UGA Community Relations

The 2026 Bobbi Meeler Sahm Service and Outreach Awards will provide nearly $33,000 in new funding to four collaborative local projects, deepening the partnership with Athens-Clarke County and the University of Georgia.

The 2026 award recipients are:

UGA Cooperative Extension/Marigold Collective/City of Winterville: “Get Fresh: Chronic Disease Management and Prevention”

UGA J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development/Clarke County School District: “Georgia Possible”

UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education/Love.Craft Athens: “Communication in Community: Love.Craft and UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic”

UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources/Extra Special People Inc.: “Junior Ranger Leaming Lab with ESP”

🔗You can learn more about the award recipients and the Sahm Award at the link in the comments!