Home, family conference set for June 13-15 in Indianapolis

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Extension is co-sponsoring the annual Indiana Extension Homemakers Association's Home and Family Conference, designed to strengthen families by showing them how to spend wisely, eat right and live well.

The conference June 13-15 at the Sheraton Hotel at Keystone Crossing includes more than 20 sessions on health and wellness, family relationships, community and technology.

In addition to the daily concurrent sessions, attendees can tour the Indiana State Museum.

Keynote speaker is Dick Wolfsie, a reporter at WISH-TV in Indianapolis and author of the book The Right Fluff. He will speak on why people laugh.

The conference will conclude with a banquet at 6:30 p.m. June 15.

The Indiana Extension Homemakers Association was founded in 1913 by a group of homemakers and Purdue professors with the goal of providing social and educational opportunities for homemakers and encouraging the teaching of home economics in schools.  In its first year, the group contributed to the passing of the Smith-Lever Act, which created the Cooperative Extension Service to provide instruction in agriculture and home economics.

Early registration by May 10 for the full conference costs $175, and single-session registration costs $95. There are additional fees for heritage skills and tours. Free parking is available in the garage adjacent to the Sheraton.

For more information or to register online, visit the conference website at bit.ly/1Vzb0VO.

Writer: Keith Robinson, 765-494-2722, robins89@purdue.edu 

Source: Angie Abbott, 765-494-8252, mailto:abbottar@purdue.edu

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