Join Howard County Extension Homemakers

You may have heard about the Howard County Extension Homemakers and you may have wondered, ‘ what are the Extension Homemakers all about?” Well, Extension Homemakers is a volunteer organization that works closely with the Howard County Cooperative Extension Service.

Members learn through educational programs in the areas of health and wellness, personal finance and consumer economics, food and nutrition, and family life and personal development.

EHC clubs meet once a month to receive research based information to improve the lives of members and their families. In addition, they give back to the communities they live in through a variety of community service projects. Last year, Howard County EHC contributed over 5,000 volunteer hours with an estimated dollar value of $135,000.

EHC members also develop leadership skills that increase their self-confidence, improves their communication skills and enables them to become more active.

Howard County has four EHC clubs. They are Hillcrest, New Horizon, Moonlighters and the Twilight clubs.

Hillcrest meets are varies times and dates. The New Horizon Club meets at the EH House on Second Street in Nashville the second Monday of every month at 1 pm. The Moonlighters meet on the first Monday of each month at 5 pm at the Center Point Community Building and the Twilight club meets the second Thursday of each month at 3 pm in the EH House.

If you are not a member of the Howard County Extension Homemakers, but you would like to learn more about Extension Homemakers, contact the Howard County Extension Services Office at 870-845-7517.