EXTENSION TRENDS: BONNEVILLE COUNTY University of Idaho Extension, Bonneville County • www.uidaho.edu/bonneville
2019 Impact
2019 By the Numbers • 8,990 direct contacts • 2,573 youth participants • 159 volunteers • 15,009 volunteer hours • $15,073 extramural funding
Our Advisory Council Special thanks to our volunteers who help shape programming and inform the work we do for UI Extension in Bonneville County: Kathy Duplessis, Ann McRill, Morgan Nield, Christine Gladstone, Pamela Rich, Hazel Meshrow, Dorothy Kennedy, Lori Baldwin, Roger Christensen, Joe Kennedy, Bryon Reed, Linda Beckstead, Hersh Mynarcik, Deb Clements, Jan Prudent, Sherry Glick, Mark Hechenbach, Wendie Radford, Judy Seydel and Cathy Johnson.
UI Extension Educators Leslee Blanch 208-529-1390 lblanch@uidaho.edu
Ron Patterson 208-529-1390 rpatterson@uidaho.edu
Alaena Ruth 208-529-1390 aruth@uidaho.edu
In 2019, 1,628 individuals were impacted with new knowledge and skills related to health and wellness. Adult nutrition programming included guidelines related to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer prevention, women's health, aging and meal planning. Youth were educated on the My Plate nutrition guide with emphasis on increasing fruit and vegetable intake while decreasing intake of sugar-rich beverages. Both adults and youth were offered regularly scheduled aerobic, strength and toning, and yoga instruction. Chair yoga was provided to two local assisted living facilities. Other wellness topics in 2019 included mindfulness and worklife balance. UI Extension, Bonneville County implemented a horticultural pest alert for Eastern Idaho. This began as an email list of people who wanted to know when to spray their apples trees for codling moth and fire blight. The project expanded to include other pest issues as well. By the end of the year the email list was approximately 120 people. This gave people current information on when to spray and with what. It has the impact of protecting pollinators, improving effectiveness of pest control activities, and reducing environmental contamination through homeowner-applied pesticides. Three informational booths were organized and executed at three large community events: Idaho AgFest, Discover Idaho Falls and the Idaho Falls ARTitorium’s HarvestFest. During these events, over over 1,500 youth and adults were engaged, including approximately 400 Hispanic youth and adults. Consumers were educated about the beef industry through a comprehensive class developed and organized by UI Extension, Bonneville County and educators from other counties. Focus areas of the workshop were animal handling, beef quality assurance, beef feeding practices, beef palatability and selection, cutting demonstrations, nutrition of beef, and beef cooking methods. Consumers increased their