Johnston County Center: Home & Family

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Home & Family

The foundation of our society is the family. Many of Extension's programs provide families with research-based answers to their day-to-day challenges. Extension is ready with answers on controlling household insects, protecting well-water, managing a family budget, helping families improve their eating habits, or dealing with the special concerns related to early childhood, parenting, or aging.

To provide families with solutions they need to address the struggling economy, the NC State University Family and Consumer Sciences program faculty have created "Take Control," a series of fact sheets on a variety of topics related to the economy including tips on saving money, talking to children about the economy, shopping for healthy foods on a tight budget, avoiding home foreclosure and many other timely topics.
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	E-Conservation Program Helps Local Homeowners Stay Warmer, Cheaper February 11th, 2010 @ 5:30 PM - March 11th, 2010 @ 7:30 PM
	Local residents can receive deeply discounted home energy audits through the E-Conservation program, administered through the Johnston County Cooperative Extension Service. E-Conservation educates homeowners about the importance of energy efficiency in the home and subsidizes home energy audits. Audits equip homeowners with knowledge on the safest and most cost-effective measures they can take to increase the energy efficiency of their homes and lower their monthly utility bills. On Thursday, February 11 and ... MORE

	Dine and Take Charge of Your Diabetes March 4th, 2010 @ 6:00 PM - April 1st, 2010 @ 8:00 PM Smithfield, NC
	Dine and Take Charge of Your Diabetes is a workshop for people who have diabetes and their family members. A registration fee of $15.00 covers all five evenings of the class being held on Thursday evenings March 4,11,18,25 and April 1. As well as learning how to choose and prepare great tasting food the following topics will also be covered: What is Diabetes? Keeping Track of Blood Glucose, How Nutrition Affects Diabetes, Exercise & Physical ... MORE

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Be Thrifty: Lessons from the Past
Posted January 6th, 2010 in Home & Family

The current economic situation in our country causes many to wonder how we got here in the first place. A look back at the history of our country will show you that being thrifty and spending wisely have always been part of our country’s mindset until the most current generation. In the 1820’s banks were considered an institution of self-improvement. The sense of patriotic duty in being thrifty continued into the 1900s when people ... MORE

Check Your List Twice
Posted November 19th, 2009 in Home & Family

As we approach the holiday season, many are already dealing with indebtedness that has occurred as the result of our country’s economic downturn. Before you make your list, check twice to make sure you can pay the bill and the interest! Paying off credit card and other consumer debt is not difficult to calculate with some help from websites that are not trying to sell you a debt reduction plan. Two easy to ... MORE