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Project REACH--Reaches Out to Home Childcare Providers
(Posted on 1/27/2005)
Anita Hampton--Early Childhood Specialist provides education and support to home childcare providers

Mt. Pleasant Foods

Mt. Pleasant Foods
(Posted on 1/27/2005)
Barb Anderson--Extension Nutrition and Health Specialist works with a potential Mt. Pleasant Foods employee with a handwashing experience. ISU Extension provides food safety training to the meat slicing facility.

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.

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Janet Smith-County Extension Education Director
Phone: 319-385-8126
Fax: 319-385-2617
Email: jansmith@iastate.edu

Anita Hampton-Early Childhood Specialist
Phone: 385-8126
Fax: 385-2617
Email: anitah@iastate.edu

Cindy Conrad-Cindy Conrad
Phone: 319-385-8126
Fax: 319-385-2617
Email: cconrad@iastate.edu

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