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2017 is MARCHing right along! It is time to get a 4-H Fix!

March is Women’s History Month! So on March 10, the 4-H Fix is celebrating by telling the stories of Maine women who helped make Maine 4-H the best, and then made the best even better! On March 24 we tell the story of Brownie Schrumpf, one Maine women who not only had the recipe for making Maine 4-H better, but for […]

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4-H STEM Ambassadors and UMF students teach chemistry to 5th-graders in Farmington

Fifth-graders at Cascade Brook School have been learning about chemistry and solutions from the University of Maine at Farmington students who are majoring in secondary science education, in partnership with the 4-H STEM Ambassadors Program, a 4-H youth development program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Read more about the hands-on lessons in the article, UMF students […]

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4-H STEM Ambassadors and UMF students team up to teach science, technology, engineering and math skills in RSU 9 classrooms at no cost to the district

A collaboration between UMaine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program and the University of Maine at Farmington is getting participating RSU 9 students excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The program is called 4-H STEM Ambassadors, and the goal is to have UMF students majoring in education or a STEM-affiliated major go into […]

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4-H Youth Serve as Honorary Pages

Last week, the Maine Legislature hosted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at the Hall of Flags. During this time, 4-H youth from across Maine served with the Honorary Page Program at the Statehouse. These youth, including Community Central Teen Leaders, worked under the supervision of the Senate and House Sergeant-At-Arms and Chamber Staff to participate […]

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