UNH Cooperative Extension - Coös County

08/20/2026

📢 Volunteers Needed! 📢

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make the North Country Career Expo a fantastic experience for local students!

Event Details:
📅 Date: September 15, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
📍 Location: Lancaster Fairgrounds

How you will help:
👋 Meet and greet arriving students.
🧭 Answer questions and provide guidance.
📋 Support event organizers to keep things running smoothly.

Come be a part of an event that connects students with career opportunities and helps them explore their future!

Ready to join us? Please contact Ray Berthiaume, UNH Extension, Natural Resources Field Specialist/County Forester
📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Phone: 603-862-7123

08/19/2026

Attention 4-H Alumni NH 4H Alumni

"Memories & Milkshakes"
Hey Coös and Ess*x 4-H Alumni! Remember the thrill of finishing that final project? The smell of the barns? The taste of a Dairy Bar milkshake? It’s time to bring those memories back to life!

We are building a 4-H Alumni Throwback Display in the 4-H Hall this year, and we need your memorabilia to make it complete. We want to see your:
4-H t-shirts & club banners 👕
Prize-winning projects & record books 📚
Ribbons, photos, and fair memories 🥇

To sweeten the deal, if you bring in a piece of your 4-H history to display, we will hand you a coupon for a FREE item at the Dairy Bar! Yes, a FREE ITEM from the 4-H Dairy Bar, just for taking a trip down memory lane.

Please contact Christine Whiting, 4-H Program Manager, to sign up: [email protected].

08/19/2026

Forestry Basics Workshop
August 20, 2026 | 9:00am - 1:00pm
Teneriffe Mountain
120 Sam Plummer Rd, Milton, NH 03851

Join us for us for this walk led by UNH-CE foresters, Wendy Scribner and Lindsay Watkins, at Teneriffe Mountain to learn more about your local woods!

Topics Include:
Invasives
Tree ID
Insects & Diseases
Crown Spacing & Tree Health
Thinning your trees
Creating openings for new growth
And more!
Details:
Bring your own lunch and plenty of water! This will be a moderately strenuous hike with some uneven terrain. Be sure to bring bug spray and dress appropriately for the weather. ​

REGISTRATION LINK IN THE COMMENTS SECTION!

08/13/2026

Fuel the North Country Workforce! Become a 2026 Career Expo Sponsor!

Remember the energy of our first Expo in 2024? We had two real helicopters on site and completely redefined what a career fair can be! On September 15, 2026, we are taking that success and turning the volume all the way up at the Lancaster Fair Grounds.

We rely entirely on sponsors to keep this massive, hands-on event running. Your business can directly inspire hundreds of students from Coös, Grafton, Carroll counties, Vermont, and Maine, plus connect with adult job seekers at our afternoon community fair! We also accept Individual Donations. Anyone can donate any amount to help the career Expo. You do not need to be a business to donate/sponsor.

Why Sponsor?
Massive Visibility: Get your brand in front of hundreds of students, job seekers, and local families.
Direct Recruiting: Meet motivated candidates face-to-face.
Community Impact: Build a stronger, more resilient North Country economy.

Pick Your Sponsorship Level
Every dollar goes directly toward funding the event, and all packages include high-visibility perks like your logo on our recognition board, brochure, promotional items, and your business name featured in our press releases! (Note: anyone, individual or business, gets their name on the sponsor list)
🛠️ $500+ | Dream Builders Sponsor
🌟 $250 | Future Leaders Sponsor
🌱 $100 | Rising Stars Sponsor
We also accept custom flat-rate donations to support the cause!

Ready to Lock In Your Impact?
⚠ Deadline: All sponsorships and company logos must be submitted by August 31, 2026.
Email your logo to: [email protected]
Pay Online: https://unh-usnh.nbsstore.net/sponsorship-2
Pay by Check: Make payable to UNH Cooperative Extension and mail to: UNH Extension, 629A Main Street, Lancaster NH 03584.
Need an Invoice? Just let us know, and we will mail one to the address on your vendor registration!

