PRINCETON – Four Bureau County Home and Community Education members attended the 94th Annual Illinois Association for Home and Community Education Conference held at the Thelma Keller Convention Center, Effingham, Illinois, on March 12-14.

Through the years, they have changed with the current times, trends, or needs. It was first known as Home Bureau Federation, the Homemakers Extension Association, and today, they are Home and Community Education. Their goal is to educate members of their homes and community. They promote social and economic well-being in the home and neighborhood. They are not their mother’s Home Bureau anymore.

IAHCE continues to cross the boundaries when providing unique and inventive ideas for their lessons providing members opportunity to learn current and relevant information. They strive to provide their state and county officers important information that allows them to work, support and promote the community in which they serve.

The members attending this year’s conference were able to choose from twenty-five different lessons including: “Meals Around the World,” “Rattle Rattle Bang Bang- How Well Do You Know Your Vehicle,” and “Small Scale Gardening.” Members brought this information back to their own counties to share with members who could not attend the conference.

For more information, call Marilyn at (815) 659-3214. The Bureau County HCE supports the University of Illinois Extension, 4-H programs. For more information on HCE contact the Extension office at (815) 875-2878.