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Infant nutrition and care for the aged will be among the critical issues addressed by the 12,000-member strong Virginia Extension Homemakers Clubs, under its new plan of action for the coming year.
Extension agents will provide education for the leaders of the more than 700 Virginia Extension Homemaker Clubs, who will in turn, train their members to conduct educational programs in their communities.
The four major programs have been outlined for the coming year. They are health, food, and nutrition; citizenship; resource management; and family community leadership said Janet Tuckwiller, Virginia Tech Extension specialist who serves as adviser to the Homemaker Council.
The health, food, and nutrition program will emphasize training the members to teach pre-school youngsters good food habits. It also will work on a program called “Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies,” in which the members learn to provide information to pregnant and nursing mothers to maintain and improve their health as well as the health of their babies.
The citizenship program will focus on “Volunteer Information Providers” Program (VIPP) which is
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