New day-camp option offered throughout the month of July Since 1951, New Jersey youths have gathered in Stokes State Forest in Sussex County, the northernmost county in the Garden State, for the classic overnight summer camp experience of the New Jersey 4-H Camp. The yearly ritual of campers returning summer after summer, some eventually going […]
Home Away from Home at Home
The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 2020 Annual Report spotlights the many stories of outreach and resilience during COVID-19. To read more, see the NJAES 2020 Annual Report. In its 70-year history, Lindley G. Cook 4-H Camp has never missed a summer of welcoming youth to its camp. Thanks to the creativity of counselor staff, the […]
Stories from Extension: How Magic Happened at Lindley G. Cook 4-H Camp
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is the state’s largest institution of higher education and its land-grant institution. Beyond the campus-based academics, there is a component of Rutgers that is solely dedicated to serving the needs of New Jersey residents through research and outreach. Known as the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), and […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension 2020 Annual Conference Highlights Telling Extension’s Stories
On January 13, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) faculty and staff from around the state gathered on the Cook Campus in New Brunswick for the 2020 Annual Conference. The meeting started off with ice breaker exercises – a warm-up familiar to participants in 4-H – led by Sharon Kinsey, 4-H agent II, Cooperative Extension of Camden […]
