Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
I pledge my hands to larger service for my club, my community, my country and my world!
Thanks for joining me right here on Ranch Raised!
Did anyone start reciting my opening line right along with me? Well, if you did, that is the true mark of current or past 4-H member. As I said at the beginning of the month, February is national 4-H month. Well, this weekend is National 4-H Community Service weekend.
I’ve talked a lot about community service recently as it should relate to all of us inside and outside of a organizational affiliation. But this weekend should serve as more than a reminder of our civic duty to be helpful citizens, let’s actually put some feet in to motion and some hands into serving.
This weekend our girls will be delivering the Valentines Day cards that they have been making for area nursing homes. We also called grandma and it sounds like she needs some help cleaning out her garage.
Community service doesn’t have to be intricately planned. How about doing something spontaneous like asking the local food pantry if they need some help organizing or wiping down shelves. Call up local churches and see if they need a helping hand wiping down toys in the nursery or cleaning. There is always just walking over to a neighbor’s house to see if they need a helping hand with a project this weekend. And if the snow is melted off in your area, I’m sure there is some trash that can be picked up at your local park.
Every hour spent in community service is an hour that you are investing into your community. Afterall, this community is YOURS just as much as it is mine. Let’s let it be a reflection of our best.
Have a great day!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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