Cargill Provides 4-H with $500,000 Gift

Cargill has provided National 4-H Council with a $500,000 gift that will help to develop, strengthen and implement 4-H science programming in five key states. The funding, delivered through multi-year grants, will provide 4-H with the ability to reach even more young people with innovative, after-school programming in the fields of science, engineering, technology and applied mathematics.

Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska will each receive substantial grants to help establish new science-related programs. These programs will be designed to engage current 4-H youth as well as to inspire and attract young people who are new to the organization. This generous gift from Cargill brings 4-H even closer to achieving the ambitious goal of engaging one million new youth in the fields of science, engineering and technology by the year 2013 to help overcome our nation’s workforce development challenges and combat the shortage of American young people pursuing college majors and careers in the sciences.