Centennial Celebration Kickoff - Media Event Media Invitation – Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County celebrates 100 years of service to our communities CCE Nassau County invites you to our Centennial Year Kickoff event JERICHO, NY, March 19, 2014 - In celebration of our 100 years of serving Nassau County, CCEs leadership team, educators and Board of Directors are inviting members of the media and collaborators to attend our Centennial Kickoff event. This year Cornell Cooperative Extension is celebrating 100 years of serving the population of Nassau County. In May 1914 Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act which established the Cooperative Extension System in the United States. This allowed university based knowledge to be passed down from the Land Grant institutions (in New York it is Cornell University) to the individual counties of the state through a three-way partnership, using USDA funds, State 224 funds and county funding. WHAT Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County Centennial Celebration Kickoff WHEN Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Light refreshments WHERE Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County East Meadow Farm 832 Merrick Avenue (corner of Luddington Road) East Meadow, NY 11554 WHO Norma L. Gonsalves, Presiding Officer Nassau County Legislature Dr. Mark Bridgen, Professor and Director, Cornell University Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center; Gregory M. Sandor, Executive Director, CCE Nassau County One hundred years later, we are still here to serve our residents with programs in nutrition, health, consumer education, the environment, horticulture and youth development: • Our Horticulture Center and Demonstration Gardens at our East Meadow Farm houses our educators, our diagnostic lab and hotline, the Master Gardener program, demonstration gardens and the Community Gardens program; • Our nutrition staff serves residents through various nutrition programs that teach them to shop smarter, eat healthier and exercise more; • Our ACA Accredited Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp in Riverhead provides research based education programs to children ages 8-16. Over 700 children attended in 2013. We look forward to seeing you on March 20th to learn more about our ongoing successful contribution to the communities we serve as well as getting insight to exciting future programming. For further information: Dionne Marshak, CCE, 516-433-7970 ext. 17, [email protected].
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:30:30 +0000
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