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This week has been very exciting as nearly 500 youth and their chaperones descended onto the Cornell campus for the 2008 4-H Career Exploration Program.  This program always signals the true start of the summer season in 4-H, soon to be followed by a multitude of county fairs, youth fairs, horse shows, [...]

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National 4-H Council recently announced that the Community Improvement Through Youth (CITY) Project has won one of the 2008 4-H Families Count: Family Strengthening Awards, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  National 4-H Council will recognize the CITY Project and four [...]

Cornell Caprine Outing will be held September 19-21, 2008  at 4-H Camp Owahta, in Solon, NY (Cortland County). Education and Fun for everybody.BBQ goats and chickens.Lectures, Demonstrations , Hands-on experience…and More.  We welcome and appreciate your suggestions before finalizing the program. Please mark your calendar and promote this special event. For details contact: Dr. Tro [...]

$100 resource scholarships are available for the 4-H project year 2008-2009!Â
Thanks to the New York State 4-H Foundation Willman Fund, every extension association engaging youth in animal science programming can qualify to receive a mini resource grant! (41) were allocated in 2007.  If you need help finding a resource, check out the NYS 4-H [...]

On-line registration of presenters planning to attend the October 4th Statewide 4-H Public Presentation Event (not to be confused with 4-H Horse Communications) is due on August 15, 2008 or sooner at: http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/program/events/publicpresentations.php
Volunteers and staff attending, room host volunteers, whether families want to order the $5 lunch available on-site are all questions to [...]

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Photos needed and presenters requested at the State Fair. To highlight the Statewide 4-H Public Presentation October 4, 2008 event (not to be confused with 4-H Horse Communications Event) and its participants, we ask 4-H Educators to arrange for photos to be sent for a mega-display [...]

Empire Farm Days on Thursday, August 7th for those 14 -19 as of January 1, 2008 who have successfully completed the 4-H Tractor Certification course. Contact NYCAMH’s Pat O’Hara at pohara@nycamh.com with contact information for participants and willing volunteers by early August. $1000 Scholarship to the top 4-H and top FFA [...]

What’s green, very cool, easy to make, and can transform your world?  Living sculpture, of course!  We’re launching a new website that introduces young people and their leaders to the leading edge in gardening and the environment.
What is living sculpture?
It’s sculpture created with living, growing, or recently harvested plants. It can be functional [...]

Dear 4-H Staff -
We have heard from many of you that the Why 4-H? series that we started last year (available at: http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/WhoWeAre/Who_We_Are.php ) has been useful and successful in promoting our program and delivery methods.  It has helped us to link research and practice, and have readily available answers to the common “why” questions [...]