12 — Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10,1977 jj OW muc jj brings in. We own 10 of our own sewing machines.” Those 10 dewing machines are kept in the Scout Hall where the girls have fee access to them in the Summertime. “During school, we hold the meeting, and then the various groups can elect to meet on their own until their certain project is completed, but, in the Summer when the community groups don’t use the Scout Hall, we get to sew.” 4-H leader says (Continued from Page 9) •oiling her eyes accentuated ler point. Another tune, she was able o get a local florist to come n and give a demonstration m flower arranging. “What I do,” says Donna, “is allow the girls to pick and choose what they would enjoy doing, and then I go out and find the various resource people to teach the sessions.” Some of the programs she has run through the Winter include Bicentennial crafts, m YOUR RIGHT CONNECTION FOR QUALITY MODEL 720 MODEL 830 Featuring: 4 3 ROW HEADS 2 ROW HEADS PICKUP UNITS ELECTRIC CONTROLS WAIVER OF FINANCE TIL JUNE 1,1978 NOW AVAILABLE ON NEW AND USED IH COMBINES! NEW AND USED jJj BLOWERS AND FORAGE B| SSucumißAL BOXES IN STOCK. n r eaS T r C ETS N '' SWOPE & BASHORE, INC. Pennsylvania. Frystown, RDI, Myerstown, PA 17067 717-933-4138 quilling, quilting, rug hooking, foods, etc. For most individuals, finding the resource persons, alone, for this job would be a moumental task, but Donna explains it right away, saying, “I know really great people. They volunteer their services -1 get all this free.” Donna’s proud of the fact that she has never had a fund raising drive in her years as organizational leader of the club. “I charge $2 per family per year,” she says, “And, with 100 girls, you can see : •> CORN HARVESTING ... CONNECT A NEW 720 or 830 FORAGE HARVESTER TO A NEW 86 SERIES TRACTOR! YOUR CORN HAR WILL BE PASTE EASIER! SPECIAL RETAIL TER ARE NOW IN EFFECT ON ALL NEW IH AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS! The organization of 92 budding seamstresses is no easy job, but Donna has it down pat. “It takes quite a bit of scheduling, as you might imagine,” she says. “Some sew on Tuesday morning and „ some that afternoon, and so on,” she explains. A fair amount of Donna’s members stay with her throughout the levels of advancement in the Summer program, although, she says, “You' have to be realistic and be aware they’re going to become involved in other activities, such as school sports and clubs.” Now, after she’s been involved with the club for several years, her two daughters Valerie, 13 and Virgina (Ginny) 11, are taking part. “The first year I was the organizational leader, someone just came to me and said, ‘We need an organizational leader or there won’t be a club next year.’ So, I took it on, but my own two children were too young to participate.” Prior to Donna’s organizational efforts, the club had only ezisited for one year and had only provided sewing faciliities during the Summer. So, she is satisified with the progress the club has made. While she is organizational leader, she does give lots of Ask for a demonstration of the right connection now during Forage Harvester Time. the credit to the project leaders. “One thing, though,” she says, holding her finger outright to make a point, “I hand-pick all my leaders. I don’t run an ad in the paper saying the Harley Hill Stitchers needs leaders - I want women with the right attitude and the right per sonality. After all, they will have an influence on these girls.” While her involvement in the Harleys Hill stitchers is quite keen, her respon sibilities to 4-H do not end there. For six years she has been on the 4-H cabinet of Montgomery County, which serves as a liason between the clubs and the local Extension Office. In her years of service to that group she has served as secretary and vice chair man. And, just last month she served as the chairman of the Montgomery County 4-H fair - an awesome task. Along with that, she was also responsible for the Wed nesday evening open ceremonies, and the Friday night program - a tradition in the Montgomery County area. For that program, she wrote a skit in which all the grand champion winners could participate. That brings the story around to another one of Donna’s abilities - writing. She writes poems, and at her church, is a work area chairman, and does publicity for the women’s society. She’s also a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, is a Questor, was a charter member of a neighborhood organization called Country Neighbors, which does community service. Although she doesn’t ac tually help with the Scout Troup in the neighborhood, she has designed a back pack that the girls sew every me right conNecnoN WAIVER OF FINANCE TO MARCH 1,1978, ON ALL OUR NEW TRACTORS SEE US FOR DETAILS! year, and when they do, Donna is right there to give assistance. Her list of activities and volunteer work doesn’t end at this, either. 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