It was nice to finally speak to a local group after being on the road part of the summer. I spoke to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at North Carolina State University on Monday. The NCSU Continuing Education program is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The OLLI programming occurs in the Jane McKimmon Conference and Training Center. The Center was named after the leader of the Girls’ Tomato Club movement in North Carolina. So I was asked to speak about “How Boys’ Corn Clubs and Girls’ Tomatoe Clubs Changed Rural America. This was to recognize Jane McKimmon and pay homage to 100 years of continuing education at NCSU.
