These grants provide opportunities for young people and adults to take action on issues critical to their lives, their families, and their communities. Youth take the lead in the design of the project, the proposal writing process, the implementation, and the evaluation of funded projects. Or look in the sate or local government pages under Cooperative Extension in the phone book. Catalina 4-H is asking people of all cultures and personalities to come together to solve the pollution problem at Clear Lake. The Clear Lake is in Orlando, by one of the city's busiest roads, John Young Parkway.
Pollution runs off the rod into our lake.
We have already started getting people educated about our lake. This grant will help us get materials to inform people about our community project. This grant money will be used to purchase large trees to be placed around Lake Desoto located in downtown Lake City. Both 4-H and FFA youth will work with the Lake City employees to properly plant the trees. The FFA advisor and the 4-H agents will provide a brief educational program on how to properly plant and care for the trees.