NJ 4-H with Tractor Supply at NASDAQ Opening Bell

Published on December 17, 2025

On Monday, December 15, NJ 4-H members joined Tractor Supply Co. and National 4-H Council at the NASDAQ opening bell-ringing ceremony.

Our 4-H Ambassadors had the opportunity to network with industry leaders, including John Ordus (Executive Vice President & Chief Stores Officer of Tractor Supply), Jill Bramble (President and CEO of National 4-H Council), Taylor Thigpen (National 4-H Council Board Member), and many others.

The NASDAQ video display on Time Square included many photos and short videos of 4-H'ers from around the country - including one alum from Morris County. Follow the link to view the display plus the ceremony: https://www.nasdaq.com/videos/tractor-supply-company-and-4-h-ring-nasdaq-stock-market-opening-bell

Crafty Creatures at Tractor Supply

Published on December 17, 2025

The Crafty Creatures club members had fun at Tractor Supply in Flanders supporting the Paper Clover Campaign. Great job everyone!

Cookie Decorating for a Cause

Published on December 17, 2025

Morris County 4-H'ers gathered on Saturday, December 13 to decorate cookies for Nana's Gift, a non-profit organization to bring a little cheer during the holiday season to families who need it.

Thank you everyone for donating your time, talent and supplies.

And a special thank you to the Sparta High School Culinary Cuisine Club for donating so many cookies!  

Rocket at Roxbury Rotary

Published on December 9, 2025

Morris County 4-H was welcomed warmly by the Roxbury Rotary Club at their meeting on December 3rd. Teen 4-H member and State Shooting Sports ambassador, Mya M wowed the room with her talk on rockets and the ResistoJets Rocketry club. 

4-H at Tractor Supply Clover Campaign

Published on December 3, 2025

Thank you Bouncing Bunnies and Buckanears for supporting the Tractor Supply Clover Campaign on November 29. 

4-H Trunk or Treat

Published on October 29, 2025

Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 25 was a blast!  

We are so grateful to our amazing community; our club members, their families, our leaders and local support but especially Highview Farms who generously offerd us their space again.  More photos can be found on our Morris County 4-H Facebook page

4-H Junior Council wins Best Pumpkin

Published on October 22, 2025

Congratulations to Junior Council on winning the best pumpkin in their age group at Frelinghuysen Arboretum's Boo-tiful Pumpkin Walk where attendees voted for their favorite pumpkin. 

4-H Week kick-off at Tractor Supply in Rockaway

Published on October 8, 2025

4-H families kicked off National 4-H Week on Sunday, October 5 at Tractor Supply in Rockaway with a bake sale and animal meet-and-greet. What a gorgious day and great turnout!

In the Mt Olive Parade

Published on October 8, 2025

Morris County 4-H was small but mighty at the Mt. Olive Day Parade on September 27.  Thank you, Sophia K of Shutterbugs, for taking pictures.

NJ State 4-H Rabbit, Cavy, Small Animal, Herpetology, and Poultry Show

Published on September 30 2025

Morris County 4-H is proud to have Samantha M. of Buckanears as our county representative at the NJ State 4-H Rabbit, Cavy, Small Animal, Herpetology, and Poultry Show with her guinea pig, Brownie.

Good luck Samantha and Brownie.

National 4-H Youth in Action Finalist

Published on September 23, 2025

Morris County 4-H is honored and excited to have Sean M. be selected as 4-H Youth in Action finalist for 2026! Out of more than 150 applications nationwide only 4 winners and 12 finalists are chosen. Read more here: https://4-h.org/programs/4-h-youth-in-action-program/winners-and-finalists/

Congratulations Sean!

4-H at STEM Career Carnival for Kids

Published on September 23, 2025

Great afternoon at Career Carnival STEM event on September 13. Thanks ResistoJets Rocketry for bringing the rocket.

Junior State 4-H Shooting Sports Competition

Published on September 23, 2025

In the Spring the follwing members of Morris Marksmen were able to participate in the Junior State 4-H Shooting Sports competion: 

• Air Rifle on April 5th: Ishaan D., Jocelyn B., Tanner H., and Noah C. 

• Archery on May 17: Jack V., Jocelyn B., Tanner H., and Karina N.

Ishaan took first place in Air Rifle. Congratulations!

