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Apply for the spring grant cycle today

3/30/2021

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Show your support with #GivingTuesday402

11/23/2020

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Show your support for Nebraska Extension in Douglas-Sarpy Counties by donating to #GivingTuesday402 powered by SHARE Omaha taking place on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The global initiative provides support for people and organizations to make a difference in their communities around the world. Despite the challenges of this past year, extension here at home continues to serve a diverse audience with a multitude of educational programs and activities. Through your involvement and volunteer efforts, we continue to make a difference in the lives of individuals and families. 

Donations made possible the financial support to the following in 2020:
4-H -
  • Urban Agriculture initiative.
  • Learning Child – Early Childhood education.
  • Gardening to provide produce for shelters.
  • Leadership education.
Natural Resources & Environment –    
  • The Weather Station, housed at the extension office, continues to provide horticulture weather information to the community. 
  • The demonstration gardens in Douglas and Sarpy Counties; Blanchard Garden at the extension office, Veterans Home, Hospice House Garden, Walnut Creek, Health Center, Eastern Nebraska 4-H Center, the Bee Garden and the Hope Garden.
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Apply now to the 2020 Fall Grant Cycle

10/16/2020

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thanks for your generosity

5/21/2020

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Thank you for making Omaha Gives 2020 a huge success! We are so thankful for your generosity as we work to support Nebraska Extension in Douglas and Sarpy counties.

As we move forward in these new times your support allows us to provide continued support of extension programming in the following areas:
  • 4-H Youth Development and Families
  • Food, Nutrition & Health
  • Water, Natural Resources and the Environment
Thank you to the day’s 36 generous donors. We raised $4245. For the entire Omaha Metro community over $8.5M was raised.
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Help us, Friends, make an impact on Omaha Gives!

5/1/2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic is touching the lives of each of us and putting a greater emphasis on the economic and social gaps affecting our neighbors and our communities.

That's why donating to the Friends of Extension Foundation is more critical than ever. Your support will help Douglas and Sarpy county youth and adults continue to make the best better in their own backyards.

In the past year, thanks to your support, we've been able to make an impact in the following ways: 


4-H:
  • Urban Agriculture initiative, focused on new plant starts for educational gardening.
  • Early childhood education called Learning with Nature.
  • Stephen’s Center 4-H garden project.
  • Leadership education for the 4-H ambassador program.
Natural Resources and the Environment:    
  • Weather Station, housed at the extension office, provides up-to-date horticulture weather information to the community.
  • Chuck Blanchard Demonstration Garden support, located at the extension office.
  • Support for all the horticulture demonstration gardens in Douglas and Sarpy Counties including: Veterans Home, Hospice House garden, Walnut Creek, Health Center, Eastern Nebraska 4-H Center, the Bee garden and the Hope garden.
  • Production of a new garden journal for the community.
Other:        
  • Douglas County Fair support for Extension Educational presentations teaching food safety, using a blender bike to teach nutrition and ask the Master Gardener.
  • Extension office general support.
 
May 20, 2020 marks Omaha Gives!, a 24-hour online fundraising event organized by the Omaha Community Foundation. The goal is to raise support for nonprofits in Douglas, Sarpy and Pottawattamie Counties. It is a community-wide event to show off the area’s spirit of giving, raise awareness about local nonprofits, and celebrate the collective effort it takes to make this community great. Since 2013, this community give-together has raised $49 million for more than 1,000 nonprofits
 
You can help us continue to make a difference in our community by scheduling your gift beginning May 1 or making a donation on May 20. Have more fun–give both ways!

