Park improvements earn grant for Lads and Lassies 4-H and Galatia FFA

Farm Credit Illinois recently awarded a community improvement grant in the amount of $250 to the Lads & Lassies 4-H Club and Galatia FFA Chapter.

The members will use the funds to repaint the playground equipment and replace the worn out picnic tables in the city park. By working together to achieve a common goal, both the 4-H Club and the FFA Chapter will learn the value of giving back to the community while establishing a sense of pride in their city park. The Lads & Lassies and Galatia FFA received one of 51 community improvement grant from Farm Credit Illinois in 2015. A total of $12,750 in grant funds has been awarded to clubs and chapters making tangible contributions in their communities through implementing an improvement project.

Farm Credit Illinois is a farmer-owned and directed agricultural lending cooperative with a $3.6 billion loan portfolio. They provide competitive farm financing and deliver crop insurance expertise to 8,600 farm families, agribusinesses, and rural landowners in the southern 60 counties of Illinois. The mission of the U.S. Farm Credit System is to provide financial capital and financial services to agriculture and Rural America.