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Mercer County OSU Extension Office

220 West Livingston Street
Room B252
Celina, OH 45822-1671
Phone: 419-586-2179
Fax: 419-586-3367
Contact us by email at

   merc@cfaes.osu.edu

Office Hours:
Monday- Friday
8:00 am - 4:30 pm

 
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Family and Consumer Science

Last modified 2009-07-01 12:35

Welcome to the Family and Consumer Science Program in Mercer County!

Barb Hennard

All About Family & Consumer Sciences

Do you want to improve the lives of each of your family members? Extension Family and Consumer Sciences can help you reach your destination!

We encourage the development of families and individuals and foster their interaction with the environment. We generate knowledge through programs and research in family and consumer sciences. Our programs come to you in a variety of formats.

The Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences programs and publications reach thousands of individuals across the state, addressing critical issues concerning individual, family, and community development.

Our five critical issues areas are:

* Building strong families through better parenting skills, conflict management skills and shared values.
* Improving nutrition and lifestyle choices from infancy through retirement.
* Managing time, money and other resources.
* Addressing community health and environmental issues.
* Managing multiple roles.

OSU Extension in Mercer County offer a variety of Family and Consumer Sciences programs in nutrition, food safety, money management, parenting, older adult issues and more.  Check back here often for an up-to-date list of programs, resources, and web links.

NOW AVAILABLE in our office: The Complete Guide to Home Canning.  Cost: $10.00

Email Barb at: hennard.1@cfaes.osu.edu

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Below are links to flyers with enrollment forms for upcoming programs. 

Please call the office at 419-586-2179 if you have any trouble retrieving these files!

Click here for more information on upcoming Co-Parenting Classes     Co-Parenting

Click here for more information on our upcoming ServSafe® training  2009 ServSafe® Managers Training

Click here for more information on our upcoming ServSafe® Person-In-Charge training  ServSafe® Person In Charge Training

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The following are some family and consumer sciences as well as other interesting, helpful web sites.

FAMILY & PARENTING

http://www.cyfernet.org/   -   Children and Family research information                                       

Positive Parenting   -   Your Partners in Parenting Newsletter

                      

HEALTH & NUTRITION

Living Well   -   Information to help you live well.

www.sunsafetyalliance.org   www.epa.gov/SunWise   -   Two Sun Safety Web Sites

Netwellness   -   In-depth information on hundreds of diseases & wellness issues.    

Consumer Information from Federal Government   -  Resource for info from the Federal Government

Food Safety and Inspection Service   -   Protecting public health through food safety.   

Partnership for Healthy Weight   -   Promoting sound guidance on achieving & maintaining a healthy weight.

www.afhk.org   -   Action for Healthy Kids

Food and Nutrition Information Center  -   A leader in food and human nutriton information.        

        

FINANCES

Manage Your Money     Overview of Study-at-Home Course                                              

Let's Talk Money - New Financial Management   -   A fun, interactive approach to teaching money issues.

MISCELLANEOUS

Quick and Easy Stain Removal 

Senior Series Factsheet Index   -   A series of factsheets covering many areas of interest.

Ohioline - OSU Information   -   Find information on a huge variety of topics!

http://hec.osu.edu/ud/   -   Universal Design       

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