DOVER-FOXCROFT: Enjoy the spring tradition and learn to safely tap maple trees and make maple syrup in your backyard from Kathy Hopkins in the next workshop in the YOU CAN series to be held, Thursday, February 28th from 1:0 0 pm to 3:00 pm at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County Office at 165 East Main St., Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426.
Even though times are tough, YOU CAN sustain your family! The Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension have put together a series of workshops that will give you the skills to get started in self-sufficiency.
The cost of this workshop is $5 and you can register through PVAEC, 48 Morton Ave., Suite M, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426 or call 564-6525 or register online at http://bit.ly/pyoucan.
Kathy Hopkins is the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator in Somerset County for 20 years. Her area of expertise includes sustainable agriculture, home horticulture and natural resources. She currently serves as a statewide resource for the Maine maple syrup industry. She coordinates maple trainings, workshops and has prepared a fact sheet on maple syrup production for backyard producers as well as a quality control manual for commercial industry.
For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call 564-3301 or in Maine 1-800-287-1491.
About University of Maine Cooperative Extension:
As a trusted resource for almost 100 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county.
UMaine Extension helps support, sustain and grow the food-based economy. It is the only entity in our state that touches every aspect of the Maine Food System, where policy, research, production, processing, commerce, nutrition, and food security and safety are integral and interrelated. UMaine Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H.
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Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
November 16, 2012 to November 30, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Tenerife Embroidery – Named after one of the Canary Islands, is a method of embellishing items with particular designs using embroidery floss.
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
November 1, 2012 to November 15, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Tenerife Embroidery – Named after one of the Canary Islands, is a method of embellishing items with particular designs using embroidery floss.
Maine Birds – This training will focus on songbirds that live in Maine and how to feed, support, and enjoy them.
Other:
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
October 16, 2012 to October 31, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Tenerife Embroidery – Named after one of the Canary Islands, is a method of embellishing items with particular designs using embroidery floss.
N.W. National Parks – Introduction to the great adventures available to us in our own Northwestern USA.
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
October 1, 2012 to October 15, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Tenerife Embroidery – Named after one of the Canary Islands, is a method of embellishing items with particular designs using embroidery floss.
N.W. National Parks – Introduction to the great adventures available to us in our own Northwestern USA.
Other:
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
September 1, 2012 to September 15, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Tenerife Embroidery – Named after one of the Canary Islands, is a method of embellishing items with particular designs using embroidery floss.
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
June 1, 2012 to June 15, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Stepping Stones
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
May 1, 2012 to May 15, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Embroidery Basics - An overview of the various types of embroidery and how to choose appropriate materials for them.
Other:
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
April 16, 2012 to April 30, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
N.W. National Parks – Introduction to the great adventures available to us in our own Northwestern USA.
Other:
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Somerset County Extension Homemakers – Schedule of Educational Programs
April 1, 2012 to April 15, 2012
Program Title, Group Location, and Date
Maine Birds – This training will focus on songbirds that live in Maine and how to feed, support, and enjoy them.
Other:
For more information please contact:
Somerset County Extension Homemakers [SCEH]
Phone: (207) 474-9622 or
800-287-1495 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 474-0374
or E-mail us at: someh@umext.maine.edu
Office hours weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.