Success Stories By MajorProgram FY2025Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
Disaster Experience from 2022 Becomes Helping Hand Two Years Later
Author: Shad Baker
Major Program: Flood Relief & Recovery
The catastrophic flooding of 2022 left destruction in Eastern Kentucky, but it also left experience and a heart for those dealing with disasters. When Hurricane Helene hit parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, Letcher Countians felt the familiar pain had visited their neighbors and they were duty-bound to render aid and the educational message which Extension knows well.The Letcher County Extension Office partnered with Childers Oil, Kentucky Farm Bureau, Meridzo Ministries, Letcher County Home
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Kentucky Extension Services Answer the Call: Helping North Carolina Farmers After Hurricane Helene's Devastating Floods
Author: Chad Allen
Major Program: Flood Relief & Recovery
In times of crisis, communities often look to one another for support and assistance. For the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, a strong network of land-grant universities, that means extending a helping hand beyond state borders. This was especially true when floodwaters from Hurricane Helene devastated Eastern North Carolina in 2024. With the help of the Mountain Cattleman’s Association (MCA), Extension agents in Kentucky answered the call,
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North Carolina Flood Relief
Author: Charles May
Major Program: Flood Relief & Recovery
The Cooperative Extension Service, a robust network of land-grant universities across the United States, has a long-standing tradition of coming together to support communities in times of need. This spirit of collaboration was vividly demonstrated during the devastating flood in Eastern Kentucky in 2022, when extension colleagues from neighboring states stepped in to help.In 2024, when Hurricane Helene caused severe flooding in North Carolina, the Mountain Cattleman’s Association (MCA) of
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UK Cooperative Extension assist North Carolina Extension Disaster Relief Efforts
Author: Chadwick Conway
Major Program: Flood Relief & Recovery
The Cooperative Extension Service has always been a strong network of land grant universities, across the United States. They have historically worked together to serve our many communities in time of need. During the devastating flood in Eastern Kentucky in 2022, many extension colleagues helped out from neighboring states during that time. When devastation hit our neighboring state in North Carolina from flooding from hurricane Helene, in 2024, our Mountain Cattleman’s Associ
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North Carolina disaster relief assistance.
Author: Stacy White
Major Program: Flood Relief & Recovery
On my recent trip to western North Carolina I saw firsthand the extensive water and wind damage for hurricane Helene. I coordinated with Susan Kelly, NC Extension, to assist in 3 counties impacted by the storm. Day one I worked with the Watauga Co. Extension folks at a distribution site near Boone, NC. Hay, feed, and farm supplies were received and distributed from this site. I had contact with 50 people that day (15 female, 35 male, 2 Hispanic, 1 American Indian).&n
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