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By: Shelby Mumma, 4-H Educator The lack of digital skills is contributing to a growing opportunity gap in areas like education, employment, healthcare, social fulfillment and entrepreneurship, with rural communities and communities of color being most affected. Long and Liberty Co. 4-H are teaming up to create a Tech Changemakers Team that will put teens…
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On Wednesday, Nov. 10th, six students from Long County 4-H traveled to Lyons, GA to compete in the Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging Area Contest. They practiced for several months leading up to the competition by practicing their cotton commercials/ads, studying consumer items and going through scenarios similar to what they would see at the…
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Georgia 4-H empowers youth to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society by establishing personal and sincere relationships, learning life and leadership skills, and enhancing community awareness. As part of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Georgia has one of the largest state 4-H programs in the country, consisting of more than 196,000 active…
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By: Shelby Mumma Our local county program started hosting monthly Cloverbud Club meetings during the school year yesterday from 3:30-4:30pm at the Long County Extension Office. We will also conduct a Cloverbud Camp Week during the summer with local trips and activities each morning for a whole week. We’ve gotten asked several times over the…
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By: Shelby Mumma With 4-H being such a hands-on program, it has been hard to keep the numbers up through COVID. However, like everyone else, we are doing our best with what we have. Something that has been added to the program recently is the chance for 4th – 12th graders to join the Cotton…
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