Colorado State University Extension

in El Paso County

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Better Kid Care’s New On Demand system provides professional development anytime you are ready to learn!

The Penn State Extension Better Kid Care program has been providing distance-delivered professional development to early childhood practitioners for more than 20 years. Better Kid Care is now offering a new on demand system for online learning. Lessons are completed with a short assessment following each lesson. Participants must register and pay a $5.00 fee/lesson* to receive professional development credits. After payment and successful completion of the lesson assessment, participants will be able to print a certificate of completion and/or have it sent to their email address. To access the Better Kid Care On Demand lessons, visit http://extension.psu.edu/cyttap. Click on the Distance Education button, then select the On Demand distance education option. Participants must have a credit card and an email address to access the On Demand Better Kid Care distance education lessons. There are 50 professional development lessons available (1 hr. and 2 hr.) but check back frequently as new lessons are being added monthly.
*For a limited time, Better Kid Care is partnering with the Department of Defense, USDA, and the University of Nebraska to provide online professional development lessons at no cost to licensed childcare professionals in military impacted areas. For more information visit:
http://extension.psu.edu/cyttap

Interested in saving energy? Check out our Kill-A-Watt Program!

Twelve Colorado State University Extension offices across the state are now offering Kill-a-Watt electricity monitors through a free loan program. The devices measure appliance electricity use and offer opportunities for Colorado residents to save energy and money.

The meters are plugged into an outlet and appliances are plugged into the meter. The meter then measures the appliance’s electricity use and can project energy cost and use data over an hour, day, week, month, or year. Once meter users learn about how much a second refrigerator or “phantom load” costs, for instance, they may decide to take action to reduce energy use to save money.

Contact the county extension office, or visit www.ext.colostate.edu/energy/killawatt.html for more information.

For more information on CSU Extension’s energy initiatives online, go to www.ext.colostate.edu/energy.

What is Extension?

We are part of the land-grant university system established by Congress in 1914 that provides research-based information to Coloradoans. Colorado State University faculty members join with land-grant faculty throughout the nation to conduct research into urgent issues. Extension staff disseminate the knowledge that emerges from this research to people where they live. In Colorado, Extension is located in 57 counties.

El Paso County was one of the first to establish an Extension program. Here, as elsewhere, our Extension Staff encourages you to get to know us. Let us help you put knowledge to work.

Ask us your questions about the following:

Youth Development (4-H) - Rural and urban 4-H education

Agriculture & Natural Resource Management - Crops, livestock, range land, water and natural resource issues

Family & Consumer Science - Nutrition, food preparation and preservation, food safety, money management, and parenting

Horticulture - Gardening, trees, houseplants, pests

Nutrition - Food and nutrition education programs

Come to our office at 305 S. Union Boulevard in Colorado Springs or give us a call at (719) 520-7675. We take pride in our friendly, knowledgeable staff and in the unbiased information that can be yours only through Colorado State University Extension.

Interested in helping to improve CSU Extension in El Paso County?

The CSU Extension Advisory Committee for El Paso County normally meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm, usually in the kitchen of the Extension office, 305 South Union Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO, 80910.

Please call ahead to confirm that the meeting has not been cancelled/moved.

2011 Meeting Dates for CSU Extension in El Paso County Advisory Committee

Director

Barbara Bates

barbara.bates@colostate.edu

Administrative Assistant

Julie Hill

juliehill@elpasoco.com

Youth Development (4-H)

Jonathan Vrabec

jonathanvrabec@elpasoco.com

Devin Engle