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Extension Staffers Keeping Busy Summer Schedule

extension staffers at legacy center event
June 28, 2022

Full-Throttle: Teaming with Several Local Organizations

As the key outreach component for the land-grant function of Âé¶¹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø and Auburn University, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) has been going full throttle into the summer session. In addition to providing the traditional research-based programs aimed at improving quality of life and economic well-being, staffers have teamed with several local organizations to carry out their overall mission.

Alabama Extension at Âé¶¹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, in particular, offers an added focus on the needs of urban and suburban residents.  In June 2022, the Âé¶¹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø-based Extension staffers participated in the diverse projects of various nonprofit organizations around the Tennessee Valley, many directed by Âé¶¹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø alumni.

For instance, staffers participated in the Annual Celebrity Kickball Tournament June 4 sponsored by The Legacy Center at Calvary Hills community recreation center, where they lakeside-extensioncompeted against other nonprofits representing churches, local organizations, governmental agencies and other entities.  Another Legacy Center community event supported by Alabama Extension at Âé¶¹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø brought fun, games and information to a community in southwest Huntsville.

As part of Juneteenth activities at Lakeside United Methodist Church, Extension staff members (right)-- Dr. Tamara Warren, health and nutrition specialist, and Shanetria Orr, Urban Regional Extension Agent, Morgan County--set up a tent to provide relevant information to hundreds of attendees on a hot Saturday.  Long story short, there’s hardly a local activity that Alabama Extension at Âé¶¹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø cannot use to facilitate the land-grant mission.

ABOVE: At Annual Legacy Center Kickball Tournament (l-r):  Matt Mandrella, Huntsville music officer; Dr. Allen Malone, Extension director, Alabama  A&M University; Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle; J. McKenzie, Generosity Foundation; Dee Johnson, president, Northwood Resident Council; Chanda Crutcher, president/CEO of American Senior Assistance Programs, Inc. (ASAP).

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