Leading an Organization Through the COVID-19 Crisis
Leading an Organization Through the COVID-19 Crisis. BoardSource Blog. By Phil Buchanan.
Read More...What Nonprofit Board Members Should be Doing Right Now to Address the COVID-19 Situation
What Nonprofit Board Members Should be Doing Right Now to Address the COVID-19 Situation BoardSource Blog. By Joy Folkedal and Lindsay Tallman.
Read More...CommUnity Conversations
U-W Madison’s Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies will be hosting conversations for non-profit organizations, called CommUnity Conversations. Upcoming events and webinar recordings will be posted here.
Read More...Timpano Consulting
Timpano Consulting: Includes links to short videos providing tips on navigating the crisis, and links to presentations from the 2016 Nonprofit Leadership Development Series. Archived videos on financing, technology and management can be accessed through YouTube at: https://bit.ly/TimpanoYouTube
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Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: Why is the coronavirus different?
The coronavirus that we are all dealing with this year has some startling differences and also some similarities from other viruses that we have heard about before. About 15-30% of common colds every year are caused by a type of coronavirus. COVID-19 is a disease caused by a particularly virulent and contagious coronavirus. What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses […]
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Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: Grill like a PRO
The CDC estimates that 48 million Americans every year get sick with a foodborne illness, with cases of foodborne illness tending to spike in the summer. While grilling outside with our family can be fun, it can also lead to food poisoning. Now is certainly no time to get sick with an illness that is avoidable! […]
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Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: Survival of the coronavirus on surfaces
Studies have shown that the virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on surfaces for up to several days. Is this cause for concern? A recent study from the National Institute of Health noted that under laboratory conditions, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces. Scientists found that SARS-CoV-2 was detectable […]
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4-H Fridays! – May 1
This week try the “Chips in Muffin” recipe, build a “House of Cards”, and photography “Unique or Trick/Optical Illusion”. If you would like to take a picture of you or your family doing one of these 4-H projects, feel free to email it to me at penny.tank@wisc.edu with the subject line: 4-H Friday Photo and […]
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Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: Safe use of sanitizers or disinfectants
When used correctly, chemical sanitizers and disinfectants can be important in helping to fight disease. Chemicals must pass certain tests to be classified as either a sanitizer or a disinfectant, or both! Sanitizers reduce the number of bacteria by 99.99% in one test. Disinfectants are shown to be effective against 99.99% of bacteria in multiple tests. Disinfectants that work in […]
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Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: Why masks?
We know that the coronavirus is a respiratory illness, not a foodborne illness. We also know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends two primary strategies to help control COVID-19: physical distancing and hand washing. So why are we seeing people wearing face masks? The CDC advises the use of simple cloth […]
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Taco Tuesday!! Free Cookbook Download Available!!
Does anyone else miss Taco Tuesday? Support your local Mexican Restaurants for take out OR dine-in with one of your favorites from this Taco Tuesday Cookbook.
Read More...4-H Friday! – April 24
Happy Volunteer Week – Thank You 4-H Volunteers! This week’s issue contains Earth Day 2020 Celebrating 50 Years – make a bird feeder using plastic bottles, See the Wind: Make a Windsock, and Photography – Bird’s (or Bug’s) Eye View! Click here for the April 24 issue.
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Container Gardening & Container Vegetables
Want to grow your own healthy food but don’t have a garden? Safer-at-home is the perfect time to try container gardening. Check out the new Extension fact sheet (PDF 599 kb) for specific variety recommendations, as well as Extension bulletin A3382 “Container Gardening” (PDF 58 kb) for more details on how to get started.
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Cloth Face Coverings 4-H Service Project Opportunity
4-H Families, Recently, the CDC recommended wearing of cloth face coverings to protect yourself and others in public settings. We wanted to take a moment to share the Wisconsin 4-H sewing pattern that you can use to create your own cloth face coverings. If you wanted to make face coverings for more than you and your family, consider contributing to […]
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