Join our Greene County Team as a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator.
Application deadline is April 11, 2024
Family & Consumer Sciences
Virtual Wits Workout Facebook Group
Register today for a virtual Wits Workout Facebook private Facebook group!
Wits Workout is an engaging, interactive, and educational brain health program. Beginning March 3rd, each week, you will receive an email with a brain puzzle to complete on your own; the answers will be posted in the private Facebook group, along with tips and ideas to stretch your brain and improve your memory. The Facebook group will also provide the opportunity to interact with others each week.
Sign up today for this free virtual program, which begins on March 3, 2024, with a new puzzle and topic each week for six weeks.
Register here: http://Go.osu.edu/ww24; after you complete the registration, you will be prompted to join the private Facebook Group.
Save the Date: Lettuce Cook
Save the Date for Lettuce Cook 2024. The youth cooking and gardening program is designed for youth ages 6-12. Save June 11, 12, and 13 for this exciting three-day program. Registration information will be released in the coming months.
Jams and Jellies Workshop
Backyard Garden to Fork: Ohio Apples Webinar
Join Horticulture Program Assist Kim Hupman and Family and Consumer Sciences Educator Laura Halladay to discuss Ohio apples. Learn the first steps to starting a backyard orchard and information on selecting, storing, and serving Ohio apples.
The program is free; however, registration is required to receive the link. After registration, you will receive the Zoom link approximately 24 hours before the program.
To Register: https://go.osu.edu/gardenfork_apples
Contact information: Laura Halladay Halladay.6@osu.edu or Kim Hupman Humpan.5@osu.edu
Wits Workout Virtual Series
Join OSU Extension’s Aging Team for an engaging, interactive, and educational brain health program.
Wednesdays in October 10am to 11am
This series is FREE, but registration is required. To register please go to: https://go.osu.edu/witsworkoutvirtualseries
For more information, please contact Kathy Tutt at 937-398-7607 or tutt.19@osu.edu
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
November National Diabetes Awareness Month
Join Ohio State University Extension’s Diabetes Team for diabetes classes during November
To register go to: https://go.osu.edu/diabetesseries
Safe Sitter Class
Safe Sitter is designed to prepare students to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting.
The Instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role-playing exercises. Students even get to use manikins to practice resource skills like choking rescue!
Cost is $40.00 per student. It includes program supplies and pizza lunch.
To register, visit www.go.osu.edu/gcsafesitter
Building Our Next Generation
2023 Food Preservation Workshops
A hands-on Home Food Preservation Program
Learn how to safely and easily can, freeze and dry foods at home for year-round goodness!
Thursday, June 29 –Freezing and Dehydrating Workshop
Thursday, July 13 –Pressure Canning Workshop
Thursday, August 31 –Water Bath Canner Workshop
Location: OSU Extension, Greene County, 100 Fairground Road, Xenia
Time: 5:30 PM –7:30 PM
Cost: $20.00 per workshop
Minimum of 6 participants per class.
Registration Link:
https://go.osu.edu/grcohomefoodpreservation
Contact information:Laura at Halladay.6@osu.edu
Brenda at sandman-stover.1@osu.edu
