1. Community Project 4H Happy Human in a Happy Home Varnita/Bender Access Group Varnita/Bender, 2013

2. The earth has music for those who listen. George Santayana 3. Nowadays, the situation of our planet is deplorable. People do not share any healthy values and do not care about environment. It seems that we will live in a even dirtier world being surrounded by indifferent people. This makes the future of our children questionable. Because of that, we decided to use the opportunity offered by the project Outreach Fund and try to make a change and to show people that, in fact, there are teenagers who care and who are not indifferent, people who want to give this planet a second change . Nature always takes care of us. Now it is our turn 4. Because of that, we decided to use the opportunity offered by the project Outreach Fund and try to make a change and to show people that, in fact, there are teenagers who care and who are not indifferent, people who want to give this planet a second change . Nature always takes care of us. Now it is our turn 5. Goal: To persuade people to give up their addictions (smoking) and bad habits (throwing trash on the ground) which affect their health, represent sources of pollution, negatively influence the environment and question the future of our planet. 6. Objectives: To interview people about smoking and throwing trash in public places; To persuade people not to smoke; To show how important it is to preserve our planet for our followers; To promote a healthy lifestyle; To encourage volunteering. 7. 1 st step We learned how to write a project during our classes 8. 2 nd step We discussed about the things we could change in our community and selected the best idea 9. 3 rd step We selected the team that would lead the implementation of the project and filled in the grant application form 10. 4 th step We received the money we needed, bought the necessary stuff and went in a very dirty park in order to clean it! Since Nature takes care of us, we should take care of Nature 11. 5 th step We bought fruits and juice and went to the Central Parks from Bender and Varnita to suggest/propose smoking people a trade: a fruit or juice in exchange of a cigarette. 12. And these are the results of our efforts 13. Feedback: Gheorghe, 63 I smoke for a very long time and I dont think I can give up already. But you are doing a good job and you should convince the younger people. Good luck! Calin, 24 I want to give up smoking but my current job stops me from doing that, I can have a break only when I go to smoke, and it is also very tiring and the cigarettes give me more energy. Ion, 57 Yes, I want to give up smoking and I will give you one of my cigarettes. But will that really help me? Is it really effective? Tudor, 60 I used to smoke, I smoke and I will always smoke! 14. Are these kind of projects effective? 50% 20% 26% 4% Yes Probably yes I don't know No 15. The answers of the interviewed people who encouraged us and the positive commentaries received from the people who were crossing by the park we were cleaning makes us believe that we reached our goal. This motivates us to move on