Family & Consumer Science Program
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Collapse ▲Empowering Your Financial Well-Being and Healthy Living
The Gaston County Center is proud to offer a variety of programs designed to support you in managing your finances, improving your health, and enhancing your overall well-being. We now provide workshops on Financial Resource Management covering a range of essential topics such as:
- Creating and managing a budget
- Using credit responsibly
- Paying off debt
- Preventing fraud
- Understanding banking services
- And much more!
In addition to financial education, we offer workshops on Food Preservation, Nutrition, and Wellness, helping you eat smart and move more every day. Whether you’re interested in preserving home-grown produce, learning tips for healthier living, or gaining practical advice on budgeting, we’ve got you covered.
Workshop Information:
- Regularly scheduled workshops are offered throughout the year
- Both in-person and virtual options are available
- The majority of workshops are offered at no cost to participants
For more details or to register, visit our Events Calendar or contact Linda Minges at linda_minges@ncsu.edu or 704.922.2127. We look forward to helping you take the next step towards a healthier, financially secure future!
Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
EFNEP helps participants learn skills and strategies to feed their family nutritious meals on a limited budget and improve their overall health. Both adult and youth workshops are provided in Gaston County – call 704.922.2121 for more details.
Home Canning
Wanting to get started with home canning or perhaps it’s been awhile since you’ve canned? If so, contact Gaston County for the most current information and canning practices such as:
- Annual testing of dial gauge pressure canners
- Overview of home canning and equipment, supplies needed
- Basics of water bath and pressure canning
- Canning particular foods: jams/jellies, pickles, vegetables, meats
LIFT: Lifelong Improvements through Fitness Together
Our newest program designed to help older adults improve strength, mobility, and build healthy eating habits. LIFT is an 8-week strength training program held in-person. Participants meet twice a week for 1-hour sessions.
This program is designed to help you:
- Have fun
- Improve everyday fitness
- Connect with others
- Make daily activities easier
- Eat smarter
- Build healthy habits to last a lifetime
Living Healthy
This 6-week course, developed by Stanford University, is for anyone who wants to better manage a chronic health condition. Participants will learn how to:
- Eat well to live well
- Increase endurance, strength, & flexibility
- Use medication effectively
- Manage symptoms such as pain, fatigue & depression
- Improve your communication skills
- Solve problems and set goals
- Increase your self-confidence
- Handle stress and relax
- Feel better and take charge
Sponsored by the Centralina Area Agency on Aging.
Living Healthy with Diabetes
This 6-week course, developed by Stanford University, is for anyone with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or at risk for diabetes. Participants will learn how to:
- prevent low blood sugar
- prevent and delay complications of diabetes
- eat well
- use medications effectively
- manage pain, fatigue and depression
- solve problems and set goals
Sponsored by the Centralina Area Agency on Aging.
Local Foods
Have an interest in local foods? Want to learn how to make tasty, delicious, and EASY meals with a emphasis on seasonal availability? If so, these sessions are for you! In each session, you will receive a receive a variety of seasonal recipes that’s sure to help you eat smart all year long.
- Cooking Smart with Winter Foods
- Cooking Smart Spring Foods
- Cooking Smart with Fresh Herbs
- Cooking Smart with Summer Foods
- Cooking Smart with Fall Foods
A Matter of Balance
This 8-session program focuses on fall prevention and increasing physical activity. Designed to improve balance, flexibility and strength. Includes activities to improve balance and strengthen muscles, as well as discussion about fall prevention steps to make throughout your home. Sponsored by the Centralina Area Agency on Aging.
Med Instead of Meds
Interested in eating the Mediterranean Way, but not sure where to start? If so, this program is for! The 6-session workshop will help you Go Med by exploring 7 simple steps to eating the Med Way. Learn Med tips, life hacks, and recipes that will help you eat the Med Way every day.
Savvy Citizen: Gaston County Podcast
Podcasts have become popular and a convenient way to listen to news, talk shows, sermons, and other timely information.
Exactly what is a podcast? Simply stated, it’s a recorded audio session (usually no video) that you can listen to on demand. Podcasts can be downloaded from online sources, such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Audible.
Family & Consumer Science Agent, Linda Minges, is excited to partner with Gaston County’s Podcast, Savvy Citizen, to provide a monthly podcast on current health and wellness topics.
Triple P: Positive Parenting Program
The Gaston County Triple P – 
Positive Parenting Program is a collaborative effort among county agencies and organizations who want to help meet the needs of all families in Gaston County. Funding for this project is through the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties. To request information, contact Belinda Bogle or call 704.922.2122.