Grange Fair Showcases Teens’ Generous Spirit

BY STAFF | STATE COLLEGE

The annual Grange Fair offers young people a chance to show off their talents.

And this year, those talents included a selfless display of generosity by several caring State College teens.

Scores of kids competed in the 43rd annual Centre County Junior Livestock Sale last August. They stood to pocket some big money when they sold off their animals. But when the auctioneer’s gavel fell, three students from State College High School offered the proceeds to charity.

Cody Harpster, Madison Campbell and Chelsea Bilyeu are all officers of the State College Little Lions Future Farmers of America Chapter. They donated more than $6,000 to medical research. All of them had personal connections to the causes they decided to support. And all three put in a lot of hard work to make it happen.