On one afternoon alone, I overhead the following phone conversations held by Extension employees:
-Counseling and supporting a person about to be foreclosed;
-Advocating for such an individual with a financial institution;
-Coaching a new mother regarding how to breastfeed her child;
-Guiding another new mother through expectations about newborn behavior;
-Making arrangements for 4-H club activity prior to the Fair;
-Answering detailed technical questions from a local farmer about crop management; and
-Scheduling the next food safety class for restaurant employees to be held at the Extension office.

If the Extension services in our county went away, I can say with assurance that the loss would touch each and every one of our lives. Extension employees provide our infrastructure…often without notice, usually without recognition. Their services are worth every penny our county or state can provide.