The purpose of the Extension Homemaker Association is to promote education through programs to encourage and assist members in promoting higher standards of family living, homemaking and citizenship responsibility.
Membership is open to all regardless of color, creed, national origin, race, sex, or disability.
The emblem is composed of four concentric circles which typify the home, state, nation and organization. The hearth fire in the center symbolizes the home and expresses the attributes of the home, such as fellowship, hospitality, comfort, peace and protection. The words Cooperative Extension Service in the outer circle designates the cooperation of the county, state and nation. The history is 79 years old. The first North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs was organized at State College, Raleigh, in 1920.