{"id":4904,"date":"2018-08-17T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T17:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/?page_id=4904"},"modified":"2022-07-26T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:20:25","slug":"making-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/making-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4915\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/08\/Making-a-Difference-Somerset-County-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"UMaine Extension educator Kathy Hopkins talks with a maple syrup producer in his sugar shack\" width=\"275\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/08\/Making-a-Difference-Somerset-County-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/08\/Making-a-Difference-Somerset-County-105x74.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/08\/Making-a-Difference-Somerset-County-317x222.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/08\/Making-a-Difference-Somerset-County-423x296.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/08\/Making-a-Difference-Somerset-County.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,275px\" \/>The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Somerset County partnership leads to success! Information shared with residents is relevant to their needs, from a credible source, and is unbiased, enabling them to change their lives.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Investments in Somerset County<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">County: <\/span><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">$55,523<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">Grant income: <\/span><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">$5,400<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">UMaine: <\/span><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">$850,431<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">Volunteer Input: <\/span><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">$282,486<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Total Investments in Somerset County Citizens:\u00a0$1,193,840<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Benefits to County Taxpayers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seven Master Gardener Volunteers<\/strong> contributed <strong>874<\/strong> volunteer hours valued at <strong>$15,295. Master Gardener Volunteers <\/strong>donated<strong> 375 lbs.<\/strong> of fruits and vegetables worth <strong>$938<\/strong> to their local area food cupboards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Five Volunteers and 202 youth<\/strong> are involved in <strong>11 Somerset County 4-H clubs<\/strong>, <strong>two<\/strong> <strong>afterschool<\/strong> programs and <strong>four independent units <\/strong>learning life skills and leadership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>32 Senior C<\/strong><strong>ompanions<\/strong> made <strong>7,225<\/strong> visits to isolated and homebound Somerset County clients volunteering <strong>21,074 hours and received $78,434 <\/strong>in stipends and mileage, helping the social and economic well-being of senior volunteers and clients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201dIsolation from friends and family due to limited transportation, lack of access to family members, and limited ability to travel in winter contribute to feelings of loneliness and depression and poorer health outcomes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8212; Rural Nursing Third Edition: Concepts, Theory, and Practice. Edited by Helen J. Lee, Ph.D. and Charlene Winters, Ph.D. Springer Publishing Company. 2010, P. 116.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>94 Extension Homemakers\u00a0<\/strong>volunteered in 48 community education and service projects for <strong>10,034 hours<\/strong> valued at <strong>$179,411<\/strong> and gave <strong>$8,408<\/strong> in donations to their Somerset County communities.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Senior Gatherings, <\/strong>provide a social opportunity for seniors to gather and have conversations and reduce rural isolation.\u00a0<strong>About 10-12 adults<\/strong> attend bi-monthly gatherings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>4-H Livestock GPS Project<\/strong> \u2013 This program teaches 4-Hers how to use\u00a0GPS\u00a0with\u00a0livestock. Youth are constructing their own GPS\u00a0tracking collars and\u00a0developing hypotheses to test on their\u00a0pastured cattle. Youth will use the information\u00a0downloaded from the collars to share their research findings with the public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003263\">&#8212;<span style=\"color: #3698d4\">\u2666<\/span>&#8212;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #3698d4\"><strong>Return on Investment?\u00a0<\/strong><strong>About 21 Times the Investment<\/strong> <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3698d4\">by the County!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Funding Extension? Priceless!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003263\">&#8212;<span style=\"color: #3698d4\">\u2666<\/span>&#8212;<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Somerset County partnership leads to success! Information shared with residents is relevant to their needs, from a credible source, and is unbiased, enabling them to change their lives. Investments in Somerset County County: $55,523 Grant income: $5,400 UMaine: $850,431 Volunteer Input: $282,486 Total Investments in Somerset County Citizens:\u00a0$1,193,840 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":4915,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4904","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Making a Difference - Cooperative Extension in Somerset County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/somerset\/making-a-difference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making a Difference - Cooperative Extension in Somerset County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Somerset County partnership leads to success! 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