Holmes County
Family Dinner
Mission Statement - Bringing the family back to the dinner table to help fight obesity.
Press Release - Holmes family brings dinner back to the table
Common Gardens
Mission Statement - Creating and demonstrating healthy lifestyle habits with community-wide involvement by creating a community garden.
Physical Activity Outside of Schools
Mission Statement - To promote, improve, and model physical activity in innovative ways that benefit the community as a whole.
Publications
News
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The Mississippi State University Extension Service has a new leader at the helm of its programs aimed at early childhood education. Jamila Taylor was named executive director of Early Childhood Extension Programs in the MSU School of Human Sciences Feb. 16.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Yahala Devine has been an in-home childcare provider in Mendenhall for two and a half years, but her career trajectory changed when she joined the Nurturing Homes Initiative, or NHI, program. The NHI program is dedicated to enhancing the quality of early education experiences in family childcare homes. By offering resources, training and support, NHI equips providers with the tools they need to improve child development outcomes and advance their own careers.
