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Spend Smart and Eat Smart in the Childcare Business!
(Posted on 2/9/2012)
You’ll have fun and leave, loaded down with lots of ideas and resources for saving money on your food expenses while incorporating new ideas into menu planning and food shopping. Good nutrition does not have to be expensive. Share your ideas and learn money saving tips and resources! Call 712-366-7070 to register.

Building Relationships with Children and Youth Who Challenge Us
(Posted on 2/8/2012)
Page County Extension is sponsoring Building Relationships with Children and Youth Who Challenge Us for child care providers, parents, and others who work with young children. The workshop will offer two hours of continuing instruction credits for CDA Content Areas 3 – Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development or 7 – Observing and recording children’s behavior. Call 712-542-5171 if you have questions.

Connect to Nature at February 2, 2012 Virtual Eco Family Conference
(Posted on 1/27/2012)
“When we love the place where we live, we take better care of it,” said Kristi Cooper, a family life specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. She will discuss how to develop a sense of place and build communities that connect people with nature during the Virtual Eco Family Conference on Feb. 2.
State 4-H Scholarships Now Posted
(Posted on 11/29/2011)
Over 100 scholarships totaling more than $95,000 are awarded each year through Iowa 4-H. Check out what is available to you! Deadline is March 1, 2012.

Dare to Excel Newsletter for Parents
(Posted on 11/21/2011)
When weekends, school breaks and summer are added together, kids spend many hours outside of school walls. How this time is spent affects their growth and development, as well as their success at school. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach offers a monthly newsletter during the school year, September through May, to help parents helpd their children become better learners.

A Place of Our Own workshops
(Posted on 10/24/2011)
Child Care Providers can participate in four different workshops over the next several months.
Ready Set Know
(Posted on 4/18/2011)
Ready, Set, Know, a child safety and sexual abuse prevention program, is offered by West Pottawattamie County Extension through 4-H and Youth Development.

Find the most current Newsletters out there!
(Posted on 6/5/2008)
ISU Extension Connection is the Connection for informational newsletters throughtout our state. Check it out, there is something for everyone! Check out what you didn't know until now. Just click on the picture of the newsletter and read for hours.
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Staff
Mary Ward - Teen Parenting Facilitator
Phone: (712) 366-7070
Fax: (712) 366-7024
Email: maryw@iastate.edu
Alan Ladd - Regional Education Extension Director
Phone: 712-366-7070
Fax: 712-366-7024
Email: aladd@extension.edu
Sandra McKinnon - Family Life Program Specialist
Phone: 712-366-7070
Fax: 712-366-7024
Email:
Mary Beth Kaufman - Family Resource Management Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 755-3104
Fax: (712) 755-7112
Email: mbkaufma@iastate.edu
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