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Simplify Your Life
(Posted on 5/1/2008)

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Partnering with Parents
(Posted on 4/16/2008)
On May 20-21, 2008 from 8.30am-5pm Iowa State University Extension will be offering a 2 day training focused on feeding children and physical activities for families and family financial stability and well-being in the Gallery Room at the ISU Memorial Union in Ames, Iowa. Concepts and activities related to ethical thinking and practice will also be included.

Prevent Investment Fraud
(Posted on 3/24/2008)

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AmeriCorps: Getting Things Done in Northwest Iowa
(Posted on 11/9/2004)
Are you looking for a way to give back to your community? Become one of more than 50,000 Americans now serving across this great country through the AmeriCorps program.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Care for Yourself/WISEWOMAN Helps Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
Care for Yourself/WISEWOMANThe community-based intervention program empowers low-income, primarily rural women to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Have Trailer, Will Demonstrate Universal Design
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
trailer with portable display showing universal designGive ISU Extension specialist Mary Yearns a trailer and she’ll figure out a way to demonstrate how universal design makes a home more useful and accessible.
Iowans Worry Their Paychecks Won’t Cover Basic Costs in 2008
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
A new survey shows nearly one-third of Iowans worry family income won't meet expenses. Horizons communities are a step ahead. They have ISU Extension-trained leaders working on poverty and economic decline.
ISU Extension Book Receives Arbor Day Foundation Award
(Posted on 4/21/2008)
The Forest Where Ashley Lives“The Forest Where Ashley Lives,” a children’s book published by Iowa State University Extension, has received an Education Award from this nonprofit education and conservation organization.

Staff

Jan Burk-Extension Field Specialist / Family Resource Management
Phone: 712-262-2264
Fax: 712-262-8481
Email: janburk@iastate.edu

Rhonda Rosenboom-Extension Field Specialist/Family Life
Phone: (712) 957-5045
Fax:
Email: rrosenb@iastate.edu

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