Gravette Gleamers 4-H has had busy year

October 11, 2022 at 8:00 a.m.

by Susan Holland

Submitted Photo Gravette Gleamers 4-H Club members Jace Dillon, left, and his sister Danielle Dillon, right, pose with a representative of Heavenly Paws Rescue of NWA, an animal shelter at Gravette, and a display of pet food and supplies they and their fellow club members donated to the shelter. Donations were also made to shelters at Bella Vista and Centerton.
Submitted Photo Gravette Gleamers 4-H Club members Jace Dillon, left, and his sister Danielle Dillon, right, pose with a representative of Heavenly Paws Rescue of NWA, an animal shelter at Gravette, and a display of pet food and supplies they and their fellow club members donated to the shelter. Donations were also made to shelters at Bella Vista and Centerton.

GRAVETTE -- Members of the Gravette Gleamers 4-H Club have had a busy year. Club members have put in 722.5 service hours in various projects they have participated in since January.

Several projects have been designed to help feed the hungry in the area. Canned food was collected for various food pantries during a countywide drive, meals were provided for residents at Ronald McDonald House, and tuna pouches were collected for Samaritan House in Rogers. Snacks were donated to members of the Gravette Police Department and the Gravette Fire Department.

Even the animals were not forgotten as food and pet care supplies were donated to animal shelters in Gravette, Bella Vista, and Centerton.

Other projects included collecting school supplies that were donated to United Way, donating books to little free libraries in the area, collecting change that was donated to the Children's Shelter, and cleaning up around members' homes and at the Hiwasse Park on Earth Day.

Other community service projects which are upcoming soon will be collecting items to fill Samaritan's Purse Christmas Shoeboxes and care packages for military service personnel and collecting toys for donation to children during the holidays.

In addition to all the hours devoted to service projects, several members showed animals and made items to exhibit at the Benton County Fair.

photo Submitted Photo Members of Gravette Gleamers 4-H Club pose with school supplies they collected to donate to United Way. Pictured are front row, Jace Dillon, and back row, Lilly McNelly, Danielle Dillon, Samuel Holloway, Vivian Whiteside, Braylee Jarvis, Ember Crawley and Elijah Holloway. The school supply drive was just one of many service projects Gravette Gleamers participated in this year.
photo Submitted Photo Members of Gravette Gleamers 4-H Club display books they collected to be donated to Little Free Libraries in the area. Pictured with the books are Lauren Venske (back row), Alexis Venske, Ember Crawley, Baylor Elsea, Elijah Holloway, Berkley Jarvis, Danielle Dillon (front row), Jace Dillon, Blakely Roach and Braylee Jarvis. Club members have given 722.5 community service hours since January.
photo Submitted Photo Ember Crawley, a member of the Gravette Gleamers 4-H, poses with pet food, blankets and other pet supplies she and her fellow club members collected for donation to the Bella Vista Animal Shelter. Donations were also made to animal shelters at Gravette and Centerton.