Extension
It Starts With Us
Enhancing Life Skills and Building Consumer Awareness
Youth and Families
Pullin, Hieneman, Stephens, 4-H Vacancy
21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)
Substance Use and Mental Health - ANR
Financial Education - General
Advancing the Creative Economy
Promote positive personal finance behaviors prepares Kentuckians for any future economic shift. The United States has been in an extremely long period of economic expansion; however, expansions are cyclical, meaning growth is eventually followed by recession. Securing financial stability for Kentuckians will help families thrive no matter the economic outlook. Financial stability is achieved when families are able to secure and manage resources needed to supply food, clothing, and shelter. Through increased financial knowledge, families may be able to make wise financial decisions, increase buying power, avoid overextended credit, develop savings habits, and manage risks.
Cultural awareness and pride, along with the creative community, contribute to community development and growth. 82% of Americans believe arts and culture are important to local businesses and the economy and that 87% of Americans believe arts and culture are important to quality of life. "Arts and cultural organizations are valued members of the business community. They employ people locally, purchase goods and services from within the community, art members of their Chambers of Commerce, and promote their regions." (Americans for the Arts, Arts & Economic Prosperity report, 2015)
- Better family money management skills, such as reducing debt, increasing savings, and financial planning.
- Improved financial capability for Kentuckians, results in better quality of life and stronger families.
- Making Greenup County a more desirable place to live and work
- Promoting local Tourism
- Building Arts Audiences
- Supporting arts that improve the quality of our personal live and our communities
- Creating event-related spending by audiences that will positively impact local economy
- Practice one or more resource management behaviors resulting in increased savings or investments.
- Adopt financial planning strategies for short-, mid-, and long-term goals.
- Establish and continue arts and cultural events that promote tourism
- Increased knowledge and skills related to managing financial resources, including savings, credit, and financial planning.
- Change knowledge, opinions, skills, and aspirations, to improve practical living skills.
- Increase financial literacy (knowledge and skills) related to savings and investments.
- Establish arts and cultural events that promote tourism
Outcome: Increased awareness of sound financial behaviors
Indicator(s): Number of individuals who implemented at least one strategy to reduce expenses or manage moneyNumber of individuals who made a sound financial decision (regarding credit, budgeting, savings, and/or debt)
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following financial education workshops
Outcome: Increase knowledge and skills related to managing financial resources
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting increased levels of understanding in the area: confidence in handling money issues or specific financial matters
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following financial education workshops
Outcome: Businesses who report an impact from local events
Indicator: business reports
Method: Tourism surveys
Timeline: seasonal
Outcome: Students and adults who report an increase in public speaking, self managing, and performance skills
Indicator: teacher, student, and audience interviews, surveys
Method: retroactive pre-post
Timeline: school year
Project or Activity: Reality Store
Content or Curriculum: 4-H/FCS
Inputs: Agents, School Staff, Volunteers
Date: November
Project or Activity: Dollars and Sense
Content or Curriculum: 4-H/FCS
Inputs: Agents, School Staff, Volunteers
Date: March
Audience: Adults, young adults, and teens
Project or Activity: Money Habitudes Workshop
Content or Curriculum: Money Habitudes
Inputs: FCS Agent, curriculum publications and resources, Money Habitudes cards
Date: Multiple uses each year
Project or Activity: Recovering your Finances
Content or Curriculum: Recovering your Finances
Inputs: FCS Agent, curriculum publications and resources, Money Habitudes cards
Date: Multiple uses each year
Project or Activity: Financial Education/ Basic Life Skills
Content or Curriculum: Real Skills for Everyday Life
Inputs: FCS Agent, Curriculum publications and resources
Date: Multiple uses each year
Project or Activity: Basic Food Preparation Skills
Content or Curriculum: Cook Together Eat Together, Mastering Food Choices, Dining with Diabetes, Super Star Chef, Champion Food Volunteer, Faithful Families, Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud Resources
Inputs: Programmatic materials, paid staff, community partners, faith-based organizations, health coalitions
Date: Multiple projects throughout the year
Project or Activity: Tourism events
