Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Amanda Broderick
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Lewis County Extension Office hosted the 9th annual Fall Sewing Week September 11th-13th at the Lewis County Extension Office. The program started 9 years ago when Cindy Anthony contacted the Lewis County Extension office wanting to do a sewing project that would benefit the community. Local nursing homes and groups were contacted to see what items were needed. Since then the program has continued. This year after Anthony passed away the Lewis County Homemakers decided to continue the
Author: Rachael Price
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Building the capacity of volunteer leaders within counties is critical for the sustainability of a community infrastructure that supports long term commitment to strengthen families. To cultivate these leaders in Grant County, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension is very active with the Grant County Homemakers, a division of the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association (KEHA). The Grant County Homemakers are one of the largest civic and volunteer organization in Grant County.  
Author: Benita Peoples
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Homemaker Sewing ProjectsMany Harrison County Extension Homemaker volunteers have been donating their time and talent to helping others through the use of their sewing skills. The International Sewing committee, a created subcommittee under the International Chairmanship, made 452 T-shirt dresses, pillowcase dresses and men’s shirt dresses that were sent to girls and women in Haiti and Ghana. This project was in response to a request promoted by the KEHA International Chairman based
Author: Eugenia Wilson
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
According to Kentucky Health Fact, adults in Boyd County has a higher incidence of overweight (78%), obesity (42%), and lack of physical activity (33%) than the state averages.The Boyd County Extension Service (CES) partnered with the Family Resource, Family Youth Centers, and the county school district to address healthy lifestyle choices in youth and their families. The goal was to impact youth today in order to reduce the incidence of cancer and chronic disease in the future. The F
Author: Hannah Mayrand
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Montgomery County Extension Homemakers have a long history of supporting and serving the individuals and families of Montgomery County through their fundraising efforts. In an effort to continue their service to the community, the Montgomery County Extension Homemakers with the help of the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service, planned an annual Holiday Bazaar. Three Homemaker clubs produced their own products to sell during the 4 hour event. Homemakers sold anything f
Author: Julia Wilson
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Many entities provide grants for nonprofit organizations to conduct projects within their community. However, the grant writing and application process can often be overwhelming. In January 2017 the Edmonson County FCS agent informed Edmonson County Homemakers of an available KEHA Grant for county projects. The Edmonson County FCS Agent educated the Brownsville Homemakers on the basics of grant writing and helped members review their written grant before applying.In April 2017 the Brownsvi
Author: Ruth Chowning
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Community service and leadership by the Bullitt County Homemaker members have a major impact on the county. Homemakers develop personal leadership skills through the organization and then lead in projects and programs throughout the county. After years of developing leadership, there are three Homemakers who serve on the County Extension Council and District Board level. They are blazing a new trail to foster and develop an approach of "Extension" as one big program in
Author: Maryellen Garrison
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Tea Fit for a Queen: One of our Homemaker clubs has been going to our Assisted Living for 3 years as part of their community outreach, doing various craft projects with the residents. This year they decided to have a “Tea Party” with the residents during their regular meeting. They worked to plan their menu of various teas and finger foods, and desserts. They decided to use china tea services and decorate with antique tea sets and flowers to make it truly
Author: Nellie Buchanan
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Leadership in action is the result of leadership training and development. As a result of FCS and KELD leader training volunteers demonstrated their ability by planning, presenting and evaluating a major Extension Homemaker county event. The International committee, successfully developed a program in collaboration with all clubs throughout the county. Focusing on Suriname, they developed an educational program involving leaders from each club in the county.
Author: Cecelia Hostilo
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Trigg County Extension Homemakers have always been one of the strongest leadership organizations in Trigg County. This year there were 127 members of the Trigg County Extension Homemakers Association in 8 clubs. Our Homemakers reported 1,043 Extension, youth, and community volunteer hours, at a value of $25,751.67 to the community. There are many who will not report their hours because they refuse the recognition. Two of our county members serve as Pennyrile Area Homemaker educational chair
Author: Danielle Ford
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Imagine that it’s in the middle of the night and suddenly you are being taken away from the comfort of your own bed and placed in the care of complete strangers. You are away from your family and everything that is normal for you and are only left with the clothes on your back. Every day, children are taken away from their families do for unforeseen circumstances and placed into foster care. With the rise
Author: Lora Davidson
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Harlan County Extension Homemakers are a very important part of the community within Harlan County. Two clubs that were formed are the Nifty Needles and Material Girls quilting clubs. The clubs currently have a total of 47 members in which most of these members have joined within the last 2 years. The clubs were formed in April 2006 and recently they celebrated their 12 year Anniversary with a dinner and show-n-tell of quilts that they had completed over the years. The quilters host a Quilte
Author: Kenna Knight
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Community service projects and educational leadership by Extension Homemaker members have a major impact in Pendleton County. Extension Homemakers learn leadership skills then use those skills volunteering in the community. In 2017-2018, volunteer service hours were valued at $20.25 per hour. Pendleton County Extension Homemakers reported over 56,783 hours in Extension service, civic, church, school, and other organizations providing the community over $1,114,665.88 in intangible revenue. This w
