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Greene County Homemakers in Community Education
The Greene County Homemakers for Community Education (GCHCE) is comprised of volunteers working together with Ohio State University Extension to strengthen individuals, families, and communities through education, leadership development, and social interaction.
There are three active clubs in Greene County with a total of 27 members. Each club has a representative to the Home Council that coordinates activities at a county level. Meetings of the council are held monthly from September to May. District meetings with Homemakers from other counties are held twice a year. A few members attend the State Homemakers' organization annual meeting each year.
A typical year's program for clubs includes Leader Training Meetings on topics selected by the membership related to nutrition and food preparation, money management and consumerism, health, family life and aging issues, as well as leadership and self-improvement. The lessons are prepared by Extension staff and then presented to representatives from each club who then teach the lesson to other club members.
Members often assist the Extension Educator with educational programs including a variety of Health Fairs throughout the county and each year at the Greene County Fair. They save Box Tops for Education, collect eyeglasses for the Lions' Club, and pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House.
Clubs engage in service projects including providing items for families in local shelters and literacy materials for parents of young children.
Please find below the Greene County Homemakers Calendar of Programs.
For information about joining a group, contact the Extension Office at 937-... or e-mail gree@osu.edu.
Greene County Homemakers Scholarship
Greene County Homemakers for Community Education are again offering a scholarship of $500.00 for a student entering the field of Family and Consumer Sciences or in Education. Applications are available at the Greene County OSU Extension Office, 100 Fairground Rd, Xenia, OH, or by downloading the scholarship application. (Check back in January of 2010) If you have any questions, please call a member of the scholarship committee, Barbara Johnson 93... or Jean McCleallan 937-372-5115 .
2009 Calendar of Events
Date
Time
Event
Cost
August 1
10:00 a.m.
Cultural Arts Show and Photo Contest
August 2-8
Greene County Fair
August 10
1:00 p.m.
Executive Committee Meeting
September 3
7:00 p.m.
Fall Card Party (Funds from this event help support the scholarship handed out each year to a Greene County High School Graduate)
$5.00 per person/payable at the door
September 14
1:00 p.m.
Home Council Meeting
September 29
Fall District Meeting @ Champaign County offices. To register please call 93....
$8.00 per person for program and lunch, $1.00 per person for program portion only
October 12
1:00 p.m.
Home Council Meeting
October 22
6:30 p.m.
Workshop on Recycling
TBA
October
State Meeting
TBA
November 9
10:30 a.m.
Program Planning Meeting
November 9
1:00 p.m.
Home Council Meeting
November 17
5:30 p.m.
Achievement Celebration
TBA
December 14
1:00 p.m.
Executive Committee Meeting
