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Extension Education
Donna Coffin
EXTENSION EDUCATOR
UMaine Extension
DOVER-FOXCROFT
Abstract
\r\n Two informal educational power houses in Piscataquis County collaborated to offer a series of 15 course offerings to community residents to help them whether tough times by sustaining their families with traditional skills to get them to greater self-sufficiency. In the fall of 2011 the staff and Executive Committee of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension (Extension) and staff of the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative (PVAEC) shared their needs assessment that indicated county residents were interested in learning basic homesteading skills to help their families cope with tough economic times. Extension had staff and volunteers that were interested in providing educational sessions on a variety of topics. The PVAEC had the logistics capabilities of assembling a course catalog and mailing to all residents in the four school districts served by them and managing course enrollments. The result has been a roaring success! PVAEC experienced the best volume of enrollments for the sessions offered and the evaluations of the sessions showed the attendees learned a great deal and plan to implement that new knowledge to help their family survive these rough times. Both organizations are exploring ways to continue to work together to provide valuable educational offerings in the county.
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Authors: D. R. Coffin
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Coffin, D. Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine, 04426