NEAFCS Endowment Grant Resources 

Examples from endowment recipients

North Dakota state university extension 

Representative Contact Information
Julie Garden-Robinson, Professor and Food and Nutrition Specialist 
1400 Centennial Blvd EML 316
Fargo, ND 58105
 701-231-7187
[email protected]

Website:
 www.ag.ndsu.edu/food

Project Title: Exploring Regional Extension Teamwork and Best Practices

Project Synopsis: Cooperative Extension, through the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, has provided home food preservation information and education for more than 100 years. As many states have undergone staffing changes and program realignments, Extension’s role in home food preservation education has changed through the years. The overall goal of this proposed project is to assist NEAFCS affiliate groups to create regional teams to implement Extension FCS networks. While our focus is on food preservation, this model could be used for other topics among our NEAFCS colleagues.

Why form a regional Extension group?
We formed for the same reasons we form connections of all kinds:

  • Share strengths – What do each of us bring to the table?
  • Connection – Being a part of a group makes us stronger together.
  • Mutual support and mentorship – Bolster as well as advise each other.
  • Flexibility – Form and maintain informal networks with the ability to respond quickly to needs.
  • Relationship – Build bonds between each other that strengthen the entire group.
  • Collaboration – Work together in programming, publishing and presenting; more hands (and heads!) make lighter work.

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ILLInois EXTENSION 

Representative Contact Information
Kristin Bogdonas, Nutrition and Wellness Educator
 309-756-9978
 [email protected] 

Website:
 https://extension.illinois.edu/food/food-safety-and-disasters

Project Title: Interdisciplinary Disaster Preparedness Workshops  

Project Synopsis: The impacts of a disaster on a community can be devastating. A multidisciplinary team at University of Illinois Extension connected Illinois residents with disaster resources through a webinar series, social media campaign, and in-person workshops to help people develop a preparedness mindset and the ability to recover faster after disaster.

Why Disaster Preparedness: A natural or manmade disaster can affect all facets of a community and disrupt the local economy. The impacts on individuals and families can be especially traumatic. The links between economic resilience and the ability to prepare, respond, and recover from a disaster event are clear. An emerging approach to disaster preparedness and response, community resilience, encompasses individual preparedness as well as establishes a supportive social context in communities to withstand and recover from disasters. Three years after the September 11 attacks in 2004, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created the National Emergency Preparedness Month (September). Managed by FEMA’s Ready Campaign, the month encourages people to plan for emergencies. With the incidences of natural disasters rising year after year, it’s advised that every citizen prepare themselves for the unavoidable. The more people that are prepared, the faster a community can recover after a disaster.

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