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submit a grant by april 30

4/28/2020

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Douglas County Fair announces new manager

2/25/2020

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The Douglas County Fair has named a new fair manager with an extensive background in 4-H and Extension. Kori Jensen says growing up in a 4-H family, county fairs and livestock shows were a huge part of her life. Previous to her current role, she taught Agriscience classes for seven years as well as being a Future Farmers of America (FFA) advisor. She also served as the Director for Nebraska HOSA – Future Health Professions for four years and has done consulting and volunteer work with a variety of nonprofits and small businesses. Together, Kori and husband, Aaron, have three children: Everett, 9; Kellen, 7; and Hattie 1. The Jensens live on an acreage near Arlington, Nebraska.  When Kori isn’t working, she can often be found attending her children's sports, 4-H and boy scout events, planning her family’s next travel adventure, chatting with her three former exchange students, gardening or volunteering. She is excited to be a part of the Douglas County Fair and looks forward to sharing her passion for agriculture and agricultural literacy.

"We are excited to have Kori on board. She brings a vast amount of experience and understands what it takes to create a successful event. Combined with her ability to educate adults and youth on topics surrounding agriculture literacy fulfills the fair's mission of 'Where Urban and Rural Meet,'” said Vernon Waldren, director of Friends of Extension. 


The Douglas County Fair runs from July 10-12, 2020.         
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Hope Garden among recipients of Friends' grant

2/17/2020

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The Hope Garden Project is a labor of love for members of Faithful Shepherd Presbyterian Church and Douglas-Sarpy County Extension office master gardeners. Now thanks to a grant by the Friends of Extension Foundation, the project will continue to make a difference in providing food security. The garden project was among eight grants awarded by Friends of Extension Foundation totaling more than $6,600.
 
Since 2010 the Hope Garden Project has produced thousands of pounds of fresh produce benefiting Heartland Hope Mission. Last year alone the garden produced more than 8,000 pounds. Proceeds from the grant will go to purchase seeds, plants, tools and other gardening necessities to make this year equally successful. Additional horticultural recipients include the Explorer 4-H Club, which received funding to teach youth about horticulture, specifically water. In addition, Master gardener scholarships will also be funded and funds received by the group will allow for the purchase of new portable tables for educational events in Douglas and Sarpy Counties. 
Other grant recipients include:
  • The Gears in Motion 4-H Club who received funding to assist in their First Lego League Robotics program and competition. The funds will assist the club with the STEM education program dealing with robots.
  • The extension office will have new video recording and conference call technology. This new technology is replacing 10+ year old equipment.
  • A grant was funded to provide education in food safety. The funds will be used to assist the staff who teach in the food and nutrition and food safety areas.
  • The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation's "Ag in the Classroom" programming. The goal of Ag in the Classroom is to teach youth about food locally, regionally and across the country. 
The Friends of Extension Foundation has been offering grants totaling up to $2,500 since 2010. The goal is to assist Nebraska Extension in Douglas and Sarpy Counties with programming. There are two grant cycles each year: one in the spring and fall. Grant categories include; master gardener/horticulture, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), technology, food safety, and agriculture youth education. Funding for the next round of grants is due April 30, 2020.   
 
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Get the buzz on bees

12/17/2019

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Jody Green, Ph.D., knows a thing or two about bees. An Urban Entomologist and Assistant Extension Educator for Nebraska Extension in Douglas-Sarpy Counties, Jody's buzzing to share her knowledge of these important pollinators to you! Join ​her on Saturday, January 11 at 9 a.m. for Bee There or Bee Square. Jody's specialty is helping people live in harmony with insects and appreciate the benefits they provide. The presentation will take place at the extension office and she will break down the facts of solitary bees, native bees that are not social but are the work horses of bees. Not to be confused with honey bees, there are more than 4,000 species of native bees and many are unique and fun to observe as they forage for food. There is a $5 fee taken at the door. For that and other details, please visit the Facebook Event Page. 
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Friends, we need your help on #GivingTuesday

12/1/2019

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You've gobbled up the turkey and stuffing, braved the Black Friday crowds and taken advantage of Cyber Monday's deals, now it's time for #GivingTuesday402. Powered by SHARE Omaha, #GivingTuesday402 is a metro-wide, do good takeover. Please consider supporting Friends in their efforts to support and enhance extension in the following areas:
  • 4-H Youth Development
  • Food, Nutrition & Health
  • Water, Natural Resources and the Environment
Learn more or give here now!
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