This 4-H project covers lots of things, such as food preparation, healthy foods, career opportunities, and personal health. Here are some ideas for ways to combine your 4-H project with service.

• assist TNCEP (Tennessee Nutrition Consumer Education Program) agents with an educational program or with assembling lesson plans and materials
• help with Breakfast Buddies or Breakfast Bunch
• make nutrition posters to hang in the school cafeteria
• teach a workshop on healthy snacks at an after-school day care
• sort and stack donations at the food bank
• sponsor a canned food drive during the holidays or during another time of year when other people aren't collecting food
• help dieticians at hospitals fill out diabetics' menus
• cook, serve, and deliver meals to shut-ins or at a shelter
• host a nutrition day camp for kids
• in a low-income area, teach younger kids about food preparation
• put together a recipe booklet for commodity groups
• make bread for a meal at a homeless shelter
• help younger 4-H'ers prepare for bread baking contest
• have a bake sale to raise money for a local charity
• deliver bread to shut-ins or elderly neighbors
• create a bread recipe booklet for residents of a low-income area
• have babysitting clinics to teach younger kids how to be good babysitters
• assist the teachers at the day care
• have a play day with children at a local shelter
• sponsor fun activities for children in public housing or at Head Start
• sponsor a one-day, free Mother's Day Out program
• tutor children as they are learning to read
• hold a book drive to collect books for a day care, Head Start, or the local library
• make back-to-school kits for underprivileged kids
• collect teddy bears for police officers to use with young victims of crime or abuse
• collect money for UNICEF
• baby-sit children at the homeless shelter while their parents go to classes or job interviews
• organize a community health fair
• teach younger kids about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, etc.
• lead an exercise group
• pick a monthly issue and put up posters about it
• work as a candy striper or other volunteer at the hospital
• visit the nursing home
• teach others about the dangers of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and other risky behaviors
• host a stress management seminar
• volunteer in different ways with Relay for Life
• make or collect toys, books, caps, games, etc. for kids in the hospital
• collect pop tabs to raise money for Ronald McDonald House
• help raise money for hospitals, the American Heart Association, other health organizations

What are your ideas for food-nutrition and service learning?

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