Recent News and Announcements
Please find the Foundation’s most recent news and announcements below. Contact the Foundation at [email protected] if you would like to learn more!
Opening Doors for 4-H Youth Through National 4-H Leadership Experience
By Robert Kordenbrock, Foundation Executive Director In April 2025, I had the privilege of serving as a chaperone for Massachusetts 4‑H’ers attending National 4‑H Conference ... Read More...
Read the 2025 Compass Newsletter
The 2025 Compass Newsletter is published! The Massachusetts 4-H Foundation publishes Compass once per year each fall. This fall's edition includes articles about An innovative educational ... Read More...
Coming Together on the Cape for Youth
Great minds think alike, and in the case of Cape Cod Cooperative Extension (CCCE), the Brazilian Resource Center of South Yarmouth, and the Dennis Conservation ... Read More...
Forging Her Own Path
From 4-H to the U.S. Navy to political advocacy, Emily Oneschuk is living her life by taking the “road less traveled,” to quote Robert Frost ... Read More...
4’Her Sadie Tilden: Designing Her Future
Sadie Tilden, a 16-year-old 4-H’er from Pembroke, enjoyed her experience at the 2024 National 4-H Congress. However, she quickly realized that she wanted to contribute ... Read More...
4-H Family STEM Day Features Robots and Pollinators
On a bright, chilly Saturday in late October, more than 50 prospective and returning 4-H'ers and their parents/guardians gathered at the Mount Ida Campus of ... Read More...
Meet the 2025 Kent Lage Award Winners
Susan (Suzie) Barrows of Upton has been named one of the two first-place winners of $1,125 for the 2025 Kent Lage Leadership Award. A 2025 ... Read More...
Massachusetts 4-H and UMass Dining Work Together to Feed Students
The positive relationship between University of Massachusetts Amherst’s 4-H Youth Development program and UMass Dining Services has flourished for seven years now. Since 2018, UMass ... Read More...
