County extension office increases staff
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December 14, 2016
Walinda Arnett is working with a group of fourth graders on how many vegetables they need to have each day.
Walinda Arnett joined the Barber and Pratt, Kansas, county extension office as a nutrition assistant this fall. The part-time position is funded entirely by grant funds. The Barber and Pratt county extensions agents collaborated to write a grant proposal for nutrition education that allowed for the hiring of a very part-time program assistant.
Arnett's education in Early Childhood is extremely valuable when teaching in the grade school classrooms. One program is Book In a Bag. Once a month, she will read a book and then make a healthy snack that students could make again at home. When teaching...
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