Laura Haddon
4-H Agent
Spartanburg County
One of the four H’s in 4-H stands for “Hands to Larger Service”. Spartanburg 4-H members, parents and volunteers stay busy serving our local community throughout the year.
Our youth have a sweet friendship with the residents at Restoration Senior Living. Teen Council can be found there several evenings throughout the year playing an exciting game of BINGO. A Gingerbread House competition has become an annual holiday tradition of our Homeschool Club. They bring the supplies, construct the houses on site, much to the residents’ enjoyment, and then the residents pick the winners! Other youth have planted a pollinator garden and enjoyed a “Slip and Slide” event to cool off during the summer months.
In addition to serving the older members of our community, Spartanburg 4-H collects hygiene supplies for the Miracle Hill Rescue Mission in Spartanburg. Our youth collect individual supplies and pack them into gallon-sized resealable bags and include an encouraging note to the recipients.
As the Spartanburg 4-H Agent, I get to observe this kindness, compassion, and generosity up close and am blown away by how eager our youth are to help their neighbors and keep their pledge to use their hands for larger service!
