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Greenup County CES

Title:
Building Strong Families
MAP:
Developing and Enhancing Life Skills
Agents Involved:
Pullin, Boyd, Hieneman, Stephens
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Master Clothing Volunteer
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
4-H Youth Development Programming
Situation:

The Greenup County Extension Council has identified building life skills for families and positive youth development as an important program for our county.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Community members of all ages are prepared to be independent, successful citizens, and future volunteers.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Community members of all ages attend classes and master various new life skills while they learn about responsibility and character building.

Initial Outcomes:

The agents and volunteers coordinate events and workshops for community members of all ages.

Evaluation:

Outcome: Initial: planning meetings

Indicator: yearly schedule of events and educational programs

Method: CEC will continue to map programming across all areas

Timeline: ongoing




Outcome: Intermediate: Reported contacts in all program areas

Indicator: reporting records

Method: agent staff meetings

Timeline: ongoing




Outcome: Long-term: strong community

Indicator: surveys and questionnaires

Method: pre and post event surveys

Timeline: ongoing


Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Greenup County Families


Project or Activity: 4-H Camp

Content or Curriculum: classes to be determined by counties that camp together

Inputs: Agents, camp staff, volunteers

Date: summer


Project or Activity: LEGO Robotics

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Set

Inputs: 4-H Volunteers

Date: Fall ongoing



Audience: Greenup County Schools


Project or Activity: Communication Contest

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Communications

Inputs: Agents, Teachers, Volunteers, school staff

Date: Spring/Summer ongoing


Project or Activity: Reality Store

Content or Curriculum: 4-H/FCS

Inputs: Agents, School Staff, Volunteers

Date: Fall ongoing




Audience: Community Members


Project or Activity: Master Gardeners

Content or Curriculum: Master Gardener

Inputs: Agents, Specialists, Community Guests

Date: , Fall or Spring  2019


Project or Activity: Sewing Classes

Content or Curriculum: KY Master Clothing Volunteer

Inputs: Master Clothing Volunteers

Date: March 2018 and 2019




Success Stories

In the Know

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Securing Financial Stability (general)

Holidays are often an exciting time of the year.  However, the holidays can also represent added stress due to holiday spending.  Many individuals, families and households neglect budgeting for holiday spending. To assist individuals in understanding and responding to financial stress resulting from holiday expenses, the Greenup County Extension Office partnered with the Family Resource Center at Russell Independent School District to offer a financial program for the families in the d

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License to Cook

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Food Preparation

License to Cook

As the end of the school year approaches, many high school students are preparing for the beginning steps of their future goals.  Becoming an adult is no easy task and the future goals of students will not always follow the same path.  In an effort to help prepare students at Russell High School for the future, their employment specialist, partnered with the Greenup County Extension Office to offer the program “License to Cook.”  The employment specialist identified a

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Down on the Farm

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Down on the Farm

The Greenup County Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Agent partnered with the Greenup County 21st Century Program to assist in educating youth during summer day camps. The day camp lasted for one week highlighting the theme “Down of the Farm.” The day camps are designed to enrich reading and math skills during summer break in creative ways. During the camps students were involved in hands-on experiences to enrich these skills. The Greenup County Family & Consumer Scie

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