Penn State Extension Conducting Survey To Address Community Needs UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A statewide online survey now being conducted by Penn State Cooperative Extension offers tax payers around the common wealth input into decisions on fu tute extension programs in their counties. Lancaster Farming 2003 Pair Guide Booklet May 24 MORE PEOPLE ATTEND FAIRS THAN ALL PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENTS COMBINED “International Assoc, of Fairs and Expositions. , ■ ■.*»» i ’'' ’ r x 4-5(8” ■ •'' " ,§2OO \ 1,2 '’ • S' 3 ' 8 ” * 9 ' l Jr ".. \ 4,2 PK® W• • 3 . 3(g . 1 4-5(8 \ */ 4WBB Call 717-721-4415 To Reserve Your Ad Space The survey is a new wrinkle added to extension’s ongoing, long-range planning efforts, says Ted Alter, associate vice presi dent of outreach and director of cooperative extension. “As part of our program plan ning process, we do a statewide plan of work every five years to determine how we should spend our taxpayers’ dollars,” Alter says. “This time, we decided to do an online needs assessment where users and nonusers of cooperative extension can visit a site and pro The 2< WU>ncaster Farming SeCti ° n E ■ May 24, 2003 Premier Issue is to include: Fair events listings, including contact names and numbers, for fairs in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Fair association news and views. Photos from fairs throughout the region. Advertisin vide us with information and their thoughts. The survey asks about programming in six differ ent areas: youth, family, and community; nutrition and health; plant production; animal produc tion; food processing; and forest ry and wildlife. Deadline: May 12 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3, 2003-815 In addition to the survey, ex tension staff will be conducting focus groups around the state to gather information from stake holders. The five-minute survey can be taken online until May 31 at www.extension.psu.edu/ survey.
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