Going Green with 4-H and Ford
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The Rocky Mountain Ford Stores have donated a 2008 Ford XLT F150 4x4 pickup truck to the Colorado 4-H Foundation to help raise funds for 4-H. The truck runs either on gasoline, or on E-85 Ethanol fuel, a cleaner burning fuel alternative to gasoline.
Raffle tickets will be sold for the next six months by Foundation Board members, Extension staff and 4-H members and leaders. The drawing will be held at the Metro Area Support 4-H (M*A*S*H) Gala being held October 11, 2008 at the Wings over the Rockies Air and Space museum in Denver.
Tickets cost just $20 each. Five dollars from each ticket will be returned to the county program or state 4-H project area responsible for the sale. The remaining funds will be used to fund special 4-H youth programs.
“Our goal is to have the truck on display at as many county 4-H events as possible between now and October,” said Gary Small, Executive Director of the Colorado 4-H Foundation. “The funds raised from the raffle will help us provide the 4-H learning experience to many more kids in Colorado. We greatly appreciate Ford becoming an official sponsor of the Colorado 4-H Program”.
How to Purchase Tickets
To purchase tickets please contact your County Extension Office:
- Online County Directory: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/cedirectory
- Or contact Gary Small at (970)491-1537 or at gary.small@colostate.edu
The Colorado State University 4-H Youth Development program teaches over 100,000 youth (5 – 18 years old) life skills each year. The skills are learned through hands on learning projects in over 40 interest areas.
Listen to an interview about the 4-H Ford truck raffle, as given by Jeff Goodwin, Director, 4-H & Youth Development Programs.
