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Left to
right, front row – Sarah Starasta, Jaydon Miller, Stephen
Starasta, and Blaine Hellman (Farm Credit Illinois
representative); Back row – Leslie Starasta (Leader), Sarai
Jackson, Ivy Sandel, David Morrow, Roux Starr, and Kristy
Morrow |
2019
Monarch Initiative earns Cloverdale 4-H Club a Farm Credit Illinois
Grant
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[May 16, 2019]
LINCOLN
- Farm Credit Illinois recently awarded a community improvement
grant in the amount of $500 to the Cloverdale 4-H club of Logan
County.
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Cloverdale 4-H Club will use the grant funds to plant
milkweed at Lincoln College’s Creekside Outdoor Center for
Environmental Education. Milkweed will attract the Eastern Monarch
butterfly which is an important pollinator. Cloverdale 4-H members
will participate in the National Monarch Watch by tagging Monarch
butterflies before their migration to Mexico. Members will learn
about the importance of pollinators to the environment and local
agriculture. Members also will learn how to record research data in
spreadsheets and track the migration pattern of the tagged
butterflies.
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The Cloverdale 4-H club was one of 50 4-H clubs and
FFA chapters to receive a community improvement grant. In 2019, Farm
Credit Illinois has awarded a total of $25,000 in grant funds to
clubs and chapters making tangible contributions in their
communities by implementing an improvement project.
About Cloverdale 4-H Club
Cloverdale 4-H Club has 16 members ranging from 8-18 years old.
Members are enrolled in a wide variety of 4-H projects from animals
to technology. Cloverdale 4-H Club meets on the first Thursday of
each month from September to May.
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For 2019, our club chose natural resources as our service
initiative. Our service project committee for this year includes Roux Starr,
David Morrow, and Stephen Starasta. To learn more about 4-H in Logan County,
visit https://web.
extension. illinois.edu/lms/logan4h/.
About Farm Credit Illinois
Farm Credit Illinois is a farmer owned and directed agricultural lending
cooperative serving 11,000 farm families, agribusinesses, and rural landowners
in the southern 60 counties of Illinois with competitive and flexible financing
and crop insurance expertise. The Association manages a $4.34 billion loan
portfolio, sells 1.2 million acres of crop insurance coverage, and employs 220
staff based in the Mahomet central office and 14 regional office locations. The
U.S. Farm Credit System supports rural communities, farm families, and
agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services today and
tomorrow.
[Leslie Starasta
Cloverdale 4-H Leader]
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