Planning AHEAD for End-of-Life Decisions

Planning AHEAD is a course from UW-Madison Division of Extension that takes a comprehensive approach to end-of-life planning. The course guides participants through examining health care wishes, handling financial changes, legal requirements and documentation, distribution of personal property, end-of-life decisions, dealing with grief, and the emotional ramifications of all of the above. Fond du Lac […]

Wisconsin Nonprofit Connect to Learn Mini-Course on Evaluating Outcomes

Sign-up today for our next offering from our Wisconsin Nonprofit Connect to Learn Team: Evaluating Outcomes. This four-week mini-course will equip nonprofit leaders with the skills to assess and communicate the effectiveness of their programs and services. Participants will identify what outcomes they want their programs and services to achieve, develop a plan to evaluate […]

4-H Day Camps Wrap up Summer

Fond du Lac County 4-H wrapped up the summer finishing off with four summer day camps in August.  Art Camp, Cloverbud Day Camp: Teddy Bear Adventure, Cardboard Camp: Zoology, and LEGO camps were the last of the 4-H Summer Camps. The camps were well attended and the youth all shared things that they learned from […]

Food Donation Program

The ‘FDL Fresh 5’ is a food donation program that connects farmers’ market vendors with local food pantries. Amanda Miller worked with local sellers, Bill and Lynda Zeleske, to create and implement the program many years ago. All are members of the Fond du Lac Farmers Market Steering Committee.  The program is designed to be […]

Cloverbud Day Camp: Buzz, Flutter, Crawl

Youth leaders, volunteers, 4-H Summer Intern and the 4-H Educator helped plan out the camp. The youth leaders led activities with the groups all day under the supervision of the volunteer leaders. The youth started the morning off by learning everyone’s names with a couple of games. The participants were able to collect bugs and […]

Well Water Sampling Options

UW-Extension recommends that well owners sample their well at least once per year, at a different time of the year. You can test your water through the Fond du Lac County Health Department, the UW-Extension lab in Stevens Point, the State Lab of Hygiene or other private laboratories in the area. Below are descriptions of […]

Community Engagement Toolkit for Public Participation

As we plan our outreach and engagement efforts, we must be intentional with centering the community members we hope to reach. We must create authentic, sustainable relationships with community members to implement our programming successfully. Whether you are part of local government, a public department, or a nonprofit, the tools included in our Community Engagement […]

Helping Older Adults Access Healthy Foods

FoodWIse has a long standing partnership with a low income senior housing site in Fond du Lac, Riverview Senior Apartments. FoodWIse works with the residents through a 6 week summer nutrition series and has recently added a strength training program for older adults, Strong Bodies, to the offerings. The residents form strong relationships with the […]

Checking Your Credit Report Continues to be Important

Consumers can help stop scammers and strengthen their own financial future by checking their credit report. By law, everybody can obtain three free credit reports each year at AnnualCreditReport.com. It is important to check your report regularly to make sure it is accurate and up to date. Scammers often desire to open credit in your name. […]

Building Culinary Skills

Fond du Lac County 4-H hosted a three-day Foodie Theme reaching 15 youth in June. The youth expressed an interest in learning and exploring culinary skills and the food and nutrition project. A Youth leader, Adult Volunteer, 4-H Summer Intern, and 4-H Program Educator led different cooking activities teaching basic cooking skills such as measuring, […]

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