National Clover Campaign continues support of Carter County 4-H Youth

By Staff Reports

The National 4-H Council announced the launch of the fall 2012 4-H Paper Clover Campaign in partnership with Tractor Supply Co. This event marks the beginning of the third year of collaboration between the organizations on the national in-store fundraiser, benefiting state and local 4-H programming in each of the communities where a TSC or Del’s Farm and Feed Supply store is located.

The fall 2012 4-H Paper Clover Campaign will take place Sept. 19 to Sept. 30. Shoppers at the Elizabethton TSC store will have the opportunity to support 4-H in Carter County by purchasing paper clovers for $1 or more at checkout. All funds raised will be donated to 4-H, and will support 4-H youth development program activities in Carter County.

“Through this highly impactful community event, we have been able to raise funds nationally over the past few years for thousands of 4-H youth across the country,” said Donald T. Floyd Jr., the president and CEO of National 4-H Council. “We are more than pleased with the success of the 4-H Paper Clover Campaign, and we are even more honored to continue the tremendous partnership that drives support for 4-H clubs and programs in the communities of more than 1,000 Tractor Supply Company and Del’s Feed and Farm Supply stores.”

In just two years, the TSC 4-H Paper Clover Campaign has provided more than $1.6 million to 4-H across the country, with 70 percent of the funds returning to state and local 4-H programs. The effort has provided direct support for local camps, after-school programs and other activities, and has granted scholarships to these events that youth can explore their interests in everything from animal science to robotics.

“Our Paper Clover efforts are one of the key ways our stores can give back to the community,” said John Wendler, senior vice president of Marketing for Tractor Supply Co. “By providing essential funding for hundreds of thousands of 4-H young people, we are able to support local organizations that are important to both our customer and our Team Members. We’re proud to help improve the many communities in which we have stores through our partnership with 4-H.That is what Tractor Supply is all about.”

For more information about the 4-H Paper Clover Campaign, visit the UT/Carter County Extension Office, 824 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton, call 542-1842 or email: cjessee@utk.edu. “Like” the UT/Carter County Extension office on Facebook at www.facebook.com/utextcartercounty.