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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has proclaimed October 1-7, 2023, as National 4-H Week! 4-H is the largest youth development organization in the United States; a network of 500,000 volunteers and 3,500 4-H professionals that provides caring and supportive mentoring to 6 million 4-H\u2019ers.\u00a0Read and share the National 4-H Week proclamation on the NIFA website: National 4-H Week 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit the UVM Extension 4-H and Youth website<\/a> to learn more about Vermont’s programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has proclaimed October 1-7, 2023, as National 4-H Week! 4-H is the largest youth development organization in the United States; a network of 500,000 volunteers and 3,500 4-H professionals that provides caring and supportive mentoring to 6 million 4-H\u2019ers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,53],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-3584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-ext","category-programs","tag-4-h"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2792,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/vermont-science-olympiad\/","url_meta":{"origin":3584,"position":0},"title":"Vermont Science Olympiad Showcases Students’ STEM Skills","author":"CALS Communications","date":"April 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"On April 1, 2023, Extension 4-H Youth Programs co-hosted the Vermont Science Olympiad on the UVM campus. 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