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Download and print the 4-H Schedule and Premium Book
i nformation.
I pledge my head to
clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands
to larger service, and my health to better living, for
my club, my community, my country and my world.
This 4-H Pledge goes a long way
toward explaining 4-H and what it means to the scores of
young people who have been involved over the 100 year
history of the organization. The national 4-H website
offers the following explanation of the beginnings of
4-H in the United States. “The seed of the 4-H idea of
practical and "hands-on" learning came from the desire
to make public school education more connected to
country life.
 Early
programs tied both public and private resources together
for the purpose of helping rural youth. Building
community clubs to help solve these agricultural
challenges was a first step toward youth learning more
about the industries in their community. A. B. Graham
started one such youth program in Clark County, Ohio, in
1902, which is considered the birth of the 4-H program
in the United States.”
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension conducts
the state’s most successful out-of-school youth
educational program through 4-H. 4-H is a positive youth
development organization that empowers young people to
reach their full potential while learning leadership,
citizenship and life skills.
Be sure not to miss the 4-H exhibits and livestock shows
while you are at Union Fair! You will find 4-H displays
in the 4-H Exhibition Yurt and livestock in the large
open barn that runs parallel to the midway, as well as
in the 4-H Barns near the racetrack. Stop and talk with the
many young 4-H members who are on the grounds caring for
their animals.
The 4-H Farm-to-Fair interactive
farm exhibit is another stop families with children
should make while in the livestock area. 4-H
Farm-to-Fair is located in the 4-H barn area on the
racetrack end of the animal barns.
Livestock shows and educational demonstrations will
happen throughout the fairgrounds all week.
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