Success Stories By MajorProgram FY2025Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
Hantaviruses
Author: Edith Lovett
Major Program: Building Healthy Coalitions
Describe the Issue or Situation. All clients have rodents in their house, barn or other areas where they live.Describe the Outreach or Educational Program Response (and Partners, if applicable). Great response as most of the participants did not know how serious rat drippings and urine were.Provide the Number and Description(s) of Participants/Target Audience. 100 people were involved including farmers, senior citizens and general public.Provide a Statement of Outcomes or Program Imp
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Youth Gardening Initiative
Author: Elizabeth Maxedon
Major Program: Building Healthy Coalitions
Describe the Issue or Situation.Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in home gardening has surged across Spencer County and throughout Kentucky, with families turning to gardening as a source of food security, stress relief, and educational enrichment. In response, the Spencer County Cooperative Extension Service continued its youth gardening initiative, designed to cultivate both gardens and young minds.Describe the Outreach or Educational Program Response (and Partners, if applic
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