A HOUSE RESOLUTION honoring north carolina extension and community association, inc., on the one hundredth anniversary of its founding.
Whereas, the forerunner to the modern Extension and Community Association in North Carolina was Extension Homemakers and Home Demonstration; and
Whereas, in 1911, Dr. I.O. Schaub recruited Jane S. McKimmon for the position as the first North Carolina State home demonstration agent; and
Whereas, beginning 100 years ago, Jane S. McKimmon worked to improve the quality of rural life and helped this State prevail during the Great Depression and two World Wars by the formation of community clubs of volunteers to support the work of Home Demonstration; and
Whereas, North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs merged with the State Council of Negro Home Demonstration Clubs of North Carolina to become North Carolina Extension Homemakers Association in 1966 and North Carolina Extension & Community Association in 1999; and
Whereas, North Carolina Extension & Community Association was led through the last century by a succession of outstanding leaders, including Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, Ada Dalla Pozza, Dr. Judy Mock, Dr. Martha Johnson, Dr. Sandy Zaslow, and Dr. Marshall Stewart from North Carolina State University and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; and
Whereas, from it modest beginnings Extension & Community Association has grown to a diverse, wide‑ranging statewide organization of adult volunteers supporting the professional extension staff from North Carolina's two land‑grant universities, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro and North Carolina State University in Raleigh; and
Whereas, Extension & Community Association is organized in all of North Carolina's 100 counties and the North Carolina Cherokee Reservation; and
Whereas, Extension & Community Association views the family, in all its diverse forms, as the cornerstone of a healthy society and provides research‑based programming to support families; and
Whereas, the North Carolina Extension & Community Association will be celebrating its centennial anniversary formally on October 27, 2013, and throughout 2013; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
SECTION 1.  The House of Representatives honors the life and memory of Jane S. McKimmon, whose steadfast dedication and far‑reaching vision established the foundation upon which today's North Carolina Extension & Community Association is built.
SECTION 2.  The House of Representatives congratulates the North Carolina Extension & Community Association on the attainment of its centennial anniversary and thanks all ECA volunteers and FCS liaison agents and specialists, past and present, for their outstanding contributions to the improvement of the quality of life for families in our State.
SECTION 3.  The Principal Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Joe Zublena and Dr. Marshall Stewart at North Carolina State University.
SECTION 4.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.