OREGON, Ill.— This season, Ogle County 4-H is proud to lead a heartfelt community service initiative — and we're inviting YOU to be part of it! Our local 4-H members are collecting donations for three meaningful causes: supporting local food pantries, bringing comfort to pediatric patients at Serenity Hospice, and creating warmth for patients at OSF St. Katherine Medical Center. Your support can help brighten lives across our community.
Support local food pantries by helping families enjoy a warm holiday meal by donating canned vegetables, boxed potatoes, stuffing mix, gravy, cranberries, turkeys, hams, and other holiday staples. Donation deadlines for Thanksgiving are November 17, for Christmas, it is December 15, and for post-holiday needs, donations must be dropped off by January 20.
Ogle County 4-H is assembling care packages for children in hospice care. The following items are needed: stuffed animals, coloring books, crayons, colored pencils, markers, pencil boxes, books, and cozy blankets. The donation deadline is January 30.
Handmade items bring comfort to patients. Your donations will create warmth for OSF St. Katherine Medical Center. We're collecting blankets (no larger than 48" x 48"), quilts, hats, and stuffed animals. Templates to make these items and instructions are available from our office. The donation deadline is January 30.
Please drop off any items at the Ogle County Extension Office, 421 W Pines Rd #10, Oregon, IL 61061, Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. For more information or to request templates for handmade items, please call 815-732-2191.
Let's come together to show the power of generosity and community spirit. Thank you for helping Ogle County 4-H give back this season!
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.