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Bullitt County CES

Title:
Community Leadership Development
MAP:
Developing leadership and volunteer skills for engagement with community, country and world.
Agents Involved:
Ruth Chowning, Samantha Gamblin, Paul Adkins, Lorilee George
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Facilitation Training
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Empowering Community Leaders (general)
Situation:

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 62.6 million Americans, or 25.4 percent of the adult population, gave 7.7 billion hours of volunteer service worth $173 billion in 2013. This estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. It is very difficult to put a dollar value on volunteer time. Volunteers provide many intangibles that cannot be easily quantified. For example, volunteers demonstrate the amount of support an organization has within a community, provide work for short periods of time, and provide support on a wide range of projects. Bullitt County Extension Service depends upon volunteer leaders to assist in its goal of serving the community.

Creating a culture of giving back to their communities through leadership roles serves the multi-purpose process of personal empowerment, community development and helps to ensure a new generation of involved, volunteers. With increasing dropout rates and escalating poverty concerns, providing youth with these valuable skills and attitudes can break negative generational patterns and prepare youth to assume leadership roles today and tomorrow.

As volunteer leaders are equipped with new skills through personal development, the opportunity for organizations that are volunteer driven to become stronger will increase allowing them to better serve the needs of the people.


Long-Term Outcomes:

Program area councils and CEC members will take an active role in training of new members

Extension volunteers will take an active role in leadership of their program. Extension volunteer organizations will increase membership.

Council members become aware of Extension’s mission and come to rely on its resources to meet needs.

Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders.

Extension will maintain its programs to serve the needs of the community.

Acquisition of life skills needed by young people to reach their full potential as individuals and as members of their communities

Intermediate Outcomes:

FCS Council will recruit and develop members

Homemakers will establish and conduct programs

Program area council and CEC members will assist in training and recruiting of new members

Practice personal leadership skills in clubs, schools and community organizations

Volunteer leaders will continue to assist Extension Service. More people become involved with programs’ goals.

More youth succeed in FFA competitions.

Youth gain confidence in leadership skills necessary to become competitive in the current job market.

Initial Outcomes:

KEHA new leaders increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership

KEHA and FCS Advisory Council members increase knowledge and skills in organizational leadership

Individuals seek to become more effective leaders.

Individuals are recognized for their commitment to volunteerism.

Youth serve in volunteer roles creating a sense of belonging.

Evaluation:

Intermediate Outcome: FCS Council will recruit and develop members

Indicator: number of new members on council, attendance of members to Bullitt County Leadership

Method: roster and attendance, membership report

Timeline: June 2019- July 2020  RC


Initial Outcome: new KEHA leaders will gain confidence and knowledge in personal leadership

Indicator: leaders will verbalize and demonstrate leadership of County program

Method: planning day, self report, number of leaders involved and observation

Timeline: July 2019, May 2020  RC


Outcome: Number of youth and adults who demonstrate increased volunteerism

Indicator: Number of youth volunteers who participate in assisting Extension programs.

Number of Volunteers who apply to serve in Council.

Method: Numbers volunteering in programs compared to previous year. Agent’s observations

