Success Stories

• 19

  December

  Dollars and Sense

  The problem: Elementary youth in 4th and 5th grade need to become efficient at counting money and budgeting their money.The educational program response: There were 137 students from Central and Tolle...

  
  

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• 19

  October

  Bullying

  The problemThe Lewis County Extension Service conducted a program on Bullying at the Lewis County Middle School with 7th and 8th grade students. The program is done each year but was started because t...

  
  

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  July

  Childhood obesity

  The problemAccording to the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, 25.5% of youth ages 10-17 have obesity, giving Kentucky a ranking of 2 among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since healthy li...

  
  

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• 29

  March

  Professor Popcorn

  According to the Centers for Disease Control website Kentucky has the second highest adult obesity rate in the nation and according to on-line source Kentucky Health News, Kentucky children aged 10 to...

  
  

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