Nominated by
Autumn Morehouse
August 29, 2024
Lucile Morehouse, age 13, is an active 4-H member in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. She created a service project that focuses on saving pollinators. In 2023, Lucile wrote and was awarded the Youth Enhancement Grant from the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation. This one-time grant allowed Lucile to distribute 600 seed packets that went to 16 different states. This year, thanks to generous donations from across the nation she is continuing her project and expanded.
Lucile partnered with the USDA/Turner seeds to distribute their pollinator seed mix that is great for Oklahoma and North America. The mix includes native plant species that help native pollinators. Lucile, along with Kiamichi Technology Centers Skills USA volunteer committee, packaged 2,000 seeds this year! She attended Durant's Earth Day celebration and has given hundreds of seed packets out. The furthest her seeds have traveled are to Alaska, United Kingdom and Germany. She's been in many national publications for her work. "Plant a seed, grow a flower, feed a pollinator," Lucile said. "It's a service project to help our pollinators. Because without them our food sources would quickly disappear!" Lucile received the Noble Cause Award in OKC in August 2024. She has appeared on Fox 23 and KTen. She as a 4-H State Ambassador hopes to further spread awareness about her project while fulfilling state duties. Lucile is from a rural town of pop. 583, this service project has opened her eyes on how she can impact her county, the state, and the world.
Lucile is a 4-H State Ambassador, at the youngest age of 13, she holds workshops about pollinators, their impact to the natural biodiversity that reduces carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and their roll in our food supplies. She makes clay,soil, seed balls at her workshops and teaches of this farming technique perfected by Masanobu Fukuoka in Japan. You can throw these seed balls on desolate areas. When the rains come they provide all the nutrients for the flowers to bloom. Most of our terrestrial carbon comes from the soil. She has been on radio and television and spoken at many events. She has spent hundreds of hours per year spreading her service project around the globe. She is self motivated and determined to make an impact in the future of this world.