted 5 weeks of their summer vacation to serving the community of Paterson, NJ. Projects included teaching younger students about healthy lifestyles through the 4-H Get Moving Get Healthy kits, clean-ups of the Great Falls and the St. Paul's neighborhood. The young teens created a community garden with City Green as an extension of the 4-H Afterschool Junior Master Gardener Program and helped at the food bank and worked with seniors.
The program was featured in the Rutgers University Monthly report (pdf).
For more information email or call Jennae Dubois at 973-684-4786 or St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 973-278-7900.