Lee County Educational Events

• ServSafe for Food Service Workers (English and Spanish Classes)
• Gardening Programs
• Local Farmers Market Growers Permits
• Cotton Production Meeting
• Row Crops Field Day
• Food Preservation
• Financial Management and Budgeting Classes
• Private Pesticide License Training and Certification
• Body Quest
• Teen Cuisine
• Your Money, Your Life
• Diabetes Education Program (DEEP)
• Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training
• Agriculture Outlook Meeting
• Logger and Forester Education and Certification Training
• Cottage Food Law Course and Certification
• Master Gardener Certification
• Ask an Agent: In-Person Q&A
• Right Bite: Setting the Table
• Professional Logging Manager Workshop
• Alabama FAST (FAFSA)
• Vaping and Smoking Education
• Peanut Production Meeting
• Master of Memory
• Disaster Preparedness
• Urban Forestry
• High Tunnel Crop Production Workshop
• Master Gardener Lunch & Learn Series
• Farmers Market Master Gardener Demonstrations
• Operation Grow
• Feed Milling Workshop
• Azalea 101
• Aquaponics 101 Workshop
• Beekeeping Series
• Heirs Property Series
• Lee County Veterans Outreach

Programming Delivery

4-H & Youth

• In-School Clubs
• Homeschool Club
• Enrichment Programs
• Poultry Project
• Pet Rabbit
• Youth Council
• Summer Camp
• Summer Arts Programs

Agriculture

• Home Horticulture
• Commercial Horticulture
• Agronomic Crops
• Livestock & Forages

Family & Health

• Food Safety
• Nutrition Education
• Money Management
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program– Education

Natural Resources

• Wildlife
• Forestry
• Pond Management

Community Development

• Workforce Development
• Job Skills
• Community Development
• Veterans Outreach
• Lee County Fair
• Agritourism

Ongoing Partnerships & Community Education Outreach

• Lee County Farmers Federation
• EMA of Lee County
• Sunrise Rotary Club
• Lee County Farmers Federation Women’s Committee
• Auburn & Opelika Tourism
• Greater Peace Baptist Church
• Lee County Cattlemen Association
• Opelika Chamber of Commerce
• Curtis House
• Forestry Commission
• Auburn Chamber of Commerce
• Darden House
• Lee County Commission
• Leadership Lee County
• Veterans Resource Center AU
• Farm Service Agency/NRCS
• Young Leaders of Lee County
• Veterans Affairs Office of Lee County
• Lee County School System
• Opelika Housing Authority
• District Attorney’s Office of Lee County
• Auburn City School System
• Boykin Community Center
• Opelika Fire Department
• Opelika City School System
• Lee Russell Council of Government
• City of Auburn Parks and Recreation
• Southern Union Community College
• Opelika Library
• City of Opelika Parks and Recreation
• Envision Opelika
• Lee County Sheriff’s Office
• Mid-South RC& D
• City of Opelika
• East Alabama Medical Center
• Piedmont Fertilizer
• City of Auburn
• Lee County DHR
• Lee County Feed & Seed
• Opelika Sportsplex
• Family Guidance Center of Alabama
• Ace Hardware
• O’Grows Farmers Market
• Family Resource Center
• Tractor Supply
• Town Creek Park Farmers Market
• Kiwanis Club of Auburn
• Loachapoaka Pioneer Park
• Ag Heritage Farmers Market
• Kiwanis Club of Opelika
• Kreher Preserve & Nature Center

Increasing Quality of Life for Alabamians with Research-Based Information

• 4-H’ers are four times more likely to give back to their communities and two times more likely to make healthy choices.

One Year by the Numbers

• 5,327 4-H volunteer hours valued at $178,400+
• 1,805 youth enrolled in 4-H
• 2,045 4-H program participants
• 1,052 community members participated in nutrition education programs
• 1,200+ students received financial literacy training in Auburn, Lee County, and Opelika High Schools
• 1,000+ community members attended presentations about veteran benefits
• 848 Master Gardener volunteer hours valued at $28,423
• 146 pounds of produce donated valued at $292

For more information:

Lee County Extension
600 S 7th St., Suite 4
Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 749-3353

New April 2025, Lee County Annual Report, ACES-2845