Sauk County HCE – Wisconsin Association for Home and Community Education, Inc.

Sauk County has 11 clubs within the county whose goal is to provide education, develop and improve leaders, build coalitions with other organizations and agencies, and to promote friendship and understanding with all people of the world.
Sauk County Home and Community Education (SCHCE) is open to anyone who is interested, regardless of race, creed, or national origin.
You can join a local club or support the organization as an individual member. Annual dues are $10/person. To join, please send in your Membership Form (click here).

For more information on Sauk County HCE, please contact Donna Ochsner, at dochsner47@gmail.com.

Sauk County HCE Executive Board Officers

Executive Board meets on the first Tuesday of each month.
President- Marilyn Sprecher msprecher4@gmail.com
Vice President of Program – Jean Brew brewcenturyfarm@gmail.com
Secretary- Kathie Faivre kathiefaivre@yahoo.com
Treasurer- Cheri Reinhart crhim27@frontier.com

SCHCE Clubs and Presidents

Baraboo:
Communicators- (2nd Thursday) Sylvia Kriegl, 608- 356-7096
Diamond Hill- (2nd Thursday) Carol Koch, 608-522-4480
Mirror Lake- (3rd Monday) Cathie Swanson, 608-840-9123
Pleasant Valley- (2nd Thursday) Nancy Giles, 608-448-4283

Reedsburg: Elder Ridge- (3rd Monday) Lerna Mae Wiese, 608-727-5306
Prairie View- (3rd Tuesday) Dorothy Hines, 608-524-2421
Wheelerburg- (3rd Monday) Connie Meyers, 608-986-3682

Sauk Prairie and Spring Green: Harrisburg- (3rd Monday) Ellen Ederer 608-544-3580
Little Prairie (2nd Tuesday) Donna Ochsner, 608-544-2001
Witwen- (3rd Monday) Dawn Rasque, 608-544-2814

SCHCE Programs and Project

Quilting Your Flowers Jean Brew presenting 0n February 27th at the George Culver Library in Sauk City 6:00 PM
SCHCE Executive Committee Mtg West Sq. Bldg. March 7 4:30 PM
House Plants Care and Feeding – Maria Rosholt March 27th at the Reedsburg Public Library at 6:00 PM
Southwest District Mtg April 20th
Sauk County HCE Spring Recognition, April 22^nd, 2-4 PM, North Freedom Community Center, 105 North Maple Street,
Food Preservation Update, April 24th TBD

Lynn’s Legacy provides bags of goodies for radiology and chemotherapy patients in Sauk County. The gift bags include personal-care items such as lotions, sanitizers, lip balm, baby shampoo, and foot cream – products that are fragrance and alcohol-free. This makes them safe for patients who have weakened immune systems due to treatments. Knitted, crocheted, or sewn scarves or caps are included in the bags as well. If you or anyone dear to you is currently in treatment and has not received one of these bags, please contact Pam Felland;608-522-4942, Joyce Sorg;608-544-2414, and Carol Koch;608-522-4480

SCHCE Scholarships

Sauk County Association for Home and Community Education (HCE) (formerly Extension Homemakers) has three $600 scholarships available to Sauk County high school or college students. Applicants must be Sauk County Residents. High school students must attend a Sauk County high school. All applicants must be a child, grandchild, sibling, niece or nephew of a Sauk County HCE member. Follow this link for information.

SCHCE Newsletters

News and Views is the SCHCE newsletter that is published five times per year. Articles are due to the editor, Kitty Enerson, at kittyenerson@ymail.com by the 10th of each month.

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Updated 2/22/23 by Donna Zarovy, Webmaster