Hello all,
We have some exciting opportunities coming up and would love to share them with you. The American Heart Association along with Chef James Warner, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, will be getting a head start on celebrating American Heart Month. They’re offering a virtual cooking demo on Thursday, January 28th at 4:30PM. You’ll be preparing Mediterranean Chicken Meatball and Raosted Spaghetti Squash with Marinara as well as getting heart health tips and a stretch break. You may view the event flyer here.
We’ll be celebrating American Heart Month with our Strong @ Heart Email Wellness Challenge. You’ll receive two email messages weekly beginning on February 1st and ending March 14th. You’ll learn how to improve your heart health. Topics will include prevention, sleep, gratitude, foods, fats, sodium, dining out, activity, and laughter. You may join the challenge by clicking here.
Next up is an opportunity to join us for a discussion of the book Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. We are reading this book as part of Central Ohio's Largest Book Club: Let’s Talk About Race: One Book – One Community hosted by Columbus Metropolitan Library and eight other central Ohio libraries. You can learn more about the book club and associated events at columbuslibrary.org/one-book. We encourage you to participate in the virtual community book discussions and virtual author talk that are part of the event, as well as invite you to participate in a virtual discussion of the book that will be held via Zoom with our staff on January 28 at 12PM and 6PM. You may register for the event at go.osu.edu/stamped. Please register by 11:59PM on Sunday, January 24, 2021.
Calling all adults 60+ for a webinar series titled, Incorporating the 7 Dimensions of Wellness into Daily Life. This virtual workshop series will explore the Seven Dimensions of Wellness including physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and occupational. Each session will include discussion, engaging activities and resources to take home. It will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning on February 2nd and end on April 1st. You may view the event flyer and registration information here.
Youth in grades 6 – 8 are invited to join us on Mondays starting January 25th – March 15th for a Polar Mystery 4-H SPIN Club. A polar scientist has gone missing and no one can find her. Using data and maps you will pinpoint her location and help to discover who took her in this virtual 4-H Special Interest Club to be held on Zoom. You may view the event flyer here. Please click here to register. The program is offered jointly by Ohio 4-H, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and collaborators at Rutgers University. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 1906929.
Are you a youth or know one grades 7-12 who enjoys poetry? Yes, then we have the perfect opportunity. We’ll be hosting a weekly Finding Your Voice: Virtual Poetry Writing SPIN Club. The club will meet weekly beginning February 3rd through March 24th, 4PM – 5PM. We will be focusing on the joy of writing, sharing and discussing it with others. We’ll explore limericks, Haiku, poetry of place, Slam poetry, the poetry store, motions poems and more. Please click here to view the event details and registration information.
The OSU Specialty Crops Team and Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center are excited to offer a live virtual High Tunnel and Season Extension School in January and February 2021. The program will include six live sessions addressing questions raised by growers ranging in experience from beginner to advanced. Sessions are interactive, last one hour, and cover two key subjects each. Franklin County Agriculture and Natural Resource Educators, Mike Hogan and Tim McDermott, are among those scheduled to teach. You may view the schedule and register here.
Be sure to check out Mike Hogan’s Columbus Dispatch article on growing colorful African violets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- January 19: OSU Specialty Crop Team and Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center Virtual High Tunnel School
- January 20: Families First Webinar Series
- January 22: Beating the Winter Blues Online Series
- January 25: Polar Mystery 4-H SPIN Club
- January 26: OSU Specialty Crop Team and Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center Virtual High Tunnel School
- January 27: 2021 Pesticide Applicator Recertification Virtual Class
- January 27: Families First Webinar Series
- January 28: One book - One Community Book Daytime Discussion
- January 28: One book - One Community Book Discussion Evening Discussion
- January 29: Beating the Winter Blues Online Series
- February 1: Polar Mystery 4-H SPIN Club
- February 1: Strong @ Heart Email Wellness Challenge
- February 2: OSU Specialty Crop Team and Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center Virtual High Tunnel School
- February 2: Incorporating the 7 Dimensions of Wellness into Daily Life Virtual Workshop Series
- February 2: CARTEENS Class
- February 3: Finding Your Voice: Virtual Poetry Writing SPIN Club
- February 3: Families First Webinar Series
- February 4: Incorporating the 7 Dimensions of Wellness into Daily Life Virtual Workshop Series
- February 6: Money Management Virtual Workshop
- February 6: Home Buyer Education Virtual Workshop
As a reminder, our office is physically closed at this time. This is in accordance with the City of Columbus and Franklin County Public Health advisories as well as University guidance. For this reason, the sale of soil test kits is suspended. They will resume when the office reopens. We are available via phone and email, Monday – Friday, 8AM – 4:30PM. You may view our staff directory here.
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