Calaveras County, CA…On GivingTuesday, California 4-H supporters will have an opportunity to double their impact with a gift in support of 4-H youth in ​Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. “4-H is the number one youth leadership program in the country, and we consistently hear from 4-H alumni that they attribute their college and career successes to the skillsets they learned in 4-H,” said Rosemary Giannini, 4-H community educator for Calaveras and Tuolumne counties.

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people to give back on Dec. 3, and throughout the year.

This year, Calaveras and Tuolumne County 4-H is asking local businesses and individuals to consider supporting their 4-H programs when making their year-end gift.

“Our goal is to raise $30,000 in support of the Calaveras and Tuolumne County 4-H program. With these funds, we will be able to provide more youth in our county with the skillsets that will set them up for life,” said Giannini. “We will use the funds to offset enrollment fees, purchase supplies, provide livestock loans, and offer fee waivers to camp and the state leadership conference.”

“We are thrilled and grateful to kick off this year’s giving season with a $15,000 gift for Calaveras County 4-H from a generous couple whose mothers were involved in 4-H and want to see the program grow. This lead gift gets us halfway to our fundraising goal,” said JoLynn Miller, UC Cooperative Extension 4-H youth advisor for the Central

Sierra Multi-County Partnership.
The California 4-H Foundation is participating with a $25,000 Giving Tuesday match offered to all 4-H programs throughout California. Each year, the California 4-H Foundation Board works to raise funds to offer a match incentive for the 4-H program.

“This is such a wonderful opportunity,” Miller said. “Donors will have the opportunity to double their gift and help us reach our goal!”

Giving Tuesday was launched in 2012 as a simple idea: to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

Those who are interested in joining ​Calaveras and Tuolumne counties’ GivingTuesday initiative can visit ​http://donate.ucanr.edu, click on the 4-H tile, and choose “Calaveras County” or “Tuolumne County.” For more details about the GivingTuesday movement, visit the GivingTuesday website (www.givingtuesday.org)
About Calaveras County 4-H

Calaveras County 4-H engages approximately 600 youth through community clubs, 4-H camp, and afterschool programming. Community Clubs are located in Angels Camp, Copperopolis, Jenny Lind, Valley Springs, Mountain Ranch, Murphys, West Point, San Andreas, Mokelumne Hill (Calaveras Wranglers). 4-H projects include dairy goats, meat goats, pygmy goats, Nigerian goats, rabbits, Lego project, robotics, equine-advanced western, equine-beginning western, baking and breadmaking, dog project, woodworking, shooting sports-rifle, market poultry, market sheep, swine, poultry showmanship, beef, cattle breeding, cooking and sheep breeding.

About Tuolumne County 4-H
Tuolumne County 4-H serves more than 300 youth in the community through in school programming, 4-H camp, and community clubs. Tuolumne 4-H volunteers provide hands on learning through the following projects: dairy goats, pack goats, pygmy goats, Nigerian goats, rabbits, Lego robotics, equine, advanced sewing, beginning sewing, gardening, board games, shooting sports-22 program, market poultry, market sheep, swine, poultry showmanship, beef, cavies, roller skating, public speaking, record keeping, and entrepreneurship. Five community clubs meet in Sonora, Jamestown, Soulsbyville and Groveland.

About California ​4-H
4-H is the largest youth development program in the nation. The California 4-H Youth Development Program, which is part of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, fulfills its mission of “engaging youth in reaching their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development” through a wide variety of research-based hands-on learning activities. These activities develop a young person’s knowledge and experience in the areas of citizenship, leadership, STEM/ag, healthy living enhancing a youth’s life skills. In 2018, approximately 140,000 youth ages 5 through 19, and more than 20,000 volunteers participated in the California 4-H Youth Development Program.