WAYNE COUNTY EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS CELEBRATING 65 YEARS! Wayne County Extension Homemakers Club chartered in 1950. As the homemaker programs began to organized, they worked hard to meet community needs. In 1951, Wayne County Homemakers collected $1,284 for the American Red Cross Drive. This amount was over half of the county goal. Wayne was the first county in the Eastern Division of the United States to meet its goal. Also during the 50s, Homemakers contributed money to seed and landscape the courthouse lawn. The Rightway Club purchased a layette for each new county nurse. In 1957, Homemakers helped public health nurses to inform the public on polio immunization. Homemakers also helped set up two oral sabin polio clinics in the county. During the early 1960s, Homemakers had a lesson on mass feeding and did volunteer work with families receiving commodities. In 1965, Wayne County Extension Homemakers took an active part in the new Head Start Program. Today, Wayne County Homemakers continue to meet community, area, state, national and international needs.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:22:24 +0000
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