Working with Youth
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Risk Management Training (RMT) updated to the newest version of the training, 4.0, today. Please complete this required training for all Extension volunteers through MGLOG before your next service with youth projects or by November 1, 2023.Note that the training is different. Instead of a single video, there are three interactive modules for volunteers to…
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For our last Thoughtful Thursday session of 2020, Georgia 4-H specialists Keri Hobbs and Craven Hudson were joined by Donovan Nelson as they shared about the opportunity to shape the next generation of gardeners through the Master Mentoring program. This Georgia 4-H program supports the essential elements of youth development, including belonging, independence, and generosity,…
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Annie Barbas, MGEV in Lowndes County, shared this nugget in her recent district report to GMGA: The local garden clubs are partnering with the MGEVs in encouraging students to enter the local flower shows. The first trial show resulted in S.L. Mason (elementary school) garnering numerous first-place awards. I can’t tell you how excited I…
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It is dusk, no, almost dark, really. I am hurrying to pull a few more weeds in my vegetable garden and sow a few flower seeds. I am deeply engrossed in my plants, admiring their rows, thinking about what I can cram in next. “Garden Lady!” I vaguely register children’s voices, sounds of playing on…
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