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The Ohio Saves Week webinar series presented in Spring 2024

Ohio Saves is an America Saves campaign encouraging every Ohioan to save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. The week of April 8, 2024 was Ohio Saves Week and FCS educators recorded several webinars for the event. List of webinars Saving at any age from 4/12/24 Paying down debt is saving from 4/11/24 Navigating Financial […]

Finding your path to wellness webinar series presented in Spring 2024

List of webinars Mindfulness in Nature from 5/15/24 Compost, Recycle, Food Waste – Oh My! Pathways to Sustainability from 5/8/24 Finding Your Path to Wellness with Physical Activity from 5/1/24 Finding your path to wellness: Stepping outside of your confort zone from 4/24/24 Finding your path to wellness: Planning a debt free stress-free vacation from […]

Winter Sowing

Have you ever wanted to garden during the winter? Winter Sowing is an easy and resourceful way to grow seedlings! You only need a few supplies and a small space outdoors. Supplies: Clear container(s) – reused plastic containers such as milk or water jugs (without lids), to-go containers from restaurants, or even deep aluminum pans […]

WRITTEN BY: Danae Losey, AmeriCorps Member, Extension Public Health AmeriCorps, OSU Extension, Lucas County and Patrice Powers-Barker, Family and Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Amy Stone, OSU Extension Lucas County, Agriculture and Natural Resources

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Danae Losey
  • Patrice Powers-Barker

SOURCES:

  • Hernandez, Lori. (2023). Winter Sowing. Three Acre Farm. https://www.threeacrefarm.net/blog/2019/1/21/winter-sowing
  • Maupin, Kelly. (2022). Jump Start Your 2023 Garden with Winter Sowing. Washington State University, Skagit County Extension Master Gardener Program. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2073/2023/02/Winter-Sowing-Jump-Start-1.pdf
  • Moore, Molly, and Smith, Marlene. All the Dirt on Winter Sowing. University of Maryland Extension, Charles County Master Gardener. https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/2021-12/All%20the%20Dirt%20on%20Winter%20Sowing%20Power%20Point.pdf
  • Native Seeds of Fortitude: Winter Seed Sowing. Cornell Cooperative Extension. Putnam County. https://cceputnamcounty.org/resources/native-seeds-of-fortitude-winter-seed-sowing
  • Ohio Victory Gardens https://u.osu.edu/ohiovictorygardens/sowing-the-seeds/
  • Voll-Wallace, Lori. (2021). Starting Seeds in Winter. Penn State Extension, Master Gardener. https://extension.psu.edu/starting-seeds-in-winter
  • Winter Seed Sowing. (2019). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences. Illinois Extension. https://extension.illinois.edu/news-releases/winter-seed-sowing
  • Winter sowing method. NAL Agricultural Thesaurus. U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://agclass.nal.usda.gov/vocabularies/nalt/concept?uri=https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/69779
  • Winter sowing, to fend off the winter blues! Ohio State University Extension. https://u.osu.edu/ohiovictorygardens/2024/01/09/winter-sowing-to-fend-off-the-winter-blues/

Unite, Serve, and Transform on MLK Day to Create the Beloved Community

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service encourages Americans to volunteer to honor Dr. King’s legacy. Through service and volunteerism, we all have the power to bring people together, help others stand together against hate, build bridges, heal divides, and create the Beloved Community of Dr. King’s dreams. August 2023 marked the 60th anniversary […]

WRITTEN BY: Danae Losey, AmeriCorps Member, Extension Public Health AmeriCorps, OSU Extension, Lucas County

REVIEWED BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Lucas County

SOURCES:

  • “I Have A Dream” Speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, https://www.marshall.edu/onemarshallu/i-have-a-dream/ Extension Public Health AmeriCorps, Ohio State University, https://fcs.osu.edu/programs/extension-public-health-americorps
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service, AmeriCorps, https://www.americorps.gov/serve/volunteer/mlk-day and https://socialpresskit.com/daysofservice
  • Nicol, B., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C., (2023). Exploring the Effects of Volunteering on the Social, Mental, and Physical Health and Well-being of Volunteers: An Umbrella Review. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. doi10.1007/s11266-023-00573-z
  • ServeOhio, Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism, https://serve.ohio.gov/ and Get Connected https://serveohio.galaxydigital.com/ and https://serve.ohio.gov/home/news-and-events/all-news/mlkday24
  • The King Center, https://thekingcenter.org/

Diabetes Webinar Series

  Below are recordings of wellness webinars presented by the Live Healthy Live Well team from the Diabetes Webinar Series presented in Autumn 2023. Diabetes Webinar Series – Webinar 1 – Team Up with Your A1C Tailgates Diabetes Webinar Series – Webinar 2 – Be Savvy with Your Spirits Diabetes Webinar Series – Webinar 3 […]

Gather Your Gratitude webinar series

  Below are recordings of wellness webinars presented by the Live Healthy Live Well team from the Gather Your Gratitude webinar series presented in Autumn 2023. Gather Your Gratitude Series – Webinar 1 – Attitude of Gratitude Gather Your Gratitude Series – Webinar 2 – Gratitude Makes Cent$ Gather Your Gratitude – Webinar 3 – […]

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