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“Sit back, find a comfy seat and get ready for some excitement.” Reggie Morris, Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) Agent for 4-H Youth Development for the City of Alexandria, opens the yearly review of accomplishments for public officials and the community in Arlington and Alexandria on Dec. 11. In the virtual presentation he “challenges you to find a way to come together to continue to improve the lives of Alexandrians, to engage and be involved.” Morris explains that 4-H, one of the Extension programs, had never experienced anything like 2020 in 100 years. They had to find new ways to network with friends and make the best better. Morris said “talent is everywhere but opportunity is not” with unequal access to technology or healthy food. So this the 4-H counselors turned their traditional summer camp into a virtual experience for 71 campers with a campfire, cooking “so we didn’t have to just survive. We could thrive.” ....
Until COVID arrived, that is. As a result, 2020 has been âa little bit different from what weâre accustomed to,â said Reggie Morris, the Cooperative Extension agent for 4-H in Alexandria, at the organizationâs annual showcase, which drew about 75 participants on Dec. 11. In ordinary times, the event would have been a breakfast gathering at Fairlington Community Center, but with that facility closed (and in-person gatherings strictly limited anyway), Cooperative Extension went with an online program to highlight its services in a most unusual year. âEven though things were different . . . we knew we could thrive. Arlington and Alexandria have discovered new ways to create opportunities for all,â said Morris, highlighting efforts by various facets of Virginia Cooperative Extension, a state agency overseen by Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. ....