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Since 1985 Pima County Cooperative Extension has offered the Master Consumer Advisor Program (MCA). Cynthia Flynn, Former Director of Pima County Cooperative Extension created the MCA program after Tucson experienced severe flooding in 1983. The following year, the Cooperative Extension office was overwhelmed with calls about mold. Not being able to respond to all of the calls and to provide better service to the community, the MCA program was developed to train volunteers to answer the calls with research-based information to consumers.
Pima County MCAs have experienced a high demand for their consumer services for the past 25 years of existence, averaging between 100-150 calls per month. The volunteers provide research-based information on a variety of topics within family and consumer health science areas.

MCA’s Put Knowledge to Work!
• Call 520-626-5161 for answers to your questions
• Master Consumer Advisor volunteers will answer your question and send printed information.

MCA Training
• Call 520-626-5161 for upcoming training series for 6 Wednesdays or e-mail lblock@cals.arizona.edu

Master Consumer Advisors
• MCA Volunteers answer questions from consumers who call the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension for information about nutrition, foods, consumer issues, food safety and home issues.
• MCA’s donate 36 hours of service after completing their training
• MCA volunteers live in Tucson, Oro Valley, Green Valley and other communities.

Food Safety and Nutrition Information
• Food Safety Information online -(Use Maricopa County Links)
• Q and A (Underdevelopment)
• Publications (Use Maricopa County Links)

Money Management
• Personal Finance (Use http://eXtension.org link)
• Small Steps to Health & Wealth (Use Rutgers Link http://njaes.rutgers.edu/sshw/

For More Information - Call Linda Block, Associate Agent, Family & Consumer Health Sciences- 520-626-5161 or email Linda Block - lblock@cals.arizona.edu

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For More Information - Call Linda Block, Associate Agent, Family & Consumer Health Sciences- 520-626-5161 or email Linda Block - lblock@cals.arizona.edu