FCE members work with other community organizations to better living conditions for everyone. Individuals and groups have received state and local awards for showing initiative in promoting better citizenship, environmental responsibility and literacy. Projects have included Books for Newborns, Teddy Bears for Children in Crisis, Car Seat Loaner Program, Seat Belt Safety, and Red Ribbon Week. Members work with the OSU Extension Office and Okmulgee County Fairboard to make Okmulgee County Fair one of the best in the Northeast. In cooperation with the Oklahoma State University Extension Service, FCE offers training to members and the public in such diverse subjects as reading with children to understanding Medicare.
Members offer workshops in sewing, quilting, home decoration, and cooking.
FCE's continuing education programs bring the findings of science and research in the fields of homemaking and community development to the people. This should contribute to a higher level of living for all families in the community and help maintain our democratic way of life. Then and Now The first Okmulgee County group was formed at Liberty somewhere around 1918. Then the career woman usually had a hoe in her hand as she worked beside her husband on the family farm. The council gave her an opportunity to meet with other farm women to learn from the Extension Service Home Demonstration Agent ways to improve her homemaking skills.