Donate Yarn for the “Gifts of Love” project with Cooperative Extension and FCI Butner. Inmates create blankets and hats for Durham families in need. Please drop off all types of yarn now through Friday, October 28 at Durham County Cooperative Extension, 721 Foster Street. Call Mae with Questions at (919) 560-7340.
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Donate Yarn for the “Gifts of Love” project with Cooperative Extension and FCI Butner. Inmates create blankets and hats for Durham families in need. Please drop off all types of yarn now through Friday, October 28 at Durham County Cooperative Extension, 721 Foster Street. Call Mae with Questions at (919) 560-7340.
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There is no more Welcome Baby Giving Closet on Mondays starting in September. The Giving Closet provides free children's clothes and supplies for families in need with children ages birth to 5 years old along with maternity clothes. Read on for our new Friday hours...
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Being a finalist comes with benefits, including the opportunity to continue our "Pillars of Promise" collaboration with some amazing community partners. Many thanks to those partners who worked on this application together. Nine Promise Zone Communities were announced in early June from 82 applicants from 38 states and Puerto Rico. While Durham County submitted a strong collaborative application with dozens of community partners, the County was not selected as a Promise Zone designee and instead received Finalist status. The Promise Zone Initiative is a federal program created by the Obama administration to designate high poverty communities as “Promise Zones.” The selection of Promise Zone Finalists recognizes communities with applications reflecting high-quality strategies who were not selected as Promise Zone designees. Each urban, rural, and tribal Promise Zone applicant was asked to put together a clear description of how the Promise Zone designation would accelerate and strengthen the community’s own efforts at comprehensive community revitalization. According to Delphine Sellars, County Extension Director, “While we are disappointed that our community was not designated a Promise Zone, we are excited about our collective ability to address multiple community challenges through this model and utilize the opportunities that being a Finalist affords through Durham’s Pillars of Promise Initiative.” Promise Zone Finalists will have the opportunity of participating in HUD’s Community Needs Assessment (CNA) Initiative that provides the forum to solve locally identified issues, locally driven community goals; focuses resources on issue resolution; and provides a venue for increased collaboration across HUD’s programs, with other federal agencies, and with local partners to deploy resources and expertise. Finalists will also receive special notice of particular funding opportunities. In May, Durham County took the next steps forward in Durham’s Initiative, “Pillars of Promise,” with a meeting of key partners to establish structure and direction. Laura Benson, Director of Durham’s Partnership for Children and a key partner acknowledged the level of community collaboration and said that “our work together can only be strengthened by this effort. Our depth of partnerships and the goals we have identified will move us forward together.” The goals of Durham County’s Pillars of Promise Initiative are: Create Jobs and Increase economic activity Improve educational opportunities Reduce violent crime Promote health and access to healthcare Please call Delphine Sellars, Director of Durham County Cooperative Extension, at 919-560-0538 to learn more about how the next steps for Durham’s Pillars of Promise initiative.
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Learn more about Extension in Durham County! Check out Durham County Extension's 2015 Report to the Community--ROAR: Recognizing Opportunity Achieving Results.
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Daycare centers will receive: • All the materials you will need to teach the Color Me Healthy lessons in your classroom. • Background information about healthy eating and physical activity in young children. • Easy tips to help you eat healthy and be physically active. • 3 contact hours Color Me Healthy includes: • Teacher Guide with Circle Time Activities • 4 Sets of Picture Cards • 3 Classroom Posters • CD and Cassette Tape with 7 Original Songs • Hand Stamp • 14 Reproducible Newsletters for Parents • 2 Colorful Parent Posters • 1 kit per daycare *Special note: Centers with more than twenty-five 4 and 5 year olds may be eligible to receive additional Color Me Healthy kits. Training will be held Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m. at the Durham County Cooperative Extension Center, 721 Foster Street, Durham, North Carolina. Color Me Healthy registration fee: $25.00 per participant. Deadline: November 4, 2015. Dinner will be served. For more information, call Pam Jordan-Carrington at 560-0536. Pre-registration is required.
READ THE REST »According to Dr. Mike Yoder, State Program Leader for the NC Cooperative Extension Service, on 9/9/16 Colonial Pipeline #1 experienced a severe leak in Helena, AL. There was approximately 252,000 gallons of gasoline spilled MORE »
Three students at East Chapel Hill High School, Brooke, Julia and Danielle, and Environmental Science Teacher, Mr. Edward Kaybay, share their experience starting a pollinator garden at their school. Listen to the interview MORE » – from 
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To better serve families, the Welcome Baby Giving Closet is moving the Closet’s weekly hours from Monday to Friday starting September 1. The Giving Closet will continue to offer Thursday evening hours once MORE »
Click HERE for the latest Newsletter! Articles include: Spooktacular Plants Chalkbark maple Butterhead and leaf lettuces Soil testing for sustainable nutrient management and much MORE » – from Extension Gardener
NC Safe Plates is a new Food Safety Manager Certification Course developed by NC State University and an alternative to ServSafe. This course will prepare food service managers to complete the Food Safety MORE »
We are in the heart of hurricane season. Even though North Carolina has been spared from hurricanes over the past several years, we still must be prepared for what may come, especially in MORE »
Be inspired to visit the the Japanese Garden in the Asiatic Arboretum of the the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Charles Murphy interviews Matt Luks-Jurutka, Assistant Horticulturist at the Asiatic Arboretum. TRANSCRIPT JOHNSON This MORE » – from Extension Gardener
The Durham County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program conducts a 15-week training program once every two years. The next program will be conducted January-April 2017. Classes are once a week, on Thursdays, from MORE »
Bobby Ward, author of Chlorophyll in his Veins, J. C. Raulston Horticultural Ambassador, shares his insight into the life of J. C. Raulston. The exhibit, “Plan and Plant for a Better World” will MORE » – from Extension Gardener
There has been a lot in the news about the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitos. Even though all of the information about Zika is troubling, more prevalent in North Carolina are “resident” diseases MORE »
Thank you to NC Extension Master Gardener Volunteers who made a tremendous contribution in 2015 By the Numbers: 4,140 volunteers 945,083 Face to Face Contacts Total Value of Service, In-Kind and Cash Donations = MORE » – from Extension Gardener
80% of the cut flowers sold in this country come from outside the US. Its an industry that has a world wide value estimated at over $40 billion. NC State Extension Master Gardener MORE » – from Gardening
Brunswick County Horticulture Agent Sam Marshall explained some basic Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, tenets on the Master Gardener podcast Getting Dirty with Master Gardeners. Sam explained that IPM strategies produce long-term solutions and often at less cost MORE » – from Gardening
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