Content or Curriculum: Summer Music Series, Old Time Music Day, Old Fashion Days, outdoor performing arts events, venue partner performing arts events
Inputs: FA Agent, FA volunteers, local artists, touring artists, teaching artists, audiences, business partners
Date: Multiple scheduled and special events throughout the year
Project or Activity: Breakfast With The Arts, Jesse Stuart junior novel music/drama, Ukulele Club
Content or Curriculum: rehearsals leading to community performance events
Inputs: local schools, teacher volunteers, students, teaching artists, specialists, guest presenters, parents
Date: school year
Project or Activity: All-County Art Show, Community Choir/Orchestra performance of Handel's Messiah
Content or Curriculum: performance events/shows with rehearsal or jury process
Inputs: local schools, teacher volunteers, students, teaching artists, specialists, guest presenters, parents
Date: school year
Audience: Community
Project or Activity: Community Events
Content or Curriculum: Handcrafted Weekend
Inputs: Community Arts Agent, artisans, musicians, Quilt Guild, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
Date: yearly events
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Super Star Chef
Greenup County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent collaborated with Greenup County 4-H Youth Development Agent to offer the Superstar Chef Camp program to 11 students. 1 volunteer worked with students in a hands-on educational setting to teach important life skills. A pre-test/ post-test evaluation was conducted to determine learning outcomes.As a result of the program, students gained the following knowledge and skills:• 18% more you
Author: Anne Stephens
Major Program: Arts and Community Health
There is a population of people in our community who enjoy music, playing instruments, songwriting, and performing at the amateur level. Some of these people may perform as professionals, but not as an exclusive means of work for profit. Many of these people are retired and would benefit in a variety of ways from spending time together getting to know each other, sharing skills, sharing stories, sharing songs, and encouraging each other. Music and creativity provides a platform for people to mak
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
The Greenup County Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Agent and the Greenup County Library System partnered to assist in educating youth in Greenup County involved in Homeschool Co-ops. The series of classes meetings once a month and is divided into two groups by age. The classes are designed to enrich culinary skills while also fostering independence and communication skills with other children in the group. During the classes students were involved in hands-on experiences to enrich these
Author: Presley Grubb
Major Program: Communications
A holiday craft workshop was held at the Greenup County Extension Office to encourage youth to expressive their creative skills in painting, sewing and giving them the opportunity to create a gift for a family member or loved one during the holiday season. 7 youth participants attended the workshop channeling their own art vision to create a one of a kind gift. For several youth at the workshop, the stuffed tree ornament was the first sewing project they had created. For one participate, this wo
Author: Presley Grubb
Major Program: Community Vitality and Leadership – 4-H Youth Development
On March 27th, Boyd, Carter, Bath, Menifee, Greenup and Fleming counties came together to host a Middle School Retreat at the Boyd County Expo and Franks Building. We had 28 6th-8th grade participants from the counties. The goal of the retreat was to increase involvement in 4-H participation from Middle School members, allow them to build relationships with youth in our area in their age range with common interest and allow them to give back to individuals in the community that are less fortune.
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Super Star Chef
Greenup County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent collaborated with the Greenup County 4-H Youth Development Agent to offer the Superstar Chef Camp program to 17 students. 1 volunteer worked with students in a hands-on educational setting to teach important life skills. A pre-test/ post-test evaluation was conducted to determine learning outcomes. As a result of the program, students gained the following knowledge and skills:• 17.6% m
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Master Clothing Volunteer
In our technologically advanced society, basic life skills such as sewing has become somewhat of a lost art. Sewing helps you develop fine motor skills, improves your focus and concentration and teaches the importance of patience and self-control. Knowing personal boundaries, increasing skill, achieving tangible goals while working outside your comfort zone all support the development of confidence and self-esteem. The Greenup County Family & Consumer Sciences program, throu