4-H at Wharton Canal Day

Published on August 26, 2025

Great afternoon at Wharton Canal Day on Saturday, August 23. Thank you Beautiful Floofs 4-H club for lending us some chickens. They were a hit. And to our Promotion Committee, including the Guinea pigs, for setting up their table and sharing with the visitors what 4-H is all about.

4-H Fair in the Paper

Published on August 20, 2025

We made the paper! Click the picture or title to see the whole article. And be sure to scroll down to enjoy all the photos.

4-H Promotion Teams at National Night Out

Published on August 6, 2025

Our 4-H Promotion Teams were busy yesterday - at two National Night Out events in Mt. Olive and Rockaway. Thanks to the 4-H guinea pigs, rabbit, dog, and Radical Racers RC cars for providing entertainment to the visitors.

Published May 6, 2025

This past Saturday, on May 3rd, families could pet guinea pigs at the 4-H table at Riamede Farm's Spring Blossom Festival in Chester and visit with the 4-Footed Leader's Seeing Eye puppies at Ayres/Knuth Farm in Denville at their Pathways of History event. What a busy and beautiful day! 

Published April 23, 2025

Morris County 4-H's own famous PR bunny "Snowball" along with Rosanne and 4-H'ers from Essex/Hudson helped make the Spring Forest Egg Hunt at the Essex County Environmental Center a success by providing fun experiences to the families that participated in the event.

Published April 23, 2025

Thanks to the Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU COOL), their undergraduate students who work on the Sentinel Mission, and Janice McDonnell, the NJ 4-H STEM Agent, for bringing this program to our 4-H STEM kids.

We are grateful to The North Jersey STEM Enrichment Center for all they do for 4-H, including having this event on April 3rd. 

"I really enjoyed this and as a teen myself going into high-school next year, I would like to go into the sciences, biology or ecology.  The message was really inspiring. Awesome!" said 4-H teen who attended the program. 

Published April 15, 2025

Last Saturday, April 12, the 4-H small animal, Teen Council, and RC car clubs hosted the Springtime with Bunnies and Chicks event at High View Farms offering egg hunts, crafts, and other fun for families. Despite the snow and winter temperatures, this was a huge success. A big Thank-you to the club families! Members brought their own bunnies (or dogs dressed as bunnies) for children to pet, ran the craft tables, ticket collection, bake sales, egg stuffing, distribution, setup and cleanup! 

We are so grateful to the community that came out to support us and to our vendors/sponsors: Roff Roofing & Renovations LLC, Greene's Beans Cafe, Morris County Mosquito Commission, "June Paints" Face Painting, Magic by Mandi, and LTD landscaping.

Published April 9, 2025

Morris County 4-H offered the Clickbait and Credibility workshop on Monday night, April 7.  A big thank-you to Christine Jansen from FDU for helping young people and their parents learn how to detect credible posts, the differences between disinformation and misinformation, and how to check credible sites. An important lesson for sure.  

Published April 8, 2025

On Sunday, April 6, five members from Dogs R Us traveled to Somerset County 4-H to compete in the Bow Wow Bonanza Dog Show. They came home with a pile of ribbons. In the obedience ring Maggie and Tucker placed 2nd in Intermediate Novice, Leah and Crystal took 2nd in Pre-Novice B, Shannon and Liberty placed 4th in Beginner Novice. Corlyn and Bailey and Norah and Harper received participation ribbons. In the Jr. Showmanship ring Leah and Crystal took 1st in the Novice Senior class, Maggie and Tucker went 3rd in the Novice Intermediate class. Norah and Harper and Corlyn and Bailey received participation ribbons. We are so proud of our club members for doing such a fantastic job. Congratulations to all!

Published April 7, 2025

Career Carnival for Kids was great fun on April 4 in Parsippany.  Thanks again North Jersey STEM Enrichment Center for providing such a popular and fun hands-on activity at the 4-H table! Visitors enjoyed making snow while learning about 4-H opportunities.  

We had so much interest and met so many nice kids with their families. Looking forward to seeing them at upcoming 4-H events. 

Published March 27, 2025

Last night, Morris County 4-H presented the "News or Nonsense" workshop with Dr. Gina Marcello,  Ph.D. Associate Teaching Professor of the Journalism and Media Studies Department, School of Communication and Information of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. 

