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Maryland 4-H Store Now Open!The Maryland 4-H Store is now open online! Now shop your favorite Maryland 4-H apparel in any size. New to the store: jackets, front zipper sweatshirts, shorts, polo shirts, hats, bags and more! Go to www.mymaryland4Hfoundation.com today! Click on the Maryland 4-H Store button and have fun shopping. Maryland 4-H Grain Donation Program!Do you, a neighbor, or a friend have extra grain from the fall? Consider visiting Hostetter Grain or Nagel Farm Services to sell your grain today! Proceeds are 100% tax deductible. For more information check out our flyer. Save the Date! Maryland 4-H Day at Camden Yards!Friday May 11, 2012 Baltimore Orioles vs. Tampa Bay Rays 7:05pm Plan a club outing! Bring your Friends & Family! Tickets will be available soon! $13 each, available through the Maryland 4-H Foundation Office. More information to follow! Food Engineering Essay ContestFood Engineering Essay Contest:The contest is open to boys and girls and essays are accepted in three categories. For children in third- through fifth-grades, entrants submit an essay of no more than 500 words explaining how a food, such as apple sauce, peanut butter or spaghetti sauce, is produced and how engineers are a part of the process. For children in sixth- through eighth-grades, the essay can be no more than 750 words and must meet the third- through fifth-grade requirements and also explain how a technology is important to the production and how it works. For ninth- through 12th-graders, the essay can be no more than 1,500 words. Entrants in this category must meet the six- through eighth-grade requirements and also include how an engineer contributed to the design of the technology and how engineers are improving the technology. Essays are due by March 1. To see the list of foods for essay topics, complete rules and prize list, go towww.engineergirl.org/?id=14100. Maryland Day � April 28, 2012 - Not too late to join the fun!The planning for Maryland Day is well underway. Attendance for the day is anticipated at over 70,000 visitors to campus and this is a great chance to showcase the Maryland 4-H Youth Development program and our proud connection with both the University of Maryland Extension and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This year�s theme is the �Land Grant University, Then & Now�. This message serves two purposes: To ask you to save the date --- Saturday, April 28, 2012 � and to encourage you to consider joining us that day with an exhibit that engages, entertains, and educates the visitors. Many thanks to the club, county and city 4-H units who have already signed up to provide hands-on exhibits for youth participants and their families. Do you have an exhibit you would like to set-up? It is not too late to join the fun! Maryland 4-H Foundation Happy New Year Card FundraiserWe mailed out 4,500 greeting cards at the beginning of the year. The national average response rate for direct mail is about 2% - 5% for non-profits. Our goal was for a 5% response rate and for an average donation of $20. The response has been overwhelming � donors have given just over $2,000, half way to our goal of $4,500! The donations are still rolling in, so stay tuned for our next update!
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The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources� three units�Academic Programs, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and University of Maryland Extension�work in concert to educate students and citizens about critical issues and to solve problems in agriculture, food systems, and the environment. The college is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal access programs.
