1. The Community Environment Team will produce videos for the website and YouTube channel. Amount awarded, $500. The videos will illustrate essential edible and ornamental landscape best management practices.
Project Cinderella will support the organization Dress A Girl Around the World, an offshoot of Hope for Women International, which is dedicated to protecting and enriching the lives of young women and girls all across the globe. They are based primarily in Uganda, but have distributed dresses to needy girls in over 80 different countries.
Becca stated, "By supporting the organization through my Diamond Clover Project, I will be contributing to a better and brighter future for the world." Becca will coordinate sewing days to sew 100 dresses to be used for the project.
3. Omaha Home for Boys – Valley View 4-H Club. The grant would fund experiential learning through raising and showing livestock. The teaching goals for this grant targets Youth: teaching Urban Ag, Nutrition, Life skills, Entrepreneurship and civic responsibility. This grant will support the club and the 4-H goals. The Valley View 4-H Club at OHB is over 40 years old. They have used 4-H to teach youth life skills for decades. Amount awarded, $1,000.
4. 4-H School Enrichment Grant – This grant will purchase new incubators for the embryology project offered in the schools. The goal of the 4-H staff is to expand the program to reach every 3rd grade class in the Douglas/Sarpy unit. This grant would support the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) efforts of the 4-H program. Amount awarded, $1,000.
Experience has shown that embryology in the classrooms has sparked science interest in all ages of youth. It has led to inquiry and anticipation for the day those chicks hatch. Yet even though it’s a great experience, the learning that is involved is the real reason that this program is successful.
5. Microscopes – Three new (3) microscopes (Infiniview LCD Digital Microscopes) will be purchased to be used by the horticulture staff, which includes the Master Gardeners. One microscope would be in the Douglas office, one in the Sarpy office and one used in the field. These microscopes will allow the staff to improve their diagnostic abilities.Amount awarded, $360.
6. 4-H Shooting Sports Program – This grant is requesting funds to purchase fire arms for the program to expand the program in teaching firearms safety. This 4-H project is a long term program with long time volunteers. Amount awarded, $1,000.
One of the teaching volunteers stated, "The plan for the grant is to promote youth development and nature conservancy. Douglas-Sarpy County Shooting Sports has noted an increase in participating youth interested in learning new outdoor activities and participating in local competitions. The objective of our shooting sports program is to teach safety, critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving, while developing teamwork, self-discipline, and self-confidence."
7. Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at the Douglas County Health Center – This grant will fund upgrading and redoing parts of the demonstration garden at the DCHC site. Amount awarded, $705.65.
The grant will fund the installation of new hardscape under two bird feeding stations as well as upgrading the garden bed. This garden is used for therapeutic purposes and is in need of upgrading. The changes will allow the MG team to be more effective in maintaining the garden. There are over 700 potential people who can use the garden. This garden is one of 15 in the Douglas/Sarpy Counties area used for education. The Master Gardeners have been volunteering at this garden for five years.
Past Grants Recipients:
- The Nebraska Extension website address for Douglas/Sarpy Counties
- You Tube channel for Douglas/Sarpy Counties
Project Cinderella will support the organization Dress A Girl Around the World, an offshoot of Hope for Women International, which is dedicated to protecting and enriching the lives of young women and girls all across the globe. They are based primarily in Uganda, but have distributed dresses to needy girls in over 80 different countries.
Becca stated, "By supporting the organization through my Diamond Clover Project, I will be contributing to a better and brighter future for the world." Becca will coordinate sewing days to sew 100 dresses to be used for the project.
3. Omaha Home for Boys – Valley View 4-H Club. The grant would fund experiential learning through raising and showing livestock. The teaching goals for this grant targets Youth: teaching Urban Ag, Nutrition, Life skills, Entrepreneurship and civic responsibility. This grant will support the club and the 4-H goals. The Valley View 4-H Club at OHB is over 40 years old. They have used 4-H to teach youth life skills for decades. Amount awarded, $1,000.