We are grateful to Dr. Marcello for donating her time to bring us this engaging, informative and very timely workshop. 

Slow your scroll, check your sources, and verify before you share! 

More workshops and events can be found on our Upcoming Events page: https://www.morris4h.org/upcoming-events

Published March 26, 2025

100 youth participants and 70 parents attended the 4-H Science-sational Day at the County College of Morris last Saturday, March 22. Thanks to over 50 passionate volunteers who shared their time and talent presenting a total of 12 hands-on workshops plus 3 activity stations and helping in many other ways, this 5-hour event was packed with science fun and excitement. It even included a planetarium show. We hope many attendees who are not yet in 4-H will join us at future events, workshops, and club activities - and maybe even enter their science projects in the 4-H Fair.

Published March 17, 2025

We had a great turnout of 4-H marchers as well as spectators, almost perfect weather (it was not raining hard or below freezing temperatures), and lovely music along the route! Thank you everyone who joined us and shared the 4-H spirit!

Published March 17, 2025

Our second photography workshop was in two parts: 15 participants enjoyed the presentation by world-renowned and award-winning photographer Parvathi Kumar via zoom on March 13. The hands on part Parvathi offered took place at the St Patrick's Day parade staging area in Morristown on Saturday, March 15. 

Thank you Parvathi for sharing your expertise and time! All enjoyed it very much and we can't wait to see some great Street Photography exhibited at the Fair in July! (Here is Parvathi's post from the event: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DPLGr8HSn/)

4-H Has Heart

Published March 5, 2025

Morris County 4-H participated in "4-H Has Heart" and our 2 local representatives, Lexi M and Mary D dropped off over 80 Valentines to Merry Heart Assisted Living in Roxbury on February 13. 

We thank all the clubs and club leaders who helped make this a success.    

4-H at Celebrate the Children

Published March 5, 2025

Thank you to our 4-H volunteers who brought a bit of 4-H to the Celebrate the Children school on February 4 and 5. It was a great time with the kids and teachers. 

 4-H Winter Camp

Published February 13, 2025

So much fun and a real winter experience at Lindley G. Cook 4-H Camp in Branchville, NJ! Our Morris group joined 4-H teens from Somerset, Sussex, and Warren counties from February 7-9 for a weekend getaway.

Thank you 4-H Leaders

Published February 5, 2025

The 4-H Leaders' Social on Saturday, February 1st at the Roxbury library was a fun event to thank our club leaders, assisting volunteers, and board members for the time, talent, and energy they give to our 4-H program to make it as successful as it is!

The activities even included a magic act. See the Morris County 4-H Facebook post for details: https://fb.watch/xzT8fRecs1/

Discoveries is here!

Published January 8, 2025

Hot off the press (or printer). The very first edition of the printed "Discoveries" newsletter made by 4-H'ers for 4-H'ers is here. Contact the office if you would like to pick up some copies for your club.

Thank you newsletter team and especially editor Raima for putting this together!

Any club reporters, photographers, cartoonist, columnists and others wishing to contribute to the next edition, please submit your entries to mc4hnews@gmail.com 

 Decorating the 4-H tree at the "Festival of Trees"

Published December 11, 2024

Don't forget to stop by and see the Morris County 4-H tree. Thanks, Leigh M, for helping decorate! And thank you to all the club members who made ornaments!!

From the arboretum: Tour the Frelinghuysen Arboretum’s Mansion decorated for the holidays in the Festival of Trees. Purchase tickets in advance at www.tinyurl.com/MCPCFestival24. Tickets are $10 per person.

4-H at Home for the Holidays

Published December 11, 2024

Thanks Raima B and Lexi M for helping at Home for the Holidays along with Mittens (the famous promotional Guinea pig) and Cookie and Sally - new to promoting! It was a fun time at the Roxbury library, hanging out with Mrs. Clause and making pretty candy canes.

4-H S.H.A.R.K. Program Workshop

Published November 18, 2024

The S.H.A.R.K event was a hit!  Thank you Shane for this wonderful teach back program.

4-H Promotion Events

Published in October, 2024

The Morris County 4-H Promotion team was busy at the beginning of the 4-H Year. They attended the Denville Green Fair, Mine Hill Day, The Festival on the Green in Morristown, and more.