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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Contact Information

Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019


Health 4-H Core CurriculumMajor Program

8994

Total Hours

Contributed.

123001

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

24

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

6297

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices

25808

Number of youth that report not engaging in risky behavior

12013

Number of youth that report feeling good about themselves

16378

Number of youth that report that they know how to handle stress

11135

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CHOP CHOP COOKING EXCITES YOUTH ABOUT EATING HEALTHY

According to Kids Count Data Center, as of 2017, 20.2% of the countys population live with inadequate food security. These are children who live in households that at times lack access to enough food for healthy living or unreliable availability to nutritionally adequate foods.Livingston County 4-H is working to educated the county youth on culinary skills to include kitchen safety, knife skills, food preparation safety, nutrition diversity, and giving them the ability to try their skills at pre...

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CHOP CHOP COOKING EXCITES YOUTH ABOUT EATING HEALTHY

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