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Your opportunity to compare your prescriptions to the 2016 Medicare Health and Drug Plans.  Volunteers are available on November 21 & 22 at the Dodge County Extension Office to help you review your opptions.  Please call 402-727-2775 to make your appointment today.

Medicare Open Enrollment begins October 15 and runs through December 7. This is your opportunity to see if another Medicare health or drug plan will fit your needs and your billfold for the next year. FREE - Pre-registration required. 

The Healthy Food Retail Recognition Program in Dodge, Saunders and Washington County — Choose Healthy Here — has been selected as one of 50 members of the HealthyCommunity50 in the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to receive a $10,000 Community Seed Award.

By participating in the Challenge, the Nebraska Extension office in Dodge County is in the running to receive additional funds that would support its local program.

The HealthyCommunity50 were chosen based on plans to improve the health of their communities in at least one of five domains: healthy behaviors, community safety, built environment, social/economic factors and environmental exposures.

  The Nutrition Education Program (NEP) helps families on a limited budget make healthier food choices and choose physically active lifestyles by acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior changes necessary to improve their health. NEP is free to all participants who meet income guidelines. Additionally, NEP participates in Policies, Systems and Environmental (PSE) strategies that impact communities. 

Nutrition Education Program

Nebraska Extension in Dodge County has partnered with the Fremont Tribune to help support producing a new weekend Agriculture Page including timely and locally relevant feature articles, weekly USDA Crop Progress & Condition Report, Local Ag Fact of the Week, and more.

Check out the first three Ag Page highlights posted on Crop Tech Cafe

What is this program called 4-H? 

Let us help you . . . . . .

Many people think of 4-H as an independent organization, but that isn't quite accurate. 4-H is the youth development program of the national Cooperative Extension System, through
the United States Department of Agriculture.

This means that your 4-H extension staff members are supported with resources from Land Grant Universities across the nation. Just take a look at our research-based curriculum and you can feel complete confidence in 4-H as a sound, educational organization. And, we've been around for over 100 years!

Dodge County 4-H Achievement Celebration

The Dodge County 4-H program will celebrate their year at the 2016 Achievement Celebration on Sunday, November 6, 2016 starting at 5:00 p.m.  "4-H Grows Here" is the theme for the event which will highlight 4-H ackomplishments and the 4-H Leaders years of service. Please RSVP for this event by Wednesday, November 2, 2016.  

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