Hopkins County Household & Neighborhood Well being Extension Agent Johanna Hicks earned state honors and Hopkins County Commissioner Court docket was acknowledged final week on the 2022 Texas Extension Affiliation of Household & Client Sciences state convention.
Hicks Receives State Honors
Johanna Hicks obtained the Wholesome Texas Award on the TEAFCS Awards ceremony in Decatur, an annual occasion attended by Extension professionals from throughout the state. The spectacular outcomes her management with the Neighborhood Well being/Wellness Alliance in conducting periods at summer time scholar day camps had been cited for the state honor.
Based on Hicks, this system began when the same old “Children’ Camp: Enjoyable, Meals, Health” was cancelled because of the COVID pandemic. Nevertheless, Sulphur Springs ISD developed a summer time day camp in 2020 for college students which has taken place every summer time since then. Further alternatives for Hicks and her collaborators surfaced as Cumby ISD added a camp program to its summer time schedule in 2022. Hicks and her staff jumped in to help in main periods.
Offering training on diet, bodily exercise, hydration, water security, solar security, stranger hazard, and bullying, Hicks and representatives from the Texas Division of State Well being Companies, United Healthcare and Grasp Wellness Volunteers made an affect within the lives of scholars attending the camps.
Hicks supplied incentive objects to bolster subjects being taught, together with MyPlate flying discs, sports activities bottles, MyPlate books, toss up balls, and extra. Seven problems with “Coloration Me Wholesome” publication together with recipes, ideas for wholesome consuming, strategies for incorporating bodily exercise into every day life, and extra had been distributed to oldsters. Palms-on cooking periods in 2021 and 2022 included the significance of accelerating fruit and vegetable consumption. College students additionally discovered about studying a recipe, utilizing the proper measuring utensils, hand hygiene, oven security, and meals security.
The outcomes had been notably spectacular:
- 100% of contributors indicated that they plan to drink extra water and fewer sweetened drinks.
- 100% additionally indicated that they plan to eat breakfast each morning, and
- 88% indicated that they plan to eat extra fruit and veggies.
Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court docket Honored
The Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court docket obtained recognition on the 2022 Texas Extension Affiliation of Household & Client Sciences state convention as nicely.
(Photo courtesy of Callie Cline, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Specialist.)
Hicks nominated the Commissioners Court docket for his or her help and participation in occasions of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
The Commissioners Court docket consisting of Decide Robert Newsom, Precinct 1 Commissioner Mickey Barker, Precinct 2 Commissioner Greg Anglin, Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley, and Precinct 4 Commissioner Joe Value view Extension as a viable asset to the group and serve on Extension committees and process forces, Hicks sited in her nomination. The courtroom members attend Extension management planning conferences, the annual Extension Banquet and 4-H Achievement Banquet, as their schedules permit. Newsom additionally assists in recognizing Nationwide 4-H Week by studying a proclamation and giving encouraging phrases to our county’s youth.
The County Decide, Hicks famous, was instrumental in encouraging county workers to participate in Stroll Throughout Texas, an 8-week strolling program to advertise every day bodily exercise, which befell in Fall 2021. Three county official groups took half within the occasion along with three different native groups. Complete miles logged throughout Stroll Throughout Texas had been 7,883.44.
Within the phrases of Johanna Hicks, “The Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court docket is a shining instance of help, encouragement, and involvement within the work of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. From Extension constructing enhancements to involvement in Stroll Throughout Texas, every commissioner has buoyed the life of labor of Extension in Hopkins County.”
Congratulations to Hopkins County Extension Agent Johanna Hicks and the Commissioners Court docket on receiving this recognition for his or her efforts in and help of the local people.
