Texas 4-H

Texas 4-H in Albany, TX, is a youth development program that empowers children and teens through a wide array of project areas including agriculture, leadership, family and community health, and STEM. With opportunities to engage in activities like gardening, public speaking, and outdoor skills, members gain valuable life skills while contributing to their communities. The organization also offers summer camps and retreats at the Texas 4-H Conference Center, providing enriching experiences that foster personal growth and teamwork. Texas 4-H encourages participation from youth of almost any age, ensuring that everyone can find a project or activity that suits their interests and aspirations. Generated from the website

The Texas Trails Council is a non-profit community based youth serving organization that serves Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Lampasas, Mills, Nolan, North Runnels, San Saba, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, and Taylor counties in North Central Texas. The council provides programs in each community for boys in the first grade through age 20 and coed programs for youth through various Scouting Programs. The Texas Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America, issues charters to community organizations to operate local Scouting Units. The Council supports Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, and Venture Crews which are operated by chartered organizations. The Council trains adult volunteers, provides insurance protection, operates Camp Billy Gibbons and Camp Tonkawa, provides council wide programs and activities and raises funds necessary to maintain the organization. United Ways in our area provide part of the operating budget. The balance is raised from donations, Friends of Scouting, popcorn sales, endowment income, special events and user based fees.