Success Stories By MajorProgram FY2025Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
Kids Art Day Camp
Author: Alexandra Sallie
Major Program: Arts and Community Health
Parents of young children struggle at times finding fun, safe and educational activities through the summer. Families can benefit from summer programs that focus on learning new skills. Extension can provide fun, educational activities during the summer that will help them become more familiar with extension programs, this is why the Bath county FCS agent, partnered with the 4H agent to develop the Kids Art Day Camp. The Bath County 4H/FCS Kids Art Day Camp allowed kids to learn different art el
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Expressive Arts activities for children presented as part of Disaster "Rhino" Curriculum 2024-2025
Author: Jessica Evans
Major Program: Arts and Community Health
In a collaborative effort between FCS agents, Community and Leadership Development, and Community Arts, a new disaster recovery and wellness curriculum for children was planned and compiled for soft launch at Homemaker’s Association Conference in Lexington, KY on May 6, 2025 to a small group of 13 individuals. Disasters, both natural and man-made can have significant physical and psychological effects on children, as well as their caregivers. The goal of this program is to help parent
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Natural Resiliency: Creative Approaches to Healing After Disaster presented at Arts Disaster Conference 2024-2025
Author: Jessica Evans
Major Program: Arts and Community Health
A collaboration between UK College of Fine Art and UK Cooperative Extension and Community Arts, resulted in the Arts Disaster & Crisis Preparedness Conference in Lexington, KY, held on September 6, 2025. Senior Extension Associate, Jessica Evans, author of the “Community Arts Disaster Recovery Series” of articles released in 2022 and 2023, submitted a proposal to present “Natural Resiliency: Creative Approaches to Healing After Disaster”, a presentation that was
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