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Rhoades Butterfly Park

UMaine Cooperative Extension Programs during COVID-19

UMaine Cooperative Extension: Responding to COVID-19 Maine Farm Product & Pick-Up Directory Learn at Home with 4-H: Educational Resources to use during school closures Victory Garden for ME – YouTube Series Gardening for Wildlife Series – (registration required) Other resources always free and available: YouTube | Publications Mondays 9:00-10:00 am: Garden Chats (weekly topic varies) 10:00 am: Mainely Dish, at-home cooking […]

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4-H Aquaculture Intern studying green sea urchins

4-H/CCAR Intern Wins Big at Maine State Science Fair

Big congratulations to Hancock County 4-H’er and George Stevens Academy junior, Hannah D. Hannah spent her spring break and two-weeks of her high school’s Independent Study & Internship Program at the UMaine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) working on a project for the Maine State Science Fair. Hannah is a member of Hancock County’s […]

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Birding Workshop

March 2020 4-H Newsletter

4-H Happenings A monthly newsletter for Hancock County 4-H Members Download the PDF Table of Contents Upcoming Dates| County News | Club News | State News | Leaders Meeting Minutes Upcoming Dates to Remember Month of March – Hancock County Food Drive March 1 – April 30 – JOANN Fabric 4-H Fundraiser March 7 – County 4-H […]

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Two people birding

Registration Open for Upcoming Bird Workshops

Did you know the third weekend in February is both the Great Backyard Bird Count and Maine Outdoor Weekend? These are both fabulous events and Zabet NeuCollins, your community education assistant, is geeking out over it all. She has organized three workshops, open to 4-H and the general public, geared to get children pumped about […]

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Joly Juniors

February 2020 4-H Newsletter

4-H Happenings A monthly newsletter for Hancock County 4-H Members Download the PDF Table of Contents Upcoming Dates| County News | Club News | State News | Leaders Meeting Minutes | Cooking with Kids Upcoming Dates to Remember February 11 – 6:30 pm – Leaders’ Meeting – Extension Office February 15 – 9:00-11:00 am – Birding 101 – […]

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DIY Bird Feeder Event photo

Registration open for DIY Bird Feeders!

Registration is now open for the 4-H Workshop, DIY Bird Feeders. 4-H is partnering with the Northeast Public Library on Mount Desert Island to offer this exciting workshop! Participants will learn how to make bird-feeders out of materials that you can find around your home. Materials provided, participants will walk out with their own bird-feeder. […]

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January 2020 4-H Newsletter

4-H Happenings A monthly newsletter for Hancock County 4-H Members Download the PDF Table of Contents Upcoming Dates| County News | Club News | State News | Leaders Meeting Minutes | Cooking with Kids Upcoming Dates to Remember January 14 – 6:30 pm – Leaders’ Meeting – Extension Office – dinner provided by Extension Staff January 21 – […]

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Leaders' Banquet

December 2019 4-H Newsletter

4-H Happenings A monthly newsletter for Hancock County 4-H Members Download the PDF Table of Contents Upcoming Dates| County News | Club News | State News | Leaders Meeting Minutes | Cooking with Kids Upcoming Dates to Remember December 25 – Christmas Day – Extension Office Closed December 31 – State Deadline for Re-enrollment Forms – No Exceptions […]

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Cloverfest 2019

November 2019 4-H Newsletter

4-H Happenings A monthly newsletter for Hancock County 4-H Members Download the PDF Table of Contents Upcoming Dates| County News | Club News | State News | Leaders Meeting Minutes | Cooking with Kids Upcoming Dates to Remember November 11 – Veteran’s Day – Extension Office Closed November 13-14 – Extension Office Closed – All Staff Organization Conference […]

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Rails N' Trails - Zoe

October 2019 4-H Newsletter

4-H Happenings A monthly newsletter for Hancock County 4-H Members Download the PDF Table of Contents Upcoming Dates| County News | Club News | State News | Leaders Meeting Minutes | Cooking with Kids Upcoming Dates to Remember October 9-20 – Paper Clover Campaign at Tractor Supply Company October 12 – 10:00-1:00pm – 4-H Awareness Day – Tractor […]

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