Garland County EHC

The import­ance of cul­tiv­at­ing a growth mind­set | The Sentinel-Record What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word “cul­tiv­ate?” Grow­ing plants? Devel­op­ing friend­ships and rela­tion­ships? Maybe you think about cul­tiv­at­ing the mind. All of these fit the defin­i­tions of the word accord­ing to...

On June 12, 2026, Project Books were handed out to 3 of our EHC
Clubs and 1 to our Extension Homemakers Council while we were at the Leadership and Officers meeting at the Fairgrounds.

Bert made the project Book for the Extension Homemakers Council which highlighted pet care items donated to our local pet shelter here in Hot Springs. Many members continued to make monetary donations long after the project was over while others donated pet food in addition to the organized donation.

Janie representing Lakeside EHC accepted the Project book which highlighted the members sewing blessing bags for Mothers at Potter’s Clay on Mother’s Day. Each bag contained a notebook, pen, mechanical pencil, socks, lip balm, hand lotion, emery boards, and a visor.

Kathy of Loyal Ladies accepted the Project Book that she assembled illustrating how that Club donates their time and money to Chapter 5 Disabled American Veterans many projects that they do throughout the year.

Sue accepted the Project Book for All Things Home . This Club supported the homeless at the Warming Shelter by making over 300 sausage, cheese, and egg burritos for their breakfast while at the shelter.

A small monetary award was given to each Project Book.

Project Books take an enormous amount of time , creativity ,and
effort so thank you to Bert, Janie, Kathy, and Sue for doing this for our EHC Clubs.

A healthy game plan for the man in your life | The Sentinel-Record Did you know men live sicker and die younger than women? In 1920, the life expect­ancy gender gap was only one year. By 2017, men were dying approx­im­ately five years sooner than women. June is Men’s Health Month, and the week lead­ing up to...

Crazy Quilters donate baby sup­plies to Change­point | The Sentinel-Record Mem­bers of the Gar­land County Crazy Quilters Exten­sion Home­makers Club recently delivered 55 baby blankets, diaper pads and burp pads made by club mem­bers to Change­point Preg­nancy Care and Par­ent­ing Cen­ter Inc. From left are Joyce Rice,...

Crazy Quilters to host ‘UFO’ sem­inar | The Sentinel-Record Gar­land County Crazy Quilters Exten­sion Home­makers Club will host a UFO sem­inar from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 24-26 for those look­ing to fin­ish sew­ing projects. UFO stands for “unfin­ished objects,” a news release said, and club mem­bers will be...

Yes We Can Club turns spa­ghetti sauce can­ning class into com­munity sup­port | The Sentinel-Record The Yes We Can Club of the Gar­land County Exten­sion Home­makers recently hos­ted a class on mak­ing and can­ning spa­ghetti sauce at the Hot Springs Com­munity Resource Cen­ter. Six fam­il­ies were rep­res­en­ted at the class, which pro­duced 14.5...

On June 12, 2026, a leadership and officers meeting was conducted at the Fairgrounds for all members in those positions. 25 members representing 6 EHC Clubs were present for the meeting that was conducted by Alison .

Lynn Paul started the meeting by telling everyone how the State meeting went in North Little Rock last week. She also told us about an upcoming field trip to Crystal Springs to view a special expo this month that features an EHC exhibit. Enough members were interested that will make it possible to travel together in a van and possibly spend the night there. More details will be forthcoming in the next few days.

Alison told us how important it was to have a positive attitude at all times even when confronted by negative vibes. A game was played to emphasize the positiveness in each of our club members.

Alison told us of a special workshop for our 4-H members concentrating on how to eliminate the waste of fabric in our society thereby keeping it out of our municipal land fields. She will be teaching those members how to make aprons out of men’s shirts and then doing another smaller project from the left over scraps.

A delicious pot luck lunch was afforded to all attendees and it felt and looked like a feast. All of our members are fabulous cooks and we certainly enjoyed all foods that were provided for us to have that day.

After lunch all officers broke into their individual groups representing their respective offices for the upcoming new year. These meetings will certainly encourage us to do our best this year and we are all looking forward to the most progressive EHC year that we have ever had!

A return to the main meeting assembled to a final wrap up by Alison and Lynn Paul telling us of our new yearbooks .

A good positive informative meeting came to a very positive conclusion and we are all looking forward to a very productive positive new year for all 7 EHC Clubs!

Don’t miss out! The registration deadline is Tuesday, June 16th.

Crazy Quilters Extension Homemakers club is sponsoring a “Build a Snowman in June” craft workshop at the Garland County Fairgrounds at 10 a.m. on June 19.
All materials will be furnished.
Refreshments will be served.
The cost is $5, payable only by check to Crazy Quilters at the Garland County Extension office, 200 Woodbine. The registration deadline is June 16.

Come join us for some fun!

On June 2 , 2026, Joyce, Peggy, Lynn Paul, Paula, Janie, Alison, Loretta, Bert, and Joy Ann , representing 5 of the Garland County EHC Clubs attended the Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council State Meeting in Little Rock. Braycen, Bert’s grandson , also attended the event.