P.S. At National 4-H Conference this year I learned about an organization called “Nothing But Nets,” which is a grassroots campaign to prevent malaria in Africa. This organization sends bed nets over for $10 a piece and a family of four can sleep under them. This will protect them from the mosquitoes, so also from malaria. At OMC I told the campers a little bit about the program and that I was raising money for the campaign. I held a lemonade stand where the lemonade was free and people could give donations. I came out of camp with a little over $200, which means that we are buying 20 nets. Yipeeee! Twenty nets covers around 80 to 100 people directly and then the more nets there are in a community, the insecticide that the nets have sewn into them will spread and keep the mosquitoes out of the area, so thus we might be saving even more lives.

I appreciate all of you that donated, it means so much. If you would like anymore information on this campaign or malaria in general, their website is http://nothingbutnets.net/ . All the information is there and it’s
something that you as a teenager, 4-H club, or adult can do easily. Ten dollars is something that most everyone could afford to donate or to raise if you give up 10 cans of soda, a movie theater trip or a new shirt. Thank you again, and the more donations I get I will keep posted so you know the success of OMC 4-H Camp 2008. Helping others is a great feeling!

If anyone has any questions about camp or 4-H or anything, my e-mail is
Meredith.o32@gmail.com and I’m also on Facebook, and would be more than
willing to help you out!.