Since 2009, 4-H programs in seven New Jersey counties have collaborated to promote the Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassador program. The program kicks off every summer with a week-long sleepaway component at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. During the week on campus, twelve Mercer County youth participated in hands-on STEM workshops, panel discussions with scientists and […]
Mercer County 4-H supports several community organizations by providing summer camp programs. One of those organizations is Urban Promise of Trenton. Starting in late June, Mercer County 4-H traveled to Urban Promise’s Camp Truth, where we provided STEM programming to over 40 youth participants. During our time at Camp Truth, 4-H engaged campers with topics […]
Rutgers Day is a festival held annually on the last Saturday in April at Rutgers University. First branded as “Rutgers Day” in 2009, the festival brings tens of thousands of festival-goers to campus; it is open to the public and offers more than 500 free programs featuring demonstrations, child-friendly interactive activities involving animals and plants, […]
In partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Mercer County 4-H hosted a special Science Saturday event on Saturday, April 1st, to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day. The event invited over 30 students to participate, many of whom were students with special needs. The day consisted of youth optimizing paper airplanes for longer and higher flight, […]
Mercer County 4-H has partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for the last ten years to provide Science Saturday programming to Trenton area youth in 4th-7th grades. Each year, the participants receive six sessions of programming, once a month, from October to March, where they learn about science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the scientific method, and […]
