Comfrey Comets 4-H club members were awarded a $500 2023 Helping Hands Award grant to replace the Mulligan Township Town Hall sign this fall. Front row, left, Kaeson and Kamden Bowman and Makenly Drake. Back row, Joe Nachreiner, Cindy Jensen, Mady Drake, Julia Nachreiner, Zoe Evers, Kyla Wuertz, Jarret Bowman, Harris Englin and Cooper Evers.

COMFREY — The Comfrey Comets 4-H Club recently replaced the deteriorating Mulligan Township Town Hall sign with a new one.

The 4-H club submitted their sign replacement idea for the 2023 Helping Hands Award and were awarded $500 from to complete the project, according to the University of Minnesota Extension.

The project helped build relationships between 4-H club members and township board members and increased club interest among community youth and families. The 4-H’ers learned lifelong skills like design, carpentry and painting. The project provided opportunities for younger and older club members to team up and learn from each other.