Timeline: July to June



Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Homemakers

Project or Activity: Program Planning & Kick-off for Homemaker year

Curriculum: KELD, UK/KEHA Leadership materials

Inputs: FCS Agent, FCS Asst., Volunteer Homemaker leaders

Date: August- September 2019  RC


Audience: Homemakers

Project or Activity: County Chairman events & Training

Curriculum: UK pubs, KEHA organizational guidelines, program of work,

Inputs: FCS Agent, Hmkr leaders

Date: July 2019- June 2020  RC


Audience: Homemakers

Project or Activity: County Annual Day; State meeting

Curriculum: Leadership Dev ; Organizational guidelines

Inputs: FCS Agents, UK & KEHA curriculum

Date: May 2020  RC


Audience: Louisville Area Homemakers

Project or Activity: Area Hmkr Councils

Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, Roberts Rules of Order

Inputs: Lou. Area FCS Agents, volunteer leaders

Date: December 2019- April 2020  RC


Audience: Louisville Area Homemakers

Project or Activity: Area Annual Day

Curriculum: UK and KEHA organizational guidelines

Inputs: FCS Agents, UK & KEHA curriculum

Date: June 2020  RC


Audience: FCS Council & Camp; members on CEC/DBd

Project or Activity: FCS Council meetings

Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, Roberts Rules of Order

Inputs: FCS Agent, volunteer leaders

Date: July 2019- June 2020  RC


Audience: High School students

Project or Activity: Enhancing communication skills

Content or Curriculum: Youth exhibitors and speakers

Inputs: Youth Farm Field Day, Farm Safety Day, Ag Council , County Fair

Date: Spring


Audience: Elementary Students

Project or Activity: Communication skills

Content or Curriculum: Maintaining a garden journal

Inputs: School garden, journal, writing curriculum

Date: January through November


Audience: Public

Project or Activity: Marketing Extension to Community

Content or Curriculum: Open House

Inputs: District Board, CEC leaders, program leaders

Date: 


Audience: recipients of program newsletters

Project or Activity: : Marketing Extension to Community

Content or Curriculum: monthly newsletter

Inputs: Current events and ag information

Date: monthly


Audience: Volunteers

Project or Activity: How to conduct meetings

Content or Curriculum: Leadership and parliamentary procedure training

Inputs: CEC SEAL Materials

Date: When needed


Audience: General Population/ Homemakers/ Louisville Area Homemakers

Project or Activity: Area Homemaker Leader lesson/ leadership retreat

Content or Curriculum: Creative Stitchery and Leadership

Inputs: UK pub, leader lesson, FCS Agent, FCS Asst

Date: October 2019    RC


Audience: Public

Project or Activity:  Community Leadership Development

Content or Curriculum:  Finding new leadership

Inputs:Volunteers

Date:August


Audience:Public, members of various agencies

Project or Activity:  Community Leadership Development

Content or Curriculum:  Importance of Cooperation between Farm Agencies in the County

Inputs:Members of various Farm Agencies

Date:August




Success Stories

Overcoming struggles and Leading in a Positive direction

Author: Ruth Chowning

Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

According to the Corporation for National and Community Civic Engagement, volunteerism is the cornerstone of a strong nation.  Building the capacity of volunteer leaders within counties is critical for the sustainability of a community infrastructure that supports long term commitment to strengthen families. To cultivate these leaders in Bullitt County, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension is very active with the Bullitt County Homemakers, a division of the Kentucky Extension Homema

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Artisan Guild established

Author: Ruth Chowning

Major Program: Arts Engagement

A group of volunteers approached the Bullitt County Family & Consumer Science agent inquiring about further development of the Arts here in the county.  As previous members of the Homemaker organization, they were interested in how to establish a Bullitt County Extension Artisan Guild.  The first organization meeting was held on December 19th with 13 in attendance. The structure of the Artisan Guild was explained and the constitution was presented.  The constitution was adopte

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Increasing Agriculture Leadership in Bullitt County

Author: Marlee Kelley

Major Program: Community Leadership Development

The Bullitt County Cooperative Extension office has been without an Agriculture and Natural Resources agent for two years. Since being hired at the start of 2020, the new ANR agent, Marlee Kelley, has conducted or attended Ag Development Council, Cattleman’s Association, Young Farmers, Farm Bureau and Soil Conservation meetings in Bullitt County to promote involvement in extension. Farmers from these organizations, expressed a need for educational programs and the following were condu

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Workforce Preparation for At-Risk Teens

Author: Paul Adkins

Major Program: 4-H College and Career Readiness (8-12 Grade Only)

The 2019 Kentucky Extension Community Assessment for Bullitt County Report showed that one of the priority needs for Bullitt County is better youth/adult career readiness skills.The Bullitt County Cooperative Extension Service partnered with Bullitt County Family Court’s Court Designated Worker program to provide career readiness and workforce preparation skills to teenage juvenile offenders. Youth were selected to serve as the first cohort in the 4-H Workforce Preparation for Teens progra

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NICU Care packages

Author: Samantha Gamblin

Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum

Would you want a way to help out other parents facing a short or long NICU stay? We spent 2 weeks in the NICU and know it can be exhausting facing the ups and downs of having a sick baby in the hospital. I wanted a way to give back to the wonderful Louisville Baptist Health NICU who helped save my daughter Parker’s life. They were so caring, loving, and supporting to us while we were there. Our hope is that our care packages have brought a little bit of light to a long, tough journey.First

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