Monthly Unit Impact Snapshots
4-H Stitch and Style Academy threads a new path
This summer, Peoria County 4-H, in partnership with Peoria Fashion Week, launched an exciting new adventure for young creators—the Stitch and Style Academy, a sewing and fashion-focused program designed to help youth express themselves through fabric, creativity, and confidence.
SNAP-Education and Illinois Department of Human Resources work together to rejuvenate required TANF education
As the Mason County Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program went through a process to rejuvenate their required educational programs, they invited University of Illinois Extension Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program—Education (SNAP-Education) to get involved. Thanks to the partnership, program participants are enjoying new and practical lessons they can put in to practice right away.
Excess rain water creates challenges in Illinois
By nature, much of the soil dedicated to row crops in Illinois is slow to drain excess water in the form of rain from the root zones of growing crops. This slow soil drainage problem occurs in Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and Tazewell counties. The excess water takes up pore spaces in soil, which reduces oxygen intake of crops, causing plant suffocation and decreased yields. University of Illinois Extension Farm Business Management and Marketing Educator Kevin Brooks has used his years of experience in the private sector to deal with farm drainage problems.