This year we are honoring the recipients of the 27th Excellence Awards for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station on our website. According to interim executive dean Laura Lawson, these signature awards acknowledge contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, innovation, effectiveness, integrity, […]
4-H Youth Development Program Targets Hunger Through Service Projects
Linda Horner – 4-H
Somerset County 4-H club makes handmade masks for essential workers
Makenzi Harris, Club Member – Somerset County 4-H
Somerset County 4-H Pins & Needles Club Makes Handmade Masks for Essential Workers
by Calvin Embleton Somerset County 4-H Pins & Needles club designed, created, and distributed 110 hand-made masks for front-line workers in communities across central New Jersey. With COVID-19 still impacting many front-line workers and masks still in high demand throughout community organizations, the Somerset County 4-H Pins & Needles club knew they could use their […]
In Memoriam: Helen (Januszewski) Kupcho, Administrative Assistant, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Helen (Januszewski) Kupcho, 86, passed away peacefully on October 9, 2020, after a long battle with kidney cancer. She served as the administrative assistant for Rutgers Cooperative Extension Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) for 17 years, 1980-1997. Helen was predeceased by her husband John (Jack) Kupcho, former chair of ANR who passed away earlier this year in May. Helen was born in Sayreville, NJ on March 29, 1934 […]
In Your County
4-H Youth Development Program, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
NJ 4-H stays connected to its community partners in urban areas
NJ 4-H
NJ 4-H Stays Connected to its Community Partners in Urban Areas with Computer Science (CS) Unplugged Family Kits
With the support of National 4-H Council and Google, NJ 4-H has been able to create and distribute 700 CS Unplugged Family Kits to community partners in some of the state’s most urban areas, including Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Mercer, Middlesex, & Union Counties. With continued restrictions on in-person programming for NJ 4-H, one way […]
4-H, Tractor Supply kick off fall paper Clover Campaign
New Jersey 4-H Program
4-H And Tractor Supply Kick Off Fall Paper Clover Campaign Set For October 7-18
Visit your local Tractor Supply in October and purchase a paper clover to help New Jersey 4-H members participate in 4-H leadership and camp programs. National 4-H Council announced the launch of the Fall 2020 4-H Paper Clover Campaign in partnership with Tractor Supply Company (TSC). This event marks the tenth year of collaboration between […]
