Family & Community Education (FCE) Clubs in Lincoln County
For over 75 years communities across Tennessee including here in Lincoln County have come together to form a network of friends sharing common goals:
- Enriching their own lives through shared experiences
- Improving their homes and communities
- Strengthening and encouraging adult education
- Supporting service projects that enhance family and community life
You may remember us as Home Demonstration Clubs or Extension Homemakers. Our name has changed, but, our determination to make a difference in our communities has not. Our FCE Clubs partner with UT Extension’s FCS to enrich our educational programming
Some of you may remember us as Home Demonstration Clubs or Extension Homemakers. Through the years our name may have changed, but, our determination to make a difference in our communities through education and community service has remained the same.
Local Club’s
Dellrose Hotrock FCE Club
McBurg FCE Club
Mimosa FCE Club
Molino FCE Club
Lincoln County FCE Council
The objectives of the Lincoln County FCE Council are:
- To bind together the local Family & Community Education (FCE) Clubs of Lincoln County into a county organization for the purpose of promoting higher standards of family living, homemaking and citizenship responsibility
- To further strengthen, develop, coordinate and extend adult education in home economics to improve the quality of living in cooperation with UT Extension, USDA, and local county government
- To provide opportunities for local members cooperating in UT Extension fce educational programs to pool their judgments and experience for the progressive improvement of home and community life
- To offer a means by which the local members in cooperation with UT Extension may interpret and promote educational and citizenship programs of county, state, national, and international importance in the preservation of the American home and provide opportunities for better understanding throughout the world.
Contact Information
Emily Osterhaus
UT Extension Agent
Family & Consumer Sciences
Lincoln County Extension
208 Davidson Street
Fayetteville, TN 37334-3502
Phone: (931) 433-1582
To Gain Knowledge. . . .
Have you ever questioned whether or not things that you read are true? The FCE Clubs in Lincoln County are able to provide educational programs and research-based information from UT Extension. UT Extension Lincoln County works directly with each of the county’s six FCE clubs, as well as, with the FCE County Council. Local FCE Club members are able to learn from friends and neighbors in their communities by sharing knowledge about things they know about during monthly meetings and at hands-on workshops and trainings which are held throughout the year. Family and Consumer Sciences areas in which programs are provided include aging, environmental education, family economics, family life, food safety, health, housing, nutrition and stress management.
To Lead. . . .
Leadership development is one of things that FCE Clubs focus on. By providing events and activities that its members can participate in with others in their communities, FCE Club members are able to develop leadership skills that will help them bring growth to their community, church, local government and family. Leadership opportunities provided include serving as FCE Club officers and program leaders in local clubs, as well as, on the FCE County Council.
To Grow and Give Back. . . .
Each year FCE Club members give back to their communities through community service projects that are aimed at making a difference in the lives of their families and communities. Community service and volunteerism are important aspects of FCE club membership. Projects vary from club to club as club as members strive to meet the current needs of those living in their communities using the unique skills of each individual to create a more perfect world.
Local FCE Club Officers for 2025
Dellrose Hotrock FCE Club
President – Marilynn Newman
Vice-President – Paulette McBride
Secretary – Susan Shelton
Treasurer & Reporter – Lisa Ritter
Devotional Leaders – Margaret Ellis
Molino FCE Club
President – Bonnie Pond
Vice-President – Sherry Bartlett
Secretary – Jane Beech
Treasurer – Debbie Motlow
Reporter/Club Historian – Sherry Bartlett
Devotional Leader – Faye Coble
McBurg FCE Club
President – Anita Ground
Vice-President – Carole Swinford
Secretary – Sharon Womack
Treasurer – Jo Ann Buford
Devotional Leader – Sherry Winn
Mimosa FCE Club
President – Phila Groce
Vice-President –Sue Shetley
Secretary – Vicki Ellison
Treasurer – Faye Gordon
Reporter – Sara Peitz
Devotional Leader – Andrea Shetley