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• Garden 2 Table
  Get Started This Spring with Container & Square Foot Gardening Economic conditions are making it more difficult for Marathon County residents to afford fresh produce. There are many reasons for people to garden, yet urban living can discourage people from gardening. In response the Marathon County UW-Extension developed and created gardening methods to raise awareness and help [...]
• 4-H Families & HCE Members Work to Help Children in Haiti
  Saturday, February 11th, during the afternoon at the Town of Berlin Center, members of the Kitchen Kookies HCE (Home and Community Education) club met with the families of the Naugart Knights 4-H club. This inter-generational group worked together to design and sew pillowcase dresses for young girls in Haiti affected by the 2010  earthquake that devastated Haiti . Ten sewing machine hummed all afternoon [...]
• Tax Preparation Assistance
  Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Community Volunteers and Accounting Students at at NTC and UWMC will be offering free income tax preparation to taxpayers with income under $49,000 without business ownership, rental property or capital gains. For complete schedule and qualifications, please read the 2012 Income Tax Information, Preparation Assistance and Schedule for Marathon County Residents AARP Volunteer [...]
• Managing Your Personal Finances in Tough Times
  The UW-Extension has created a website to help families and individuals manage their personal finances. Developed by Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Financial Education professionals, it's designed to help people make sound financial choices in tough times.
• Recommendations for a Safe & Green Christmas
  Christmas Trees tend to be a matter of preference and tradition for most families. The look, the smell, the way ornaments hang and can be seen, the way the needles stay on or don’t stay on the tree are all things that I hear people talk about when they consider what kind of tree to [...]
• Heating Your Home with Wood
  During the chill of a Wisconsin winter, there are few things more satisfying than a warm fire. Heating your home with wood can be less expensive than other sources of home heating energy, and firewood is a renewable resource. Prices of heating fuels vary considerably, but non-renewable fossil fuels [...]

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If you have any questions regarding Family Living in Marathon County, please contact:

Jackie Carattini Family Living Agent Marathon County-UW Extension 212 River Drive, Suite 3 Wausau, WI 54403-5476 Phone: 715-261-1242 Phone: 800-236-0153 Fax: 715-261-1238 jackie.carattini@ces.uwex.edu