MISSION

UW-Extension Family Living Programs provide education promoting family strengths and help communities become positive environments for family life. Programs respond to individual, family and community needs with research-based education and partnerships that support Wisconsin families and communities.

Acidified Food Canned Foods Training for Small Processors - Canning salsa, pickles, and other acidified foods for sale requires special training. The Acidified Canned Foods Training is a 1-day workshop designed to teach the basics of food safety and regulation in the manufacture of acidified foods in Wisconsin. Brochure and Course Dates

Rent Smart discusses topics that are of greatest concern to both tenants and landlords—leases, rights and responsibilities, communicating, home care and managing your finances. Through Rent Smart, you’ll learn what you need to know to be a good tenant, and how to have a positive relationship with your landlord. Certificate of completion will be issued to those who attend all 11 lessons (3 full sessions) of the program, participate in class activities and complete program assignments. For more information -- Brochure and to enroll --Registration Form

CANCER AND END-OF-LIFE CARE, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Outagamie County UW Extension, 3365 Brewster St., Appleton, WI 54914. The Hospice Foundation of America 17th Annual National Living with Grief Teleconference will address care options related to cancer diagnoses as well as loss and grief reactions for patients, families and professional caregivers.  No cost to attend, continuing education available for a fee. Register by March 19, 2010 by calling 920-832-5121 or emailing karen.dickrell@ces.uwex.edu -- More Information

Wisconsin Master Food Preserver Training - Summer 2010 - Wondering what to do with all that garden produce? Do you want to learn about home canning so that you can teach others? Then consider attending the Master Food Preserver and Food Safety Volunteer training! This 3-day program is designed to introduce you to the basics of food safety and home food preservation. Participants completing the pretest, the 3-day hands-on training, and scoring a satisfactory grade on the daily take-home examinations and the final test will be certified as Master Food Preservers.   Registration and More Information

TIPS FOR SUPPORTING FAMILIES GRIEVING SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING TRAGEDY The shootings at Fort Hood on Thursday had a Wisconsin connection, and you may want to pass along some info on how to help grieving families.   At a minimum, Wisconsin soldiers from Mount Pleasant and Kiel died in the attack Thursday.  Wounded were Wisconsin soldiers from Lodi, Sauk County, Madison, and Random Lake. Here is a page from CYFERnet containing tips for supporting families grieving the loss of loved ones in the Fort Hood tragedy. http://www1.cyfernet.org/hotnew/11-09-FtHood.html

Press Release -- Raw Milk Caution UW-Extension specialists urge consumers to avoid drinking unpasteurized milk. A recent outbreak of illness tied to the consumption of raw (unpasteurized) milk sickened at least 35 people in Wisconsin, most of them children and teens. This has prompted food safety specialists with the University of Wisconsin-Extension to urge consumers to avoid consuming raw milk. Read more (32 KB)

We work with and serve individuals and families from increasingly diverse ethnic, cultural, religious and social backgrounds.
Differences are stengths, but to develop those strengths, we need to build upon an understanding of demographic changes
and assess our personal development of intercultural sensitivity.
                                                                         Combined Power Point Civil Rights (27 pages, 325KB)

Spring Cleaning (2 pages, 188KB)

Use this link to access helpful websites related to the effect of divorce, single parenting, co-parenting and other issues of divorce on our children.

Children Caught in the Middle (4 pages,46KB)
Where to Find Help - Resource Page (1 page, 13KB)

According to public health and food safety experts, each year millions of illnesses in this country can be traced to foodborne bacteria. While the likelihood of serious complications is unknown, the Food and Drug Administration estimates that two to three percent of all foodborne illnesses lead to secondary long-term illnesses. For example, certain strains of E.coli can cause kidney failure in young children and infants; Salmonella can lead to reactive arthritis and serious infections; Listeria can cause meningitis and stillbirths; and Campylobacter may be the most common precipitating factor for Guillain-Barre syndrome.

For more information on foodborne illness, visit the BAC Down page or the Center for Disease Control website.

ABCD's of Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
Disaster Management

We have learned that the anxieties of children are rising as they watch us view the news, horrified by the shootings at the Virginia Tech campus, the mobilizations and invasions for the two Iraq wars in recent years. Children's fears can rise to unhealthy levels. Might children wonder about their own safety at school?

Information for parents and teachers to use in preventing or responding to those fears.