Author: Catherine Jansen
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Kentucky Homemakers Association is a vital part of the Cooperative Extension Service. With the cost of a volunteer representing over $23 an hour, every hour that a Homemaker volunteers in the community has a hugh impact on our programming, other community organizations and the people we serve. Carroll County Homemakers reported 2145 hours of volunteer service equating to $49.000 of savings to our county.Over the past 12 months, the Carroll County Extension Homemakers Association has in
Author: Glenna Wooten
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Kentucky Extension Homemakers under the leadership of the Family and Consumer Sciences agent in Perry County spend time each month to give back to their communities. They meet together at the Cooperative Extension Office under the direction of the Master Clothing volunteer to sew baby blankets for newborns at the local hospital, sew turbans for cancer patients at the ARH UK Markey Cancer Center and ARH Infusion Suite, make port and underarm pillows for patients receiving cancer treatments and kn
Author: Amanda Dame
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Green River Area Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agents taught the Healthy Homemaker Series to the Green River Area Homemaker Leader Trainings. The McLean County FCS Agent taught the lesson “Let’s Get Moving”. The lesson focuses on the importance of physical activity and the health benefits of being physically active. In addition, ways to begin start being more physically active. The lesson was taught at the March leader training in Daviess and Henderson counti
Author: Janey Cline
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Kentucky Homemaker Association is a volunteer organization that works to improve the quality of life for the families and communities in which they live. To be able to accomplish this goal they must continually develop and improve upon their leadership skills. With local, state, and national budgets experiencing large cuts a need exist for Homemakers to contact elected officials through written communication in regards to various programs throughout the community. &n
Author: Jamille Hawkins
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
In the 2012 census, Monroe county estimated population was 10,821 people. 17.7% of the total population is older than 64 years of age. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the average person will move 11.7 times during his or her lifetime. Although there are many reasons for a person to consider moving, downsizing to a smaller home has become a recent trend. Smaller homes typically require less maintenance and can result in significant savings for the homeowner. Older adults are often
Author: Brenda Cockerham
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Extension Homemakers is one of the longest standing organizations in the state. Johnson County Extension Homemakers membership was over 100 in 2017-18. The quantity of members have ranged from 100-150 consistently for the past 10 years but the quality and commitment of leadership has increased over the past 4. Homemakers leadership opportunities range from just attending their club meetings in their community, to teaching a lesson, or leading an activity the club or county has voted on. They can
Author: Lynn Blankenship
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Over the past ten years the use and availability of essential oils for health and beauty purposes has grown significantly. This is evidenced by the presence of two large national, multi-level marketing essential oil companies with many sales representatives present across our state and the widespread availability of several brands and types of essential oils, in large chain pharmacy and department stores. As an Extension agent for Family and Consumer Sciences education and a person with man
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
In summer 2017 a Floyd County Extension Program leader with the support of the Family & Consumer Sciences Program developed and established a knitting club termed “Twisted Stitchers.” The Family & Consumer Sciences program leader started the group out as a general Family & Consumer Sciences specialty group, but eventually turned it into a homemaker group increasing county homemaker membership 16%. The FCS Program leader claims that they have gained new skills, leadership,
Author: Leslie Workman
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Pike County Family & Consumer Sciences and Homemaker leadership has always been an exceptional group of community-minded individuals. In 2017-18, the Pike County Homemakers were faced with an exceptional set of challenges. As part of the Northeast Area Homemakers, they were charged with hosting the state KEHA Annual Meeting in Louisville in May 2018.Unforseen circumstances led the Pike County Homemakers to take on a larger-than-expected role in the meeting, and because of their tr
Author: Dayna Fentress
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Hardin County Extension Homemakers are involved in a wide variety of community service projects, personal volunteer service projects, and more. Hundreds of Hardin County Homemakers spend hours sewing lap bags for local nursing homes, ministering meals to the less fortunate in their hometowns, volunteering at Extension events, taking local neighbors to doctors appointments or grocery shopping, donating their time to fill backpacks for Feeding America's Backpack Program, setting up booths
Author: Kimberly Henken
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association (KEHA) has been working to improve the quality of life for families locally and globally for more than 85 years through leadership development, volunteer service and education. Cooperative Extension professionals partner with, provide research-based education for and advise KEHA at the local and state level as members develop and implement educational programs and projects. The program of work for KEHA is organized under eight state educational progr
Author: Sherri Broderick
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Gallatin County Extension Homemaker organization is the largest civic and volunteer organization in Gallatin County with 202 members. Extension Homemakers work to improve the quality of life for their families and communities through leadership development, volunteer service and education. Gallatin County Extension Homemakers are active and involved with the Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association at the Northern Kentucky Area and State level. Gallatin County Extension Homemakers
Author: Valerie Holland
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Community service and leadership by the Jefferson County Homemaker members have a major impact on the county and Extension Service program. Homemakers develop personal leadership skills through the organization and then lead in projects and programs throughout the county.In 2018, the Jefferson County Homemakers members reported a donation of over 19,923 volunteer hours at a value of $450,941.22 to local churches, schools, organizations, and Extension. Forty-one reported holding office
