Dodge County Association for Home
and Community Education (Dodge County HCE) is a unique educational,
charitable, nonprofit organization. During our 60 years in
existence, we have used different names - Home Demonstration,
Extension Homemakers, Association for Family and Community
Education (FCE), and Association for Family and Community
Education (HCE) - but our mission remains the same: To provide
educational opportunities for our members; and to offer service
to the communities in which we live.
Some of the educational
programs which were presented in the early years of our organization
include meat cutting, safe dry cleaning, planning a garden,
making soap, sugar rationing, canning food, care and cleaning
of your sewing machine, making your own dress forms, washing
and ironing made easier, spending food dollars, and textile
printing. educational programs in recent years include plants
and gardening, vinegars and marinades, generations need each
other, casseroles, downsizing life's possessions, scam artists
and telemarketing, stress and stress reduction, stir fry,
ribbon embroidery, low fat meals, better photographs, and
studies of Washington and Oregon, Austria, Arizona and New
Mexico, and Finland.
Our members improve
their leadership skills by becoming project leaders and officers
in their clubs, and by becoming officers and educational program
chairmen in their county, district and state organizations.
All members have the opportunity to get to know their fellow
members in the club, county, district, and state; to form
friendships; and to enjoy the social aspects of getting together
to learn from each other.
Our organization
supports the youth in Dodge County by providing money for
college scholarships and for 4-H Junior Achievement Awards.
We have sponsored recycling brochures which were distributed
throughout Dodge County. Dodge County HCE clubs provide service
to local nursing homes, blood banks, schools, and wherever
they find a need in the community for which they can provide
assistance.
Dodge County HCE
has provided much for its members and the community during
its 60 years as an organization. May it continue to fulfill
its mission in the future as we work to meet the needs of
our members in an ever-changing society.
HOME & COMMUNITY EDUCATION
