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From the mountains to the sea, five Georgia 4-H centers are preparing for an exciting summer of camp. More than 8,000 students experienced the “best week ever” in 2022 and 8,600 campers are expected in 2023.

Georgia 4-H summer camps get ready for the season

by Josie Smith | CAES NewsMay 13, 2023May 13, 2023

From the mountains to the sea, five Georgia 4-H centers are preparing for an exciting summer of camp. More than 8,000 students experienced the “best week ever” in 2022 and 8,600 campers are expected in 2023. Rock Eagle 4-H Center serves as the flagship facility for Georgia 4-H and its camping program. A story 58 years in the […]

A loggerhead sea turtle named Belle has returned to her natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean after five years as a resident of Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island. Equipped with a tracking device attached to her shell to monitor her journey back to the sea, Belle was released on a Tybee Island beach on Sept. 7 with a send-off from the 4-H center staff and volunteers.

Meet Belle, a Loggerhead turtle released on Tybee Island after five years

by Josie Smith | CAES NewsSeptember 24, 2022September 24, 2022

More than 30 4-H’ers from across Georgia competed in the 2021 Georgia 4-H Pumpkin Growing Contest, with the winning pumpkin weighing in at 650 pounds. The Pumpkin Growing Contest offers students the opportunity to learn and utilize knowledge of agricultural and environmental sciences to produce prize-winning fruit.

Georgia 11th grader grows 650-pound pumpkin

by Josie Smith | CAES NewsNovember 10, 2021November 10, 2021

After being postponed last year due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are set to move forward at full speed starting Friday, July 23, when people from all over the world will tune in to watch the best of the best compete for gold in Japan.

Georgia 4-H’ers compete in shooting at Tokyo Olympics

by Courtney Cameron | CAES NewsJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021

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Some Georgia students will get to take ‘Adulting 101’ class

by Maria M. Lameiras | CAES NewsJune 22, 2021June 25, 2021

More than 25 pumpkins were submitted to Georgia 4-H's 2020 statewide pumpkin-growing contest, with the largest pumpkin, cultivated in north Georgia’s Union County, weighing in at a whopping 548 pounds.

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Georgia student grows 548 pound pumpkin

by Austin Clark | CAES NewsNovember 14, 2020November 14, 2020

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