For the third time this year, a 4-H Youth from the Nevada and Placer County area has received a President’s Volunteer Service Award. This one goes to 18-year-old Dannon Ivey, a senior at Bear River High School. The award recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of time to serve their communities. Local U-C Cooperative Extension adviser Kelley Brian say Ivey completed over 250 hours in a year, including a travelling petting zoo of some of his small animals…

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Brian says other notable community service roles for Ivey include serving as a 4-H Summer Camp Director and as a Nevada County 4-H All Star. She says he’s a great example of how the Youth Development program provides opportunities to build life skills…

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Ivey has also served the community through Bear River High School’s FFA and the Gold Country Stampede Lacrosse program. He will be attending Carroll University in Wisconsin in the fall.