Extension
It Starts With Us
McCracken County Residents and Youth Acquiring Life Skills
Agriculture and Natural Resources Education
Wimberley, Osborne, ANR, FCS
Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Financial Education - General
Family Development General
21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)
It is critical for a healthy and sustainable community to have contributing members of society with necessary life skills. Currently in McCracken County there is a need to learn and practice healthy habits, create and live within a budget and form positive relationships with others.
Be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.
Gain and maintain employment through life-skill development.
Contribute to a safe, pleasant and productive home and family.
Residents utilize the skills gained through education and involvement in Extension programs.
- Practice life skills in projects and life situations.
Be responsible consumers and financial decision makers.
Adopt habits and skills that contribute toward employability in the future.
Gain knowledge and develop skills that enhance healthy life skills.
Gain skills in setting a goal and developing a plan of action.
- Adult Sewing Club
- Needlework Club
- Knitting Club
- Quilt Class for Beginners
- Crochet Club
- Food Presentation Class
Initial Outcome: Youth and adults learn basic life skills
Indicator: Youth and adults participate in programs, read newsletters with basic skills information.
Method: Attendance, recipients of newsletters.
Timeline: Ongoing
Intermediate Outcome: Increase of self-esteem and life skill abilities
Indicator: Increased availability and request of information and participation in Homemaker and 4-H projects, FCS workshops and presentations.
Method: Testimonials and/or surveys from all participants.
Timeline: Ongoing
Long-Term Outcome: Increase of self-esteem and life skill abilities enabling youth and adults to increase life skills.
Indicator: Increased participation in Extension programs and/or activities that deal with life skill issues and reaching new clientele.
Method: Testimonials from all participants. 4-H group of youth forms. Increases in life skill programs conducted by 4-H, Horticulture, Agriculture and Family and Consumer Sciences.
Timeline: Ongoing
Audience: Youth and adults
Activity: Camp, Fashion Show, McCracken County Fair, sewing workshops, food workshops, summer programs, gardening with youth, Juvenile Justice Program, Dog Club, Job Skills Workshops, Art Club, Reality Store, Rotary Luncheon, Coins for Change, Garden Club, Money Wise Budgeting Classes.
Content or Curriculum: State 4-H curriculum, UK publications, videos and other research-based information. KEHA manual, UK Specialists, Horticulture Newsletter
Inputs: 4-H Volunteers, RSVP, Homemakers, English's Sewing Center, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club , Kiwanis, Rotary Club, UK Specialists, UK Specialists, UK Publications, AQS Agriculture Tours, Master Food Volunteers, Early Childhood Publications, Master Food Volunteers, Early Childhood Council and area schools, Councils, Department of Juvenile Justice and Paducah Parks, Purchase District Health Department, Money Smart curriculum, Active Parenting Now Curriculum, Nurturing Families Curriculum.
Date: August-June
Author: Brittany Osborne
Major Program: Civic Engagement
With civic distress in the United States during our 2020 Presidential Campaign, the need for more education around civic engagement was in high demand. Through the McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service, 4-H met this demand in a local school. The U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncanthe states, "When it is done well, civic education equips students with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century – the ability to communicate effectively, to work collectively, to
Author: Brittany Osborne
Major Program: Health
Learning to swim is a life-or-death skill, essential for every child. Formal swim lessons between ages 1 and 4 can help reduce the risk of drowning by 88% according to a study conducted in 2009. [1] Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children ages 1 to 4 and a leading cause for young people up to 14 years of age. (American Academy of Pediatrics)Providing youth with the ability to enhance and develop this life-or-death skill is of great importance for 4-H in McCra
