Portland 4-H club volunteers at Ronald McDonald House, News Center Maine reports
News Center Maine reported members of the Portland High School 4-H club recently volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House in Portland. The students made dinner and dessert for families coping with their children being hospitalized over the holidays, the article states. The PHS 4-H club is a leadership and service-learning group that meets at the school and is co-sponsored by the Portland Mentoring Alliance, a service of Portland Public Schools. The club has been active for six years teaching science to younger kids, making meals for Ronald McDonald House, taking college tours, and attending the 4-H@UMaine teen conference. Last year the club had four members receive Maine 4-H Foundation scholarships. The club, home to many members from the refugee and asylum seeker community, is helpful to those teens who want to learn more about their new home. The club currently has 19 members.