As you are well aware we are facing a budget crisis in this state. Up until today Extension was looking at a possible 10-15% budget cut statewide which would effect programs, positions, and ultimately the future of Extension as we know it. Today, Joe Zublena, Director of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, has said that the cuts being discussed today are between 25-30%. That means the loss of almost 400 positions across the state and programming cuts across the board. Linked is a letter outlining the cuts and what it could mean for Extension.
We need your help to make some personal phone calls to elected officials. Below are the names and numbers of the people we elected to serve us and ultimately the people who are making decisions about our budget. The Cooperative Extension budget is in the Higher Education Line item, specifically the agriculture section of Higher Education. Please place a call to our lawmakers and ask them not to cut this line item. Let them know how important Extension is to you, your youth, our community. Share with them that we worked together to improve the lives of more than 6,000 youth in our county and Extension touched the lives of over 33,000 people in Robeson County, in 2010 alone. Let them know that Extension includes helping traditional agriculture such as farmers, livestock producers, and poultry producers but also let them know we help families and youth. Extension is the only organization that can adapt to the needs of a county and offer solutions with research-based materials that improve the health/well being of our citizens, protects our food chain, and increases the profitability of our agricultural economy.
Mike McIntyre: Lumberton: (910) 735-0610 (phone) Marie Thompson is the Chief of Staff Washington, D.C.: (202) 225-2731 (Phone) Kaitlin Helms is the Executive Assistant to the Congressman
We need your help to make some personal phone calls to elected officials. Below are the names and numbers of the people we elected to serve us and ultimately the people who are making decisions about our budget. The Cooperative Extension budget is in the Higher Education Line item, specifically the agriculture section of Higher Education. Please place a call to our lawmakers and ask them not to cut this line item. Let them know how important Extension is to you, your youth, our community. Share with them that we worked together to improve the lives of more than 6,000 youth in our county and Extension touched the lives of over 33,000 people in Robeson County, in 2010 alone. Let them know that Extension includes helping traditional agriculture such as farmers, livestock producers, and poultry producers but also let them know we help families and youth. Extension is the only organization that can adapt to the needs of a county and offer solutions with research-based materials that improve the health/well being of our citizens, protects our food chain, and increases the profitability of our agricultural economy.
Mike McIntyre: Lumberton: (910) 735-0610 (phone) Marie Thompson is the Chief of Staff Washington, D.C.: (202) 225-2731 (Phone) Kaitlin Helms is the Executive Assistant to the Congressman
Charles Graham Lumberton: (910) 739-3969
Raleigh: (919) 715-0875
Garland Pierce Wagram (910) 369-2844
Raleigh: (919) 733-5803
G. L. Pridgen Lumberton: (910) 608-3277
Raleigh: (919) 733-5821
Michael Walters Proctorville: (910) 628-7075
Raleigh: (919) 733-5651
It is important that you call now because the higher education line item is to be discussed this weekend. Please know that your phone call, can make a difference. We appreciate your help and advocacy on behalf of North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
Raleigh: (919) 715-0875
Garland Pierce Wagram (910) 369-2844
Raleigh: (919) 733-5803
G. L. Pridgen Lumberton: (910) 608-3277
Raleigh: (919) 733-5821
Michael Walters Proctorville: (910) 628-7075
Raleigh: (919) 733-5651
It is important that you call now because the higher education line item is to be discussed this weekend. Please know that your phone call, can make a difference. We appreciate your help and advocacy on behalf of North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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