West Virginia University Extension Service

West Virginia 4-H, in partnership with Heifer International announces...

The West Virginia 4-H Global Challenge will provide many educational opportunities for 4-H Members, such as global awareness, critical thinking, consensus building, budgeting, marketing and generosity at the global level. Through gifts of livestock and training in agriculture and environmental techniques, the West Virginia 4-H Challenge will support Heifer International as we work together to help people leave the desperation of poverty behind and build new lives for themselves and new futures for their families. Our goal is to involve all 55 counties and every 4-H Club in West Virginia to become aware of this opportunity to help others. Please include the West Virginia 4-H Challenge in your 2008 Club Budget.

Your 4-H Club Decides… From Seedling or Sheep, Duck or Llamas, Rabbits or Honeybees, Water Buffalo or Chicks, or the Gift of an Ark that goes around the world —South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Wherever we find hunger, poverty and hopelessness West Virginia 4-H can help answer with Heifer animals and training...Let’s show the world how much West Virginia 4-H Cares.

Heifer: A single Heifer cow can deliver up to four gallons of protein-packed milk every day. HEF - $500.00
Share of a Heifer: SHEF - $50.00
Water Buffalo: There’s a good feeling you get when you give an Asian    subsistence farmer a water buffalo. WAB - $250.00
Share of a Water Buffalo: SWAB - $25.00
Llama: Llamas provide Heifer families with invaluable sources of  transportation, income and wool. LMA - $150.00
Share of a Llama: SLMA - $20.00
Goat: Goats thrive in extreme climates where other livestock can't. GAT - $120.00
Share of a Goat: SGAT - $10.00
Sheep: Entire communities depend on wool and meat from sheep. SHP - $120.00
Share of a Sheep: SSHP - $10.00
Pig: Heifer teaches farmers how to raise healthy pigs. PIG - $120.00
Share of a Pig: SPIG - $10.00
Trees: There is an alternative to eroded hillsides, vanishing farmland and forests, polluted water and urban sprawl. TRE - $60.00
Seedlings: SDL - $10.00
Trio of Rabbits: A gift of rabbits to a family with little land and few resources yields remarkable results. RAB - $60.00
Share of Rabbits: SRAB - $10.00
Honeybees: Beehives require almost no space, and once established, are inexpensive to maintain.
HON - $30.00
Flock of Chicks: Chickens are a real value. Starting at six months, they can lay up to 200 eggs a year. CHK - $20.00
Flock of Ducks: Ducks add protein to the diet from eating eggs, money in the pocket from selling eggs and ducks, and better crops in the fields. DUK - $20.00
Flock of Geese: They find a good portion of their food by themselves, and gobble up insects, slugs and snails. GSE - $20.00
Flock of Hope: Your gift of a Flock of Hope will include chicks, ducklings and goslings that will grow up to lay precious eggs.
HPE - $60.00
Milk Menagerie: Your gift of a Milk Menagerie will include a heifer, two goats and a water buffalo — four milk-producing animals. MKM - $1,000.00
Share of Milk Menagerie: SMKM - $100.00
Knitting Basket: Your gift will yield countless bundles of wool for families to make clothes, blankets, ponchos and more. KNI - $500.00
Share of Knitting Basket: SKNI - $50.00
Joy to the World Collection: The Joy To The World collection includes two sheep, four goats, a heifer and two llamas. JOY - $1,500.00
Share of Joy to the World Collection: SJOY - $150.00
The Ark: You'll help families start on a journey to fulfill an impossible dream - to secure food and a source of dependable income. Each family that receives live stock from your Gift Ark will pass on one or more of the animal's offspring to other families who are in need in their community. ARK - $5,000.00

CLICK HERE for a printable brochure and donation form

Go to www.heifer.org for more information or to order a Gift Catalog today

"Passing on the Gift" Heifer Mission Video

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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, David E. Miller, Director, Cooperative Extension Service, West Virginia University.
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Martinsburg , WV 25401

Phone 304.264.1936

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