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Case Study Of The Wayne County 4-H Program

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WOOSTER — With funding tight, area 4-H leaders are looking into ways to raise revenues in order to enhance and expand programming. This past year, the Wayne County 4-H program introduced a fee, which generated about $20,000, said Doug Foxx, Wayne County Extension educator 4-H Youth Development. The fee was $10 per Cloverbud, $15 per 4-H member and a total cap of $50 per family. Scholarships were made available to help families. About 40 people from 17 families received assistance through the scholarship program. “Nobody likes new fees, but there is a lot of value” in seeing the program expand, Foxx said during a recent meeting with the Wayne County commissioners. Because of the fee, the Wayne County Extension Office was able to have two full-time

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