  Age differences in children's understanding of the war on TV (1 page, 82KB )
  How Children of Different Ages Show Anxiety and Stress (2 pages, 79KB)
  8 Things You Can Do to Reduce Children's Fears about War (1 page, 80 KB)
  Other Concerns (1 page, 85KB)
  Responding to Scary Events (3 pages, 83KB)

More information is available at Purple Wagon -- a site for people interested in parents and children and their explorations and
discussions of war, terrorism and peacemaking.    http://www.ces.purdue.edu/purplewagon/

FAMILY LIVING PROGRAM CONNECTIONS (alphabetical order)

• Children Caught in the Middle
•  Cleaning Matters Newsletter (560KB)
• Co-Parenting Resources (206 KB)
• Family Matters Newsletter Website
  • January 2010 - English (294KB)
  • Janaury 2010 - Spanish (263KB)
• Financial Security: Now and in Later Life
  • Fox Valley Financial Education Resource Network (FERN)
  • Get Checking - National Website
  • National Endowment for Financial Education
• Food Preservation Lunch & Learn Series Recap (2009)
  • Canning Fruits Safely (4.9 KB)
  • Canning Tomatoes and Salsa Safely (2.1 KB)
  • Freezing Fruits and Vegetables and Making Jams, Jellies and Fruit Preserves (391 KB)
  • Freezing Fruits and Vegetabels, et al, Resource List (254 KB)
• Food Safety Tips and Information
• Food Allergies - What You Need to Know
• Food Safety and Health - University of Wisconsin Extension
• Utah State University Food Preservation Publications
• Michigan State Extension Food Preservation
• Penn State Extension Home Food Preservation and Safety
• Living Well
• Food Salvage After a Flood
• HealthCare
  • BadgerCare Plus
  • Consumer Health Link
  • Affinity Health Care
• Hmong Educational Needs Assessment Project - With funding from a UW-Extension Cross Divisional Grant, a statewide Hmong Educational Needs Assessment was conducted through a focus group process held January through March 2002. The purpose of the assessment was to determine the educational needs of an important segment of the Wisconsin population, the Hmong, and how UW-Extension through its divisions can better serve that population.
• Bridging Hmong American Show Catalog (20 pages,193KB)
• Outagamie Association for Home and Community Education (OAHCE)
  • HCE Program Book
  • HCE Newsletters
• Other Family Living Links
• Parent Connection
  • Community Resource guide with links to various programs
  • Parent Connection Newsletter
    • Winter 2010 Newsletter (4 Pages, 349 KB)
  • Upcoming Events
• Parenting Infants and Preschoolers Newsletter
  • Parenting the First Year
  • Parenting the Second and Third Years
• Strong Families
• UWEX Publications
• Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program

FOOD PRESERVATION:  Food Safety and Health - University of Wisconsin Extension
Safety tips, instructions and recipes for canning, freezing and drying food.

• Canning Fruits at Home (2 pages, 48 KB)
• Canning Resources (2 pages, 56 KB)
• Canning Supplies (1 page, 53 KB)
• Drying Foods (2 pages, 55 KB)
• Food Preservation -- Equipment and Supplies (3 pages, 55 KB)
• Freezing Garden Produce (2 pages, 47 KB)
• Got Zucchini? (1 pages, 40 KB)
• Home Canning (2 pages, 32 KB)
• Home-Canned Salsa (3 pages, 35 KB)
• Home-Canned Vegetables (2 pages, 54 KB)
• Homemade Jams and Jellies (3 pages, 26 KB)
• Homemade Pickles (4 pages, 31KB)
• Preserving Tomatoes (3 pages, 26 KB)
• Safe Food Preservation (2 pages, 56 KB)
• Soups and Stews with Home-Canned Meat (3 pages, 49 KB)
• Storing Herbs
• Turkey Tips (3 pages, 44 KB)
• Washing Fresh Produce (2 pages, 26 KB)

Additional information is available through the UWEX Cooperative Extension publication website: http://cecommerce.uwex.edu (Food Preservation, Safety and Storage)

STAFF

If you have any questions regarding Family Living in Outagamie County, please contact:

Karen Dickrell
Professor
Family Living Educator/Department Head
Outagamie County - UW Extension
3365 W. Brewster St.
Appleton, WI 54914
Phone: 920-832-5121
Wisconsin Relay: 711
Fax: 920-832-4783
Email: karen.dickrell@ces.uwex.edu

Heidi Dusek 4-H Youth & Family Coordinator 3365 W. Brewster St. Appleton, WI 54914 Phone: 920-832-5122 Wisconsin Relay: 711 Fax: 920-832-4783  Email: heidi.dusek@ces.uwex.edu