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Denton County proclaims March 2025 'Extension Living Well Month' after AgriLife presentations
Summary
The court proclaimed March 2025 as Extension Living Well Month after presentations from Denton County AgriLife Extension staff summarizing nutrition, gardening, fall-prevention and wellness programs serving seniors, Spanish-speaking residents and children.
Denton County Commissioners Court on March 11 proclaimed March 2025 as Extension Living Well Month following brief presentations from Denton County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension staff who outlined recent and ongoing health, nutrition and gardening programs.
Chandy (last name not specified) and Dusty Fife, extension agents with Denton County AgriLife Extension, described programs offered this year, including a health literacy series and a Master of Memory program at the Flower Mound Senior Center, a four-lesson Spanish-language cooking-with-diabetes series in partnership with Little Elm ISD, the "Cooking Time" workshop at Flower Mound Public Library, and A Matter of Balance fall-prevention workshops at the Denton Senior Center. Fife also summarized a Growing and Nourishing Healthy Communities gardening series at the Colony Senior Center, Flower Mound and Pilot Point Community Library, and a Junior Master Gardener program and a 4-H gardening initiative for elementary students.
The court moved to approve the proclamation on a motion by Commissioner Williams and a second by Commissioner Mitchell; the motion carried unanimously.
Why it matters: the proclamation recognizes local extension programming that provides nutrition education, fall-prevention, gardening skills and other family- and community-focused services. Extension programs described in court serve seniors, Spanish-speaking residents and youth, and include community partnerships with schools, libraries and senior centers.
Program highlights mentioned in court: the health literacy series covered medication management and navigating Medicare; the Master of Memory program focuses on confidence-building and risk reduction for older adults; cooking-with-diabetes sessions targeted Spanish-speaking participants; A Matter of Balance workshops served more than 80 participants at the Denton Senior Center; gardening courses teach planting, watering, pest management, composting and harvesting and include cooking demonstrations; the Junior Master Gardener and 4-H gardening initiatives engage elementary-grade students.
Public comment: there was no public comment on the proclamation. Court members thanked the extension staff and took a group photo following the proclamation.
