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Kingston Community Library

Teams Up

with 4H

The goals of 4H and Kingston Community Library go hand-in-hand. A 4H partnership helps the library live up to our values relative to community, collaboration, curiosity, creativity, and outdoor literacy. (See our mission statement)

  • 4H is offered through land grant universities throughout the country. UNH runs New Hampshire's groups.

  • There are currently 26 clubs in Rockingham County.

  • The closest Rockingham county 4H to Kingston that focuses on general topics (including nature, cooking, crafting and the like) is in the Candia area.

Kingston Conservation Chair Evy Nathan shows 4H members how to make food for birds

Value of 4H

  • To help children identify “sparks” and nurture their passions by providing opportunities to develop skills and a sense of commitment.

  • To create a sense of belonging that will lead to a richer, fuller life.

  • To develop supportive relationships between peers and mentors.


These help kids:

  • Socialize

  • Recognize their impact on community

  • Adapt

  • Achieve better grades

  • Set and meet goals

  • Gain hard and soft skills that make them more employable

  • Feel a sense of stability

  • Find happiness

2024-2025 Activities

Fall and Winter Challenge

Create Table Settings for the holidays

Cooking project

Learn about Birds

Clouds and the Water Cycle

Our Model

The Kingston Community Library and the Library Director serve as the "Club Leader."  Librarians will work directly with 4H to manage fiscal responsibilities and administer the program.

  • We are seeking community "Project Leaders" to lead lessons a couple of times a year - 1-2 hours each lesson. Contact the Library Director for more information.

  • Each project leader needs to go through training and background checks through UNH.

  • Meetings (including lessons and challenges) will be held once a month for kids ages 5-18.

  • 4H "challenges" provide structure to the program around themes related to the outdoors and the arts.  Children can earn badges by completing challenges. Some challenges will be completed at lessons each month. Others can be completed at home with families.

  • In addition to older mentors, we propose to have children teach adults

    • Further strengthen relationships between mentors and mentees by switching the obvious role from one generation to another at several meetings during the year

    • Encourage dynamic interaction across generations

    • Develops young people’s confidence and older people's contact with younger generations

  • We will work with 4H to develop additional challenges that make use of our unique grounds and setting.

  • We will build information literacy units around challenges to deepen the Club's tie to our library mission.

    • Adults and children will be encouraged to find several facts using library resources to expand their hands on learning