2024-2025 Washington County Educational Events

• ServSafe / Food Handlers Certification
• Master Gardener Recruitment
• Beekeeping Education
• Community Leadership and Entrepreneurship for High Schoolers
• Grow More, Give More Program
• Pumpkin Workshop
• Pond Management Workshop
• Beef System Short Course
• Private Pesticide Licensing Certification
• Cottage Food Safety Course
• Local Growers Permits
• Money Wise
• Career FAST (FAFSA)
• Food Preservation/Salsa
• Savvy Senior
• Scams
• Professional Logging Manager (PLM) and Continuing Logger Education (CFE) Workshop
• Teen Cuisine
• Fuel for Life
• Eat Smart/Be Active
• Right Bite
• Know Diabetes by Heart
• Master of Memory
• Fall Vegetable Gardening
• iCare Kids (4th grade)
• Your Money Your Life (12th grade)
• Growers Workshop
• PCO Health Fair
• Community Baby Shower
• 4-H In-School Clubs
• 4-H After School
• 4-H Enrichment
• 4-H Animal Projects (Livestock and Chick Chain)
• Earnie the Eagle
• Forestry Awareness Week Now (FAWN)
• Growing Tomatoes Workshop
• High School Workforce Interviews
• High School Gardening
• Etiquette and Life Skills (12th graders)
• Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Voucher Program

Resource Areas

4-H & Youth

• In-School Clubs
• Enrichment Programs
• Archery
• Animal Programs (Livestock and Chick Chain)
• Youth Council
• Summer Camp
• Art and Cooking
• Midwinter Retreat

Agriculture

• Home Horticulture
• Food Safety and Quality
• Commercial Ag
• Agronomic Crops
• Animal Science and Forages
• Farm and Agribusiness Management

Family & Health

• Health and Wellness
• Financial Management
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education

Natural Resources

• Aquatic Resources
• Forestry and Wildlife

Community Development

• Workforce Development
• Job Skills

Ongoing Partnerships & Community Education Outreach

• Washington County Commission
• Washington County Cattlemen’s Association
• Washington County Farmers Federation
• Henson and Kirkland Foundation
• Ala-Tom RC&D
• Clarke Washington EMC
• Washington County Public Schools
• Washington County Public Library & Leadership Washington
• McIntosh Public Library
• Washington County Soil & Water
• Washington County Sheriff Department
• Washington County Jr. Livestock Association
• MOWA Reservation
• NRCS
• Washington County Forestry Commission
• Town of Chatom
• Clarke Washington Co. Fair Board
• Hope Outdoors
• Rebuilding Together of South Alabama
• United Way of Southwest Alabama
• Washington County DHR
• Child Policy Council
• Washington County Domestic Violence Task Force
• USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital
• McIntosh Senior Center
• Alabama AG Credit
• B&F drugs
• Bridget and Friends Center

Increasing Quality of Life for Alabamians with Research-Based Information

• Alabama Extension takes the university to the people. As educators, we are partners in every county, bringing practical ways to better our homes, farms, people, and communities. Our research extends knowledge and improves lives.
• Alabama 4-H provides a place for young people to explore their interests and passions, while finding their spark.

One Year by the Numbers

• 182 Soil Samples
• 438 Nutrition Education
• 353 4-H Members Enrolled
• 116 4-H Group Enrollment
• 992 Total Adults Served
• 742 Total Youth Served
• 189 Your Money Your Life Participants
• 10 Pesticide Testing
• 2 4-H State Ambassadors
• 2 Poarch Creek Scholarship Recipients
• 2 4-H National Conference Attendees
• 8 4-H Volunteers

For More Information

• Washington County Extension
  25 Court Street/ PO Box 280, Chatom, AL 36518
  (251) 847-2295

Stacy Ferguson, County Extension Director, Washington County

Revised November 2025, Washington County Annual Report, ACES-2815