Our Impact
Cobb County Extension Impacts 2023
4-H/Youth Development Impact
Accomplishments
- Six 9th-12th graders qualified to attend State 4-H Congress with two new Master 4-H'ers
- Cloverleaf District Project Achievement – 89 participants
- Earned highest participation at Newton Cloverleaf DPA
- Overall, Cobb had 88% place
- Junior/Senior DPA
- Most Seniors Competitors (9th-12th graders): Cobb (25)
- Outstanding participation with 42 participants
- Increase in participation since 2022
- Consumer Judging Team and Horse Judging represented Georgia at Western National Round Up in Denver, Colorado
- Consumer Judging Team placed 3rd in the nation
- Horse Judging placed 2nd in the nation
- Two students earned Master 4-H status at State 4-H Congress- Isaiah Farrow in the Food Fare and Sandhya Rajesh in the Arts and Crafts Project.
- Varsity LifeSmarts Team tied for 5th place in the nation at the National LifeSmarts contest in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Junior Varsity LifeSmarts team placed 1st at the state LifeSmarts contest
- Senior Hippology Team placed 1st in state competition and will represent Georgia at the 2024 Western National Round Up
- Junior Horse Judging Team placed 2nd at the state competition
- 2022 2nd place state Senior Consumer Judging team will represent Georgia at the National FCS Competition in San Antonio, Texas
At-A-Glance (Information based on the 2022-2023 school year)
- 2,507 K-12th grade students enrolled
- 22,090 students were reached through 4-H programming in the Cobb community
- Led Science and English/Language Arts lessons in 23 Cobb County and Marietta City Schools
- 7 Specialty and Charter Clubs: Archery, Cooking Club, 4-H C.H.E.F. Club, Cloverbuds, Cultured Ag Club, Horse & Pony Club, and Health & Medical Club
- 135 4th-12th grade students participated in Project Achievement
- 1068 service hours donated by 4-H youth
- 1693 volunteer hours by adults and teen leaders throughout the 2022-2023 school year
Family and Consumer Sciences Impact
Accomplishments
- Cobb Extension FACS program is a pilot program for the UGA Extension Elevate Couples Series through the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Coordinated an award winning Food Preservation and Canning Series to Cobb residents
Family and Consumer Sciences At-A-Glance
- 25 county residents were enrolled in the ServSafe Food Managers course
- 94 FACS programs were presented to the public in person adn virtually
- 6 food preservation canning classes were taught to Cobb residents
- Cobb FACS staff reached 2518 face to face contacts
Agriculture and Natural Resources Impact
Accomplishments
- Development and start of the Cobb Wellness Garden in collaboration with Cobb Farm Bureau and Wellstar which has donated over 800lbs of produce to local food pantries
- Vidalia Onion Fundraiser that donated over 1500 Pounds of Vidalia Onions to a local food pantry for residents in need.
- Conducted the Cobb County Master Naturalist Class where we had 20 graduates.
- Creation of the Georgia Master Naturalist Continuing Education Series for all graduates of the Georgia Master Naturalist Series
Agriculture and Natural Resources/Horticulture At-A-Glance
- 6,785 Community Engagement Contacts
- 1,055 soil, water, plant, insect, and disease samples processed for Cobb residents
- 56 programs presented to the public through educational outreach iniatives
- 1,436 phone calls, 566 walk ins, and 1002 email consults for Cobb residents about horticultural/agricultural issues
Master Gardener Extension Volunteer At-A-Glance
- 21 Master Gardeners completed the 2023 training
- 250+ Master Gardener Volunteers
- 20,792 Volunteer Hours
- Value of volunteer hours $696,324
- Master Gardener volunters logged 27,000 miles driven for volunteer purposes