Sponsorship questions: Contact Ray Berthiaume by email: [email protected] or call 603-788-4961.

08/13/2026

Woo-hoo! They are on a roll. Now only 4 more sponsorships needed to get to their goal! How exciting!

We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported 4-H by Sponsoring Tubs of Ice Cream. We are so close to reaching our goal - we only need 9 more sponsorships! Please share our post so we can meet this year's goal. We appreciate you and your support. Donations are tax deductible.

Online option for sponsorship: https://givebutter.com/sponsor-a-tub-of-ice-cream-98rxat

Download the sponsor sheet and mail it to: UNH Extension, Coos County 4-H, 629A Main Street, Lancaster, NH 03584 or drop it off at the office.

Thanks again!

08/12/2026

The 2026 North Country Career Expo is September 15 at the Lancaster Fairgrounds. Students participate from 8 am-1:30pm, then it's open to the public as a General Job Fair from 2-4:30!

Back by Popular Demand: Building on 2024!
The first-ever Expo in September 2024 completely redefined what a career fair can be. We are taking everything you loved from that highly successful event and turning the volume up this year!

Explore Endless Pathways. Discover high-paying, rewarding careers right here in New Hampshire:
Skilled Trades & Advanced Manufacturing
Healthcare & Medicine
Technology & Engineering
Environmental Work, Forestry & Outdoor Industries
Public Service & Safety
Education & Training

07/30/2026

Hey Coos County! Let's support our local 4-H and Sponsor A Tub of Ice Cream! 😁

4-H is raising funds for the 4-H Dairy Bar at the Lancaster Fair again this year! Last year was a huge success, and we need your help to do it again. We are almost halfway to our goal!

Our fundraiser is called Sponsor a Tub of Ice Cream.
*Cost: $45 per tub (sponsor as many as you like!)
*Perk: Your name or business name will be featured on sponsor sheets around the Dairy Bar for the public to see.
*Deadline: Sign up by August 31, 2026, to ensure your name is included on the sponsor signs!

How to Sponsor:
Online: Use our quick online system (link here: https://givebutter.com/sponsor-a-tub-of-ice-cream-98rxat and in comments).
Paper: Download the printable form (link in comments) to mail or drop off at the office.

Please reach out with any questions at 603-788-4961 or email [email protected]. Thank you for your continued support of 4-H!

07/29/2026

Join us tomorrow evening to talk soil and nutrient conservation! We'll cover no-till practices for farms of all sizes, cover cropping in Northern NH, and best practices for nitrogen management.

Held in collaboration with NOFA-NH and the Coös County Conservation District.

All participants receive a 50 lb bag of cover crop seed and a $50 stipend. 1.0 PAT Credit available.

📅 Thursday, July 30th
🕠 5:30 – 7:30 PM
📍 Northwinds Farm, 806 US-3, Stratford, NH

https://extension.unh.edu/event/2026/07/soil-conservation-conversation-no-till-farming-cover-cropping

07/28/2026

Re-sharing to get the word out again! Thank you all that have helped spread the word.

ATTENTION! Save the Date for this year's Career Expo! We have expanded our career opportunities this year. We will still include the outdoor career opportunities but will also include a variety of other careers for you to explore. Students will be participating from 8am - 1:30pm. We will be open to the public to explore career opportunities from 2:00-4:30.
We are still looking for Exhibitors and Sponsors for this year's event. We had 84 exhibitors for our 2024 event and expect more this year. We also had 1052 students from grades 7-12 in attendance. They came from Coös County, Northern Grafton, and Northern Vermont. This year, in addition to these areas, we will have students from Northern Carroll and Eastern Maine join us.
If you are interested in being an exhibitor, or interested in sponsorship, we have different levels available, please contact Ray Berthiaume. If you are a school interested in attending, please contact Michelle Gross.
For full event details, please visit our website: https://extension.unh.edu/event/2026/09/2026-north-country-career-expo

07/23/2026

The University of New Hampshire is getting an $8 million grant to study ticks, the diseases they spread and the environments they thrive in. LINK IN COMMENTS ⬇️