Pay It Forward Clubs
Are you looking for something that your child or even your entire family can get involved with that helps the community? Something where you can learn new skills such as crocheting, gardening, woodworking, sewing, computer skills, animal care and more? Something that also teaches your child academics through a Service Learning program? Then this club is for you!

When students join the club they are challenged with the question "How can you make our community better?" No idea is to big, to small or silly. We discuss the idea and the adult leaders help the student accomplish their ideas through a Service Learning style program. Students gather facts, compose data and letters and more to make their idea a reality.

Students work together as a team to help each other accomplish their ideas and goals. The student whose project is currently being worked on becomes the leader of the project, teaching leadership skills.

Students participate in events and festivals hosted by Santa's Pantry and other nonprofit organizations, earning community service time. At the end of the year, the student with the most community service hours receives a pizza party for their class.

Students have the option of registering through 4H for the Pay It Forward Clubs. Many of our projects are based on 4H guidelines so students can enter their things into the fair.

We work with other 4H leaders to learn new skills that can be used to help students reach their goals with their ideas and help others in the community.

Pay It Forward Clubs are open to any student from 3rd to 12th grade. We currently meet after school at Eastwood Elementary and also from 6pm - 7pm at Eastwood, both on Monday evenings. We hope to start a after school club at Bristol Elementary in November and continue to start clubs in other schools also.