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Family Dinner

Mission Statement - Bringing the family back to the dinner table to help fight obesity.

Press Release - Holmes family brings dinner back to the table

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Common Gardens

Mission Statement - Creating and demonstrating healthy lifestyle habits with community-wide involvement by creating a community garden.

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Physical Activity Outside of Schools

Mission Statement - To promote, improve, and model physical activity in innovative ways that benefit the community as a whole.

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Filed Under: Family, Financial Health and Wellness, Basic Money Management, Coping Financially in Uncertain Times April 4, 2025

Are you finding it harder to make ends meet? Many people are having to adjust their spending with rising prices on everything from groceries to gasoline. But even as prices rise, most families can find a little room in their budgets by taking a close look at where their money goes each month.

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Filed Under: MSU Extension Head Start March 31, 2025

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Every day at Gaston Point Head Start Center starts the same as teachers and staff strive to prepare each child for excellence in school.

Filed Under: Family, Children and Parenting, MSU Extension Head Start, Nurturing Homes Initiative, Mississippi LIFT Resource and Referral Network February 17, 2025

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The Mississippi State University Extension Service has a new leader at the helm of its programs aimed at early childhood education. Jamila Taylor was named executive director of Early Childhood Extension Programs in the MSU School of Human Sciences Feb. 16.

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