In-Person Fairs Are Back! Extension Showcases Its Work Around the State
As in-person fairs roared back to life across Washington, WSU Extension helped make the experience safe and successful
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WSU Extension helps implement new 988 suicide prevention hotline
As of July 16, anyone can call or text the number 9-8-8, if they or someone they know shows signs of crisis, especially suicide. WSU Extension has several suicide prevention programs aimed at saving lives across Washington.
Tribal youth, WSU Extension use ‘seed bombs’ to heal wildfire-damaged lands
Youth of the Colville Reservation partner with WSU Extension, 4-H to help nature heal from fires.
State 4-H livestock judging qualifier changing location
Washington State 4-H’s state 4-H livestock judging contest is moving to the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake, Wash. and will be held Saturday, June 25.
Two decades working with youth provides background for new interim 4-H director
WSU Extension’s Mark Heitstuman announced as interim director of Washington State 4-H.
WSU-created kits help tribal youth overcome pandemic stress, isolation
Extension educators share resilience-building tools for kids in WA’s second largest tribe
Award-winning livestock science mentor Jean Smith helped others thrive
Jean Smith, retired WSU Livestock Extension educator and 2022 Ag Advisor of the Year. In her nearly 30-year career as an extension educator in animal science, Jean Smith taught and mentored youth, agricultural producers, and…
Aspiring WSU agricultural educator is new FFA National President
1st Washingtonian, passionate Coug will represent more than 700,000 FFA members.
Washington 4-H teens to assist with COVID-19 vaccine outreach
YAKIMA, Wash. – WSU Pharmacy students, 4-H teens, and adult mentors in Yakima, Benton, and Franklin Counties will be educating their communities about COVID-19 vaccines thanks to dual grants. Funded through All in Washington’s Vaccine Equity Initiative, the pair of $25,000 awards will support WSU Extension and 4-H Youth Development programs to develop vaccine education […]
WSU project aims to support rural youth experiencing COVID stress
Kits with supplies like stress balls, fidgets, and noise cancelling headphones will be sent to 600 young people in rural Washington to use when they are stressed during remote learning. A survey commissioned by the National 4-H Council found that 70% of youth in the U.S. are struggling with their mental health in the wake […]
