Newswise — Are you struggling with midlife clutter?
Ohio State University Extension educators Nancy Recker and Lois Clark have some ideas to help you.
And remember the growing pains of junior high school? University of Tennessee Extension educators Beverly Shelby and Julia Denise Wright created a program to help students deal with embarrassing personal hygiene issues.
These educators are the recipients of the 2007 Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) "Clean Homes...Safe and Healthy Families" Program Award of Excellence. The annual award honors members of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS, www.neafcs.org) for their innovative educational programs that help families and individuals understand the link between clean and safe homes and good health.
Attacking Baby Boom Clutter
Ohio State's Nancy Recker and Lois Clark used research results targeting Baby Boomers to help mid-lifers manage, dispose of and store clutter. Their workshop, "Getting Rid of Your Midlife Clutter," educated participants about organizing their homes, why clutter collects, getting rid of clutter, and time management skills. The program's action steps were designed to help participants reduce stress levels, have more energy and enhance relationships as they grow older.
Calling on "The Bod Squad"
Junior high can be a troublesome and awkward time for youth, partly due to changes taking place in the body " like body odor. Well, have no fear, because General Hygiene and Major Pain, a.k.a. "The Bod Squad," are here to wage war on odor. Beverly Shelby and Julia Denise Wright, of the University of Tennessee Extension Service, created a fun and less embarrassing personal hygiene program for youth " through the personas of "The Bod Squad." Throughout the lessons, students come to understand what causes body odor, and how to combat it to be clean and odor free.
SDA " Honoring Innovative Outreach, Education
For the past five years, SDA's "Clean Homes"¦Safe and Healthy Families" Award has recognized outstanding educational programming efforts that utilize any of SDA' s educational materials and promote the connection between cleanliness and health. Programs must demonstrate innovative outreach efforts that impact the local community and raise the awareness of the proper use and storage of cleaning products.
Program areas include but are not limited to laundry, dishwashing, hard-surface cleaning, hand hygiene, asthma education, emergency preparedness, and programming with family day homes and child care centers, youth groups and clubs.
The two 2007 award winning educational programs each received a cash award of $500, a tabletop award and recognition in SDA's consumer education newsletter, Cleaning Matters® (http://www.cleaning101.com/cleaningmatters). The recipients were honored at NEAFCS' recent Annual Session in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Soap and Detergent Association (www.cleaning101.com), the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Product and Oleochemical Industries®, is the non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning product industry. SDA members produce more than 90 percent of the cleaning products marketed in the U.S. The SDA is located at 1500 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005.
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