UGA Extension Office

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

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