Garden kickoff event set for Wednesday

Garden kickoff event set for Wednesday

YOUNGSTOWN

Grow Youngstown presents the fourth annual Fairgreen Neighborhood Garden Season Kickoff from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at 230 Fairgreen Ave.

The free event is a potluck-style party. Garden space will be prepared for planting, and neighbors will be introduced to the gardeners and board members of Grow Youngstown.

The event also will showcase all that Fairgreen Neighborhood Garden has to offer to the community.

Donations will be accepted. Garden tools, both power and manual, are needed.

There also will be a raffle to benefit the garden.

For information, contact Samantha Turner by email at Samantha@growyoungstown.org.

4-H summer camp starts in late July

CORTLAND

Trumbull County 4-H is preparing for this summer’s camp, July 29 to Aug. 4, at Camp Whitewood in Windsor, Ashtabula County.

This year’s theme is “It’s All Fun & Games at Camp Whitewood,” and special events include a Wheel of Fortune spin, Minute to Win It and Amazing Race scavenger hunt.

Youngsters age 8 to 13 are invited, not just 4-H members.

Cost is $250. Registration applications can be obtained at the Ohio State University Extension Office, 520 W. Main St., Suite 1.

YSU students learn to Pay It Forward

WARREN

Youngstown State University students in the Nonprofit Community Service course gained hands-on experience in philanthropy this spring through YSU’s Pay It Forward student-philanthropy initiative.

Students had $2,000 to award to a nonprofit organization. They focused on projects related to arts and culture, neighborhood revitalization and youth development.

Students reviewed 17 proposals requesting over $30,000 and gave funding to Inspiring Minds, a Warren-based nonprofit, for its “On My Own” summer program, which will teach under- represented students life skills needed to adapt to college life and living on their own.