County of Granville issued the following announcement on Aug. 22.
Granville County’s Cooperative Extension Office provides a host of programs for school-aged residents. With school starting back, now is a great time to get acquainted with some of the programs that may be a great fit for your family!
4-H offers a wide variety of programs ranging from shooting sports, archery, and horseback riding all the way to leadership training. 4-H also provides after-school programming for elementary aged students as well as curriculum enrichment focused on agricultural and livestock education. In the summertime, 4-H provides summer camps for nearly all interests. For more information about 4-H programs at the Granville Extension office, contact Lina Howe at lelue@ncsu.edu or visit the 4-H website.
For kids looking for volunteer opportunities, Granville County Teen Court allows middle and high-school students the option to serve their community and gain a better understanding of the justice system. Teen court volunteers will be able to hone their debating skills, add a strong extracurricular activity to their resumes, and perhaps see if they would be a good fit for a career in practicing law. For more information about Teen Court, contact Charissa Puryear at charissa_puryear@ncsu.edu or visit the Teen Court website.
Another volunteer opportunity available under the Teen Court umbrella is the Restorative Circles program, which serves as a community-based diversion program to prevent youth from becoming involved in the criminal justice system. For more information about volunteering for the Restorative Circles Program, contact Tiana Jones at tpjones3@ncsu.edu or visit the Teen Court website.
Cooperative Extension also sponsors the Un-Rapping the Gift/He Matters program, which provides services like the REACH (Relationships, Empowerment, Academics, Character, and Hope) Afterschool and Summer Program at Northern Granville Middle School. REACH provides homework assistance, crafts, field trips, recreation, and life skills for enrolled students. The Un-Rapping the Gift Program provides mentoring, life skills, and emotional intelligence services to Granville residents between the ages of 13 to 18. For more information about REACH and Un-Rapping the Gift, contact Latonia Oakley at 919-691-0091 or latoniahicksoakley@gmail.com.
Granville County’s Cooperative Extension Office provides services and programs for Granville County residents with funding and support from North Carolina State University and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University? Your local extension office is located at 125 Oxford Outer Loop and provides services centered on three core focus areas – Agriculture & Food, Health & Nutrition, and 4-H Youth Development.
NC State Extension provides research-based knowledge to all North Carolinians, helping them transform science into everyday solutions that improve their lives and grow our state. Cooperative Extension seeks to provide excellent non-formal, research-based education that advances agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, youth, and communities, while creating prosperity for all North Carolinians. Local Extension Centers can be found in all 100 counties as well as in the tribal territory of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian.
For more information about all of the programs available at Granville County Cooperative Extension, visit the Cooperative Extension website or view their events calendar.
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