Downtown window display highlights National 4H Week

A window display celebrating the work of the Barnyard Champs 4H program is on display downtown in the Drumheller building on 2^nd Avenue and Alder Street. School Board member and longtime 4H volunteer Ruth Ladderud helped coordinate the display in honor of National 4H Week.

The Barnyard Champs 4-H Club in Walla Walla helps promote literacy in the Walla Walla valley by donating books to the Head Start/ECEAP Preschool program. Since beginning this project in 2003, more than 3000 book bags have been sewn by 4H members totaling more than 1000 hours of community service. Head Start / ECEAP Programs are family development programs that provide comprehensive education, health and social services to children ages 3 - 5 and their families. Head Start preschool is funded by the federal government and ECEAP (Early Childhood Education Assistance Program) is funded by Washington State. Besides sewing, Barnyard Champs 4-H members, who range in grades from 1-12, raise sheep and pigs to show and sell at the Walla Walla County Fair.