Cooperative Extension in York County

Upcoming Dates:  April 22nd — WHEP Workshop at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine in Augusta April 23rd — A Year in Nature meeting at Vaughn Woods, 1-3pm April 26th — 4-H Leader’s Association Meeting, 6:30pm April 29th — Deadline to register for the Fashion Revue May 6th — Deadline to submit the Betty Syvinski Scholarship […]

Upcoming Dates: March 31st — Deadline to register for TIDE Workshop Series April 2nd — Fashion Revue Sewing Workshop, 1-3pm April 22nd — WHEP Workshop at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine in Augusta April 26th — 4-H Leader’s Association Meeting, 6:30pm April 29th — Deadline to register for the Fashion Revue County News Sewing Workshop […]

Upcoming Dates:  February 15th — 4-H Leader’s Association Meeting, 6:30pm February 23rd — WHEP Winter Tracking Workshop, 9:30am-12:30pm February 24th — A Year in Nature SPIN Club meeting at Wells Reserve, 1-3pm February 25th — York County 4-H Public Speaking Workshop, 1-2pm March 12th — York County 4-H Public Speaking Tournament, 10am-12pm County News Exciting […]

Diane Qualey Retires After 25 years of dedication to Cooperative Extension, Diane Qualey has retired from her position as an EFNEP nutrition educator. Lucky for us, Diane will continue her role as a 4-H leader! All of us in the York County Extension office wish Diane a happy retirement! Thank you Diane! Fryeburg Fair Virtual […]

Maine State Virtual Fair 2020 Have you been working hard on a 4-H project that you’re ready to show off? The Maine State Virtual Fair is here! There will be ribbons! There will be prizes! Submissions will be accepted from July 15th to August 1st. We can’t wait to see what our talented 4-Hers have […]

Congratulations to Graduating Seniors! Congratulations to all of our 4-H seniors who graduated high school this year! It has been a tough few months and the end of the school year was not filled with the same activities and excitement that typically accompany graduation. You are all incredible young adults and despite the uncertainty of […]

Fair Updates Some good news and bad news. First, the bad news… after considering the policies set forth by Governor Mills, the committees for Ossipee Valley Fair and Acton Fair have decided to cancel the fairs for the 2020 season. The good news is that in York County and all over Maine, 4-H is working […]

Maine 4-H Learn at Home Maine 4-H is undeterred by the challenges of social distancing and stay-at-home orders. Across the state, counties have been working to put together resources for our 4-Hers and their families. If you have not already done so, please take a look at: https://extension.umaine.edu/4h/learn-at-home/ Every Friday, Maine 4-H adds a video […]

National 4-H Trips Are you a 4-Her aged 14-18? Are you interested in meeting other 4-H youth from across the country? Are you interested in developing your leadership skills and learning valuable ways to help your community? Then you might also be interested in attending the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, GA or the National […]

Welcome to our new 4-H Professional! Hello 4-Hers and 4-H leaders! I am very happy to be the new 4-H Professional for York County. For the better part of the last decade, I lived in Buffalo, NY, where I earned my PhD in Anthropology from the University at Buffalo. Before I attended grad school, I […]