This summer, teen leaders from Lewiston and Portland taught youth across the two cities using the Summer of Science curriculum developed by UMaine Extension and Maine EPSCoR. The summer began with youth enjoying time at Bryant Pond 4-H Camp for a two-day training. Time at Bryant Pond included learning the activities, team building exercises with […]
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On September 15 the 4-H Fix is going to take you to the FAR corners of the world! Visit the 4-H Fix today! You may learn things you didn’t even know existed! Maybe there should be a club for 4-H Fix readers! There are clubs for 4-H Members, after all!
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Where Has the Time Gone? By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development It wasn’t supposed to be “permanent” anyway, if anything ever is. It was a two-year appointment that brought me back to Maine in 2015. At the time this started I thought, “Oh two years! That’s a good long time!” […]
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It’s inevitable. But is there a 4-H Fix for that? Visit the 4-H Fix on August 18 to see what’s changing about the 4-H Fix and what’s staying the same! Visit the 4-H Fix today! Who knows, you might be in it! Just visit the My Hands to Larger Service page.
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My Hands to Larger Service By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development We each remember stuff, I assume, from our childhoods. I do, at least. I’m not talking about the great big things like the day you fell face-first into the birthday cake or that wedding where you learned how to […]
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Just want to help out but you don’t know how? There’s a 4-H Fix for that!! Visit the 4-H Fix on July 15th and find out how Maine 4-H’ers have been putting their “HANDS to larger service” and really helping out across Maine!! Visit the 4-H Fix today! You’ll be glad you did!
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Steering Youth Gee, Haw, and Even Waheesh But Never Back! By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development When you staff a 4-H Information Booth at a county fair anywhere, the days begin to blur together. I think it was Sunday but it could’ve been Monday or even Tuesday of the 2016 […]
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Where Are They Now? — Betsy Carroll By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development When I want to help folks understand what 4-H is, I often will tell my “Betsy Story.” It is one of my favorite stories to tell. The “Betsy” in the story, by the way, is Maine 4-H […]
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Hazel Goodwin By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development What do you say to someone who has given a lifetime of service to 4-H? It’s a bit of a puzzle, actually. The usual things we say to folks to let them know we appreciate what they’ve done, just don’t seem to […]
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Where Are They Now? — Sarah Stoodley By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development I’ve often heard it said that you must keep on your toes if you are to be successful. I’ve also heard it said that extremely successful people keep us on our toes! I suppose both could be […]
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