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Celebrate Extension Living Well Week, March 11-17Each year, during the second full week of March, NEAFCS sponsors and celebrates Living Well Week. Working together, our membership can substantially raise the local and national impact of this important Extension marketing campaign. Congratulations to Living Well Week Mini-Grant RecipientsNine applications were submitted for the Extension Living Well Week mini-grants. All nine applicants, representing every region of the United States, were selected to receive the mini-grants. The first grant disbursement is being made to recipients during February. Mini-Grants for Professional Development and Public AffairsEach year, mini-grants are available for public affairs or professional development projects, or multi-state workshops. Talk with your State Program Leader to determine if there is an opportunity for a tri-state workshop in your area. Applications due April 1. Exhibitor Referrals – The Easiest $50 You'll Ever Make!Would you like to see new and different types of exhibits, or to have an extra $50 to spend at the Mall of America while in St.Paul for the 2007 Annual Session? Help us recruit new exhibitors. Officers Needed for 2008 NEAFCS Executive BoardEach year NEAFCS seeks a few outstanding leaders from our association to serve on the Executive Board. Please consider submitting your application or encouraging someone in your state to apply. Nominations are due April 1, 2007. Call for Nominations - 2007 Friend of NEAFCS AwardThe nominations period for the Friend of NEAFCS award is open and we encourage your thoughtful consideration and submittals by April 2. As Judith Breland, Vice President of NEAFCS Public Affairs suggests, "Look in your community for a person or agency who has really helped us and has traditionally been our friend." Meet Your Board MemberWhat a difference a year makes! As I begin the second year of my term, I'm more confident of the whole awards process and grateful for the support of my subcommittee chairs and all the volunteers who made the 2006 award season a success. Gardens of the Twin Cities TourWhat a beautiful way to start the NEAFCS Annual Session in St. Paul! We are pleased to invite you to visit the renowned University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum where visitors may walk paths through rose gardens, herb gardens, a Japanese garden and more. eXtension Videoconferences – 2007 ScheduleeXtension will host its first national videoconference for 2007 on Wednesday, February 21. A detailed agenda and directions for accessing the videoconference are available at http://about.extension.org/. The videoconference serves as a quarterly update and offers opportunities for questions and answers and interaction with the eXtension staff.Call for Participation – eXtension COP: Family Caregiving for Aged and/or Disabled AdultsA group of Extension educators has formed a Community of Practice for eXtension Family Caregiving for Aged and/or Disabled Adults . The planned online resources include content on caregiving and disasters, community development, employed caregivers, financial management, health, housing, nutrition, relationships and psychosocial wellbeing, and rural family caregivers. The Community of Practice welcomes your participation. |
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President's MessageDear NEAFCS Members: As I write this month's letter to you, I'm sitting in my hotel room in Nashville, home of this year's JCEP Southern Region Leadership Meeting. It has been a pleasure to be with our Southern affiliate leaders and I very much appreciate both the warm hospitality and constructive comments they have offered during our time together. I'm looking forward to meeting with our Western, Eastern and Central Region NEAFCS leaders this month and appreciate the opportunity to closely interact with our wonderful members. As you read in the blast email that went out in late January, the NEAFCS board has decided to terminate our contract with A&T Industries and will be selecting a new promotional company to represent NEAFCS. If you know of good companies that provide high quality printed and embroidered products, I'd appreciate hearing from you as we want to ensure that the company selected will provide us with a variety of products that are useful, priced reasonably and of a quality that accurately represents the high standards of our members. I hope you and your affiliate are gearing up for our Living Well Week, March 11-17. Now's the time to finalize your plans to ensure that your public is made aware of the valuable services you provide. Whether it's providing Living Well book marks for every library in your community or doing TV or radio public service announcements, every member can do something during Living Well Week to promote Extension and Family and Consumer Sciences. Until next month, Carol Schlitt
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About the eNEAFCS NewsletterIf you are having trouble accessing the links contained in this newsletter or want to look at past issues of this electronic publication, visit the Newsletter Archives at: enews.asp. eNEAFCS is published monthly by the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. www.neafcs.org, 972-371-2570. The copy deadline for articles, calendar items and announcements for the eNEAFCS newsletter is the first Friday of each month. All submissions must be made electronically to: enews@neafcs.org. Printer Friendly - Click here to view the entire newsletter with all articles. eNEAFCS is edited by Kathleen Olson, NEAFCS Secretary and Dave Beebe, Executive Director. |
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