IrisLover466, I agree with you. 4H does a great service and those who participate do learn discipline and respect. And they do work hard. I have a nephew with four young children, three of which raise cattle, pigs, goats... I'm not really sure I know the entire list. But they show their animals and often put in really long days.
We do support local things personally. But for this project, since I'm asking people from all over the U.S. to help decide where to share the contributions, I think I need to stick with something more 'national' in nature.
Thank you for your ideas though!
Randy