4. 4-H School Enrichment Grant – This grant will purchase new incubators for the embryology project offered in the schools. The goal of the 4-H staff is to expand the program to reach every 3rd grade class in the Douglas/Sarpy unit. This grant would support the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) efforts of the 4-H program. Amount awarded, $1,000.
Experience has shown that embryology in the classrooms has sparked science interest in all ages of youth. It has led to inquiry and anticipation for the day those chicks hatch. Yet even though it’s a great experience, the learning that is involved is the real reason that this program is successful.
5. Microscopes – Three new (3) microscopes (Infiniview LCD Digital Microscopes) will be purchased to be used by the horticulture staff, which includes the Master Gardeners. One microscope would be in the Douglas office, one in the Sarpy office and one used in the field. These microscopes will allow the staff to improve their diagnostic abilities.Amount awarded, $360.
6. 4-H Shooting Sports Program – This grant is requesting funds to purchase fire arms for the program to expand the program in teaching firearms safety. This 4-H project is a long term program with long time volunteers. Amount awarded, $1,000.
One of the teaching volunteers stated, "The plan for the grant is to promote youth development and nature conservancy. Douglas-Sarpy County Shooting Sports has noted an increase in participating youth interested in learning new outdoor activities and participating in local competitions. The objective of our shooting sports program is to teach safety, critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving, while developing teamwork, self-discipline, and self-confidence."
7. Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at the Douglas County Health Center – This grant will fund upgrading and redoing parts of the demonstration garden at the DCHC site. Amount awarded, $705.65.
The grant will fund the installation of new hardscape under two bird feeding stations as well as upgrading the garden bed. This garden is used for therapeutic purposes and is in need of upgrading. The changes will allow the MG team to be more effective in maintaining the garden. There are over 700 potential people who can use the garden. This garden is one of 15 in the Douglas/Sarpy Counties area used for education. The Master Gardeners have been volunteering at this garden for five years.
Past Grants Recipients:
- STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, Math) Curriculum Development. Grant funds support the development of a new STEM curriculum for Douglas/Sarpy 4-H programs. This grant is leveraged by additional grant support of $15,000 from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. $2,500 4-H Youth Development Grant
- Branded Festival Tent/Canopy. Grant funds support the Douglas/Sarpy Extension purchase of an identity-branded festival tent/canopy for outdoor display and presentation use during events. Both Douglas/Sarpy Extension and the Foundation logos will be printed on the tent. $1,000 Other Category Grant
- Street Signs/Banners. Grant funds support the purchase of two street signs/banners which identify the extension office, to be sited at exterior locations surrounding the Douglas/Sarpy Extension office building. $200 Other Category Grant
- Douglas/Sarpy County 4-H Council Food Stand Upgrade Project. Grant funds support the upgrade of the 4-H Food Stand at the Sarpy County Fairground. The food stand serves as the primary annual fundraising project for the 4-H Council. Upgrades include electrical and plumbing work, shelving and other improvements for the facility. $2,500 4-H Youth Development Grant
- Douglas/Sarpy County Master Gardeners Dream Garden Raffle Seminar. Grant funds support a free, public educational seminar to be conducted during the annual Dream Garden Raffle event. $500 Environmental Grant
- Douglas/Sarpy County Master Gardeners Cookbook. Grant funds support the creation of the first Master Gardener Cookbook in Nebraska. The cookbook will be entitled From Earth to Table: Cooking with the Master Gardeners of UNL Extension in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska. $2,000 Environmental Grant
- Douglas/Sarpy County Master Gardeners Walnut Creek Demonstration Garden. Grant funds support improvements at the Walnut Creek Master Gardener Demonstration Garden. $1,000 Environmental Grant
- 4-H Grant for Round 'Em Up Cattle Club. Grant funds support multiple educational opportunities for the Round 'Em Up Cattle Club and their 4-H families. $1,000 4-H Youth Development Grant
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