Category Archives: 4-H Citizenship

Conservation Education

3542 Turner Road Cornell University                                                                   Jamestown, New York 14701 Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Kidd 664-9502, x212   CONSERVATION EDUCATION MARKS ITS 47th YEAR Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Program to conduct Conservation Field Days … Continue reading

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Columbia-Greene 4-H’er a Member of National Leadership Team

Rachel, an eight-year 4-H member from Chatham, NY, was selected to represent 4-H youth on two National 4-H Leadership teams that met in April 2013 in Washington, DC. Due to her involvement in her local Choose Health Action Teen program … Continue reading

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CITIZEN U Teen Leaders Attend the Cornell Model UN Conference (CMUNC)

Aziza, Jaynell, Mariamo, Mattu, and Rukia are each CITIZEN U teen leaders in Monroe County. They have been preparing for months now for the Cornell Model UN Conference (CMUNC). They worked alongside Rochester Institute of Technology undergraduates and were advised … Continue reading

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4-H Knit-a-thon Helps Support Hurricane Sandy Victims and Sandy Hook School District

The 4-H Paca Pac club heard that families in New York and New Jersey were hit very hard by Hurricane Sandy. They heard many people didn’t have heat and that they lost a lot of their clothing due to flooding. … Continue reading

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4-H Members Present

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Kidd 664-9502, x212 4-H MEMBERS PRESENT PUBLICALLY JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK (March 11, 2013) — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County 4-H Youth Development Program hosted their annual Chautauqua County 4-H Presentation Day on Saturday, March … Continue reading

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Supporters Have a Heart for 4-H in a Huge Way!

3542 Turner Road Cornell University Jamestown, New York 14701 Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Kidd 664-9502, x212 Supporters Have a Heart for 4H in a huge way! The weather out side was cold, but the response … Continue reading

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WNY Responds and helps Hurricane Sandy victims

Great things can happen when groups come together! 21,629 pounds of food, paper products, diapers, pet products and other necessity items  were delivered on Monday 11/19 to the Staten Island emergency distribution center to aid those devastated by the recent Hurricane … Continue reading

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CITIZEN U Featured on NPR

Recently, StoryCorps invited CITIZEN U to participate in its “National Day of Listening” (Nov. 23, the day after Thanksgiving).  StoryCorps http://storycorps.org/  is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind.  Millions listen to it on NPR’s Morning Edition.  … Continue reading

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New 4-H Animal Ambassador Group Meets

On Veteran’s Day, a group of seven teens met at the Extension Education Center in Hudson to explore the topic of mentoring younger youth in the 4-H Animal Science project.  The day began with an hour of invigorating icebreaker activities … Continue reading

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4-H Workforce Developement Prepares Counselors for the Future

Issue/Need: According to the New York State Department of Labor statistics “there is a soaring rate of youth unemployment among youth ages 16-19 years of age.”  The unemployment rate for young adults who were actively looking for work in 2009 … Continue reading

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