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By Mary Ophus The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club is proud to announce that they were awarded a $500 People Partner Grant from the Montana 4-H Foundation, which helped fund their “Care & Share” community service project. The People Partner Grant program provides support to youth-led projects that enhance the quality of life within local communities. These grants emphasize youth involvement in planning and carrying out meaningful, educational projects that create lasting benefits. Through this gra...
By Mary Ophus The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club recently added a new cement bench to Main Street in Big Sandy, located next to the Elevating Grains Bakery. The bench was purchased using funds from an AgWest Rural Community Grant the club received. The idea for the project came from the club’s focus on giving back to the community in a simple, meaningful way. Whether you’re stopping to chat, taking a break, or just enjoying a nice day, the club hopes the bench will get plenty of use. The Sun...
The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club is bringing Easter fun to the community once again with their third annual "Egg My Yard" fundraiser, this year supporting the Chouteau County Cancer Support Group. Each year, the club chooses a local organization to benefit, making this fundraiser a tradition of giving back and spreading joy in the community. As part of the fundraiser, 4-H members offer an "Egg My Yard" service for families in the area. Instead of parents staying up late filling and hiding Easter...
4-H is the largest out of school youth development program in the state of Montana. Currently there are over 19,000 youth 4-H members stretching across Montana's 56 counties. 4-H wouldn't be possible without the dedicated MSU Extension personnel and the 4,000 certified volunteers throughout Montana. Chouteau County currently is home to five, 4-H clubs. Within these 5 clubs there are 118 youth members and 32 volunteers. Big Sandy's local Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club for the 2023-2024 4-H year had...
The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club of Big Sandy has 19 youth members this year. Club members have been putting in many hours and working hard on preparing for the Chouteau County Fair. The Chouteau County Fair will be held this year, August 15th-18th. The Sunshine Snipper's current club members are Owen Allderdice, Tosha Allderdice, Ruthie Boyce, Wyatt Boyce, Brookelyn Cline, Chaz Danreuther, Cove Danreuther, Wren Danreuther, Antonio Fabrizio, Makenna Han, Elise Hartley, Eryn Hartley, Oakley...
The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club kicked off the new 4-H year in October with the annual awards ceremony in Fort Benton. Members received numerous individual awards and the club took home several group awards; Horse Herdsmanship, Swine Herdsmanship and Beef Herdsmanship. The Herdsmanship Awards are chosen by the barn superintendents and are awarded based on a club that goes above and beyond during the Chouteau County Fair. Club members are noted to work extra hard as a team as well as independently...