Three trees were planted at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County. Two red oaks (Quercus rubra) have been planted in the memory of Joe Scarlata and are a direct result of memorial fund donations in his honor. Joe graduated as a Rutgers Master Gardener in 2007 and contributed over 1,300 hours to the county. Joe […]
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 […]
In May, an FCHS Nutrition Educator taught “Cooking Matters for Kids” at P.J. Hill Elementary School, a lesson series that teaches children cooking skills and nutrition. Fifteen 3rd and 4th-grade students participated in the six-class series. One day the class made Mango Salsa by dicing mango, jalapeños, and cilantro, combined with diced red onion and […]
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, […]
