Success Stories

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  September

  Shepherds Pie Food Pantry– Cooking at home

  Shepherds Pie Food Pantry in Magnolia Kentucky serves an average of 247 families equaling 865 people per week in LaRue and surrounding counties.The number of families served has increased by more than...

  
  

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• 27

  September

  Cool School Healthy snacks for a healthy body

  Cool School is a week long summer school program coordinated by LaRue County FamilyResource Youth Service Center. LaRue County Extension Service Expanded Food and NutritionEducation Program Assistant ...

  
  

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• 27

  September

  LaRue County Farmers Market– Fruits and Vegetables For Seniors

  LaRue County Kentucky has an adult food insecurity rate of 13.2 percent with 17 percent being SNAP eligible according to Kentuckyhealthfacts.org.LaRue County Farmers Market operated weekly for 9 weeks...

  
  

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• 27

  September

  LaRue County High School Functionally Mentally Disabled Class– Healthy Snacks for a Healthy Body

  According to the Center for Disease Control, 36.3 percent of children in LaRue County Kentucky eat fast food daily which contributes to an obesity rate of 44 percent.LaRue County Extension Service Exp...

  
  

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