Springville Herald | 1948-03-25 | Page 5 | Call for Better Heath Made to 75,000 4-H Clubs

CALL FOR BETTER HEALTH MADE TO 75,000 l-II CLUBS A urgent call to boys, .girls and loaders of the country's 75,000 4-H Clubs to join the two-way drive for better rural health is issued by state and national offices. of-fices. As a group, clubs will seek to improve community health by surveys to determine needs, help with polio, tuberculosis and cancer can-cer control programs, first aid and farm safety projects, to name a few of the many. As individuals, boys and girls will have physical check-ups and institute health and safety measures meas-ures on their home farms. A substantial increase over the 200,000 who took part in the work last year is expected. Awards for the program, given again in 1948 by Kellogg, include a certificate to the winning club within a county and $20.00 cash to the 10 best 4-H Health Clubs in each state. The outstanding individual in-dividual in a state will receive an educational trip to the National 4-H Club Congress and national winners, both blue and red award groups, are to get special merit ribbons. . County extension agents will furnish complete information regarding re-garding this program. '