Cooperative Extension: 4-H

$$ for 4-H! By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development I used to work in Maine. I left Maine to work “away” for a while back in 1999. Now I work here again! My first day back with the UMaine State 4-H Office was August 24, 2015. It was a beautiful […]

Hall of Fame, 4-H Style By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development If you are a dyed-in-the-wool 4-H’er, there are few 4-H experiences that rise to match that of turning off of Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, MD and driving up the National 4-H Center’s driveway toward J.C. Penney Hall. Ask […]

The Great Hay Relief of 1994 By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development It happened in 1993. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called it “the largest and most significant event ever to occur in the U.S.” It affected nine mid-west states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, […]

is coming! By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development Happy National 4-H Week! This year the celebration will be October 2-8. So are you planning anything special? This year’s theme is “#4hgrown”! During National 4-H Week, use social media to tell the world how you are #4hgrown!! As a Pennsylvania 4-H member, […]

Happy 20th Anniversary, Maine 4-H Days! By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development Amazing. Twenty years. That’s right, July 22-24, 2016 marked Maine’s 20th Maine 4-H Days. Were you there? I was! What an event! Here is the schedule! Well, part of it, anyway. It was too long to post the […]

Scrambling to Change the World By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development Welcome! Welcome to what we hope will become your monthly “4-H Fix”! A newspaper out of New York City, the New York Times, has, since 1897, sold itself as the paper that prints “all the news that’s fit to […]