4-h help

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Our club name is The Gila River Bandits 4-H club. We are located in Gila New Mexico. Gila is in Grant county which is located in southwest N.M. We hold our derby at Bill Evans lake. We have 4 age groups in the derby: 5 & under, 6 thru 10, 13 thru 17, and 18 & over. Our grand prizes the last two years have been a 12ft boat with a 44lbs trolling motor, a guided fishing trip and a free fish mount. Each year we also give away 20 to 25 rod reel combos, tackle boxes, ice chest, all types of fishing gear, caps and t-shirts. This has become big enough that it has become our only fund raiser for the year. We use the proceeds to help pay expenses for our kids to go to competitions and to 4-H conferences. It also helps pay foreducational events he put on for any kid in the community even if they are not in 4-H. Some of these are hunter safety, fly tying, baking, animal care. We also have cut wood for senior citizens, delivered baked goods to the senior citizens center, we are participating in the Adopt a Soldier Program.

We do get alot of local sponsorship and many bussiness' have helped a great deal. But, here as well as everywhere else the economy is tight. We were hoping if we got some of our prizes thru national sponsors we might be able to swing real nice reserve grand prizes. Any help we can get is greatly appreciated.

Stewart Rooks[]
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