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The Rutgers Master Gardener Helpline, a free service to Mercer County residents, is staffed and ready to answer your questions.
4-Hers Collect Toys for Tots
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During the first Friday of December each year, 4-H members from clubs throughout Mercer County gather to celebrate the holidays, enjoy fun activities, and contribute to the annual toy drive. This year, 4-H families met for an evening of ice skating at Ice Land in Hamilton. 4-H members from the Clever Clovers, Hot Shots, Snip […]
Date set for 2022 4-H Fair, July 30-31
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Make sure you save the date – the 103rd Mercer County 4-H Fair will be held at Howell Living History Farm, July 30-31, 2022. The 4-H fair is a large community event that showcases the work of our 4-H clubs while also highlighting all of the other programs and opportunities within Rutgers Cooperative Extension of […]
4-H Innovators Complete National 4-H STEM Challenge
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Fifty (50) 4-H youth, teen leaders, and volunteers from Bristol Myers Squibb went on a Galactic Quest as part of the 2021 National 4-H STEM Challenge on Saturday, December 11. The youth completed the STEM activities as part of their monthly Science Saturday sessions within the Tomorrow’s Innovators program, a collaboration of Mercer County 4-H […]
4-H Day Campers Plant and Harvest Crops at William Trent House
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4-H collaborated with our Family and Community Health Sciences department and several of our Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County to provide two summer day camps focused on food and culture for youth from the Children’s Home Society in July and August of 2021. As part of each week, the youth worked in the gardens […]