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Motivation Monday: Diabetes at the Y

What is a Carb?

Understanding how food impacts blood sugar can increase your confidence to manage diabetes day-to-day. Join Illinois Extension for educational sessions to strengthen your knowledge and skills.…

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Master Naturalist Book Club

We Bought A Zoo by Benjamin Mee
County: Macon

Join us each month as we read a different nature-themed book and enjoy a lively discussion. You do not have to be a Master Naturalist to participate. Everyone 18 and over is welcome. It's a great…

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Homegrown Harvest: Seed Sowing

Gardening Workshop Series
County: Macon

Homegrown Harvest is a series of free, family-friendly vegetable garden workshops designed to support beginning gardeners through the growing season. Topics include seed sowing, soil health,…

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Everyday Life with Diabetes

Diabetes and the Heart
Understanding how food impacts blood sugar can increase your confidence to manage diabetes day-to-day. Join Illinois Extension for two educational sessions to strengthen your knowledge and skills. In…

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I'll Go with You: Supporting Youth Through Trauma and Into Trauma-Focused Treatments

Community Seminar Series: Springtime Science 2026
Learn practical, compassionate strategies to help young people heal after difficult experiences.

Traumas are common; we will all experience scary and upsetting events in our lives, and there is…

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Grow...Create...Celebrate... Earth Day Workshop

Piatt County 4-H
Join us for an exciting Earth Day celebration!
 Youth will explore the importance of caring for our planet while creating fun, nature-inspired projects that spark creativity and curiosity.…

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Babysitting Workshop

Piatt County 4-H
County: Piatt
Join our Babysitting Workshop and discover what it takes to be a trusted, confident babysitter!
Participants will: Find out if babysitting is right for themEach participant will go home with…

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Cooking Under Pressure

DeWitt County Nutrition and Wellness
This isn't your grandma's manual pressure cooker. Electric pressure cookers help tenderise meat, cook grains, beans, and vegetables quickly, and can even make desserts. Learn the basics of using the…
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Spring Wreath Workshop

County: Macon

Create your own spring wreath in this hands-on workshop with the Macon County Master Gardeners! Learn simple design techniques and take home a beautiful wreath to welcome spring. No experience…

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State 4-H Awards Banquet

Celebrate our state award winners!

Celebrate our state award winners!

The Illinois 4-H Awards and Scholarship program honors an amazing group of young people who have made 4-H and their…

College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences Illinois Extension

101 Mumford Hall (MC-710)

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

Email: extension@illinois.edu

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