2020 Fall Farm Outlook

PAGE 30 2020 Logan County Farm Outlook LINCOLN DAILY NEWS October 28, 2020 CONTINUE X days. Members also put together over 2,000 face shields that were flown by a neighboring pilot to a Chicago Hospital (some were also packaged and flown to Texas).” Middletown 4-H’ers Leader Mary Jo Janssen noted the club has been active for the past 50 years and has had the same leader for the last 44 years. The group’s motto is, “We love our seniors and our community.” A large portion of service is focused on those seniors. Janssen wrote, “This year, we made pumpkins out of toilet paper rolls. We wrapped them with orange crepe paper and then drew eyes, nose and mouth with a black marker and put a pipe cleaner out the top. We made 75 of them and donated them to a local assisted living facility so every resident received one for their room. “We went Christmas caroling at a nursing home and the residents love for us to come. They sing with us sometimes. We also donated cookies, gave each of them a Christmas card and a candy cane reindeer that we made.” Last fall the club also participated in ‘Trick or Treating for Canned Goods.’ “We pass out flyers ahead of time and then we go collect the food items on a Sunday afternoon and donate all the items we collect to a food pantry in Logan County. There are three food pantries, so we take turns where we donate,” Janssen wrote.