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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk532890042"></a><a name="_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">NEWS RELEASE</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">For Immediate Release Date: 5/27/21<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Contact: Public Information Office Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax:
(919) 560-0020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">E-mail:
</span></b></span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Durham County Cooperative Extension
Begins Reopening to Public on June 1 </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Durham, N.C<a name="_Hlk503992702">. –
</a></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Starting Tuesday, June 1,
2021, Durham County’s Cooperative Extension Office at 721 Foster St., will reopen to the public with walk-in hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. During these hours, members of the public are welcome to visit the
office to consult with Cooperative Extension staff. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Durham County Cooperative
Extension offers research-based programing and education in a wide variety of areas including: agriculture, horticulture, 4-H Youth Development, Family & Consumer Sciences, parenting, civic education, and parent & family advocacy.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">The office has been closed
to the public due to COVID-19 pandemic safety restrictions since March 23, 2020, when Durham County Government declared a State of Emergency. The office continued to provide all services using virtual, call-in, and socially distanced service delivery methods.
Soil sample supply pick up and sample drop off remains available seven days a week with a pick up and return box located outside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">“With the increased number
of community members who are vaccinated against COVID-19, we are excited to be open to the public and address in-person needs,” said Donna Rewalt, Durham County Extension Director.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Visitors to the Extension
Building should come to the front door of the building between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Face masks are required for entry into the building. On Fridays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., the Cooperative Extension Welcome Baby program will continue to provide
drive-through diaper and clothing distribution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">N.C. Cooperative Extension
is a strategic partnership of NC State University, N.C. A&T State University, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and local governments statewide. Extension professionals in all 100 counties, and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, connect
millions of North Carolinians with research-based information and technology from the universities.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">For more information on Durham County Cooperative
Extension, contact Christa Gibson, Community Outreach Coordinator at </span></span></span></span><a href="mailto:cgibson@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">cgibson@dconc.gov</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">
at 919-560-0538. To find out more about Durham County Cooperative Extension or to register for events, visit
</span></span></span></span><a href="https://durham.ces.ncsu.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">https://durham.ces.ncsu.edu</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503992702"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">.
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