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Shawnee County Extension reports parity, volunteer growth and new workshops
Summary
Shawnee County Extension Office leaders told commissioners on Jan. 27 that county programming reached demographic parity, volunteer hours rose and several outreach events are planned, including a prescribed-burning workshop and farm-transition conference.
Candace Stiles, director of the Shawnee County Extension Office, told the Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 27 that the office reached demographic parity for its statewide reporting year and reported increases in volunteer engagement and program participation.
Stiles said Shawnee County reached parity with K-State Extension for the third consecutive year, a measure she described as the county’s audiences reflecting county demographics. She outlined quarterly work across 4-H, horticulture, nutrition and school-enrichment programming from October through December and said the office is preparing for a new 4-H year that begins Oct. 1.
The parity finding matters to the county because K-State uses those metrics to evaluate equity of outreach and funding…
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