Providing cooked meals to warming shelters and distributing food to those in need in their communities were two of several ways that personnel with the Mississippi State University Extension Service responded during and after the Jan. 23-27 extreme winter weather event. Pictured above, helping to manage one of those shelters in Grenada County were Gigi Scallion, left, and Lynn Bailey, right. In the middle, Mississippi State University Extension Grenada County agents Ontenncia Boclear, Michael Pruden and Monika Latham prepared some of those meals. (Courtesy photo/MSU Extension Service)
STARKVILLE During weather-related emergencies, Mississippi State University Extension locations often serve as warming stations, distribution sites for basic supplies and bases of operation for first responders, but for the state’s community-based educational agency, its people remain the most important resource.
As communities across north Mississippi continue recovering from the Jan. 23-27 winter storm, MSU Extension coordinators and agents have been assisting local officials, county emergency managers and first responders since before the storm to help those in need.
