LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. — It is indeed our pleasure to inform you about a Penn State Extension award opportunity in Lebanon County: The Alletta Schadler Community Service/Engagement Award.
Alletta Schadler (Letie) served as Home Economist, Family Living Agent and County Extension Director with Penn State Extension in Lebanon County from 1969 thru 1999. In 1974 she was appointed the first female County Extension Director in Pennsylvania. Her main program focus was food and nutrition, food safety and food preservation but she also worked in the areas of leadership development, textiles and clothing and home management.
The Alletta Schadler Community Service/Engagement Award, offering a minimum of $500, will provide support to an outstanding volunteer in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania who is pursuing a degree, continuing education, or professional development in the Family and Consumer Sciences area. This includes areas such as, but not limited to: apparel design, textiles and merchandising, dietetics, food and nutrition science, food safety, public health, health education, hospitality and culinary management, and child and adolescent development. We encourage both traditional and non-traditional, undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing areas of Family and Consumer Sciences to apply. The application form is available from the Extension office at 2120 Cornwall Road, Suite 1, Lebanon, PA 17042 or online at https://extension.psu.edu/alletta-schadler-community-service-engagement-award.
The deadline to apply is May 15, 2023. For more information on the award, contact Lori Klein at 717-639-3581 or lap5982@psu.edu. You may also call Penn State Extension in Lebanon County at 717-270-4391.
–Penn State Extension Lebanon County
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