Ala-Tom RC&D Council
RC&D: Resource Conservation and Development based on community-driven collaboration and communication.
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This program also served girls in Dallas County.
GSSA offered the Girl Scout Leadership Program to girls at Meadowview and Chatom Elementary at no cost to their families. Girls participated in activities that were centered around STEM, financial literacy, outdoor skills, and goal setting.
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We applied for this grant to help in the purchase of an Actiontrack Track Chair to be used in our aiding our disabled participants. Hope Outdoors strives to provide meaningful outdoor experiences to special needs individuals of all ages. Being active in the outdoors is something we sometimes take for granted, but for these individuals having this opportunity is sometimes only possible through these events. Adaptive equipment is necessary to provide these experiences for them, and is very expensive to purchase. Grants such as this give us the ability to have the necessary equipment available for them if needed.
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On June 9, 2021 Washington County 4-H purchased their 4-H Utility trailer. Due to Covid and hurricanes in our area, Utility trailers have been very hard to find and the price had increased tremendously since our 2020 quote. Fortunately for WC 4-H, we were able to find and purchase a utility trailer from G & D Farms in Grove Hill, Alabama. This trailer was found just in time for our office to transport 51 campers luggage and supplies to Columbiana on June 28-30, 2021.
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Pave the parking lots in front of the Safe Room and Senior building at the Town of McIntosh.
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The Ala-Tom RC&D grant was used for the Washington County 4-H program. Supplies were purchased to provide research based education and programming to youth age 9-18. Covid did cause a strain during the 2021 program year, however may youth were still provided programming opportunities. Health Rocks/Tobacco education material and supplies were purchased. These supplies were used on May 10 to provide a county wide Tobacco education program for ALL 6th graders in the county. The W.C. superintendent has already voiced concern about the need for tobacco education and wants to partner to reach even more youth during this next school year. Supplies and materials will be used continuously for this program.
Arts and Cooking supplies were purchased with grant funds. 4-H offered a Christmas 2020 Art club for 18 youth. We also delivered art programs into the schools, including the Chatom Elementary 1st grade and the Soil Sam project. Day Camps were delivered to both public libraries this summer where supplies reached 50+ youth. Our office also provided a cupcake workshop and 2 separate day camps where cooking and art were the primary focus. Youth in Washington County are actively engaged in 4-H, and we are so excited to offer these clubs again during the 2021-2022 school/curriculum year. Any extra supplies will be used this program year.