Extension
It Starts With Us
Encouraging Healthy Living
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Pullin, Boyd, Hieneman, Stephens
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Fit Blue/Get Moving KY
4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
The recent, local needs assessment as completed by the Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities Coalition, and the Greenup County Extension Council, has identified Substance Abuse and Obesity as the two top community issues for Greenup County.
Collaborating agencies will see a reduction in drug use and obesity reporting in the results from the KIP (Kentucky Incentives for Prevention) survey that is used in all local school systems as well as the BMI results from Health Department screenings.
As result of agency collaboration, community members of all ages will have the opportunity to learn about how they can make healthy choices in their current lives and in their future.
Collaboration between CEC, Agents, Program Councils, community agencies, schools, Health Dept, and elected officials, in order to unify programming planning across the county to focus on healthy lifestyle choices.
Outcome: Initial: All collaborating agencies in agreement for planning
Indicator: Record of all participating agencies
Method: Interagency meetings
Timeline: ongoing
Outcome: Intermediate: all age groups have been reached
Indicator: Collaborating agencies reporting on age group focus
Method: Interagency communication
Timeline: ongoing
Outcome: Long-term: Survey results show impact
Indicator: KIP survey and BMI results
Method: Interagency review survey
Timeline: ongoing
Audience: Greenup County Schools
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences
Inputs: Agents, Teachers, Community Leaders and Volunteers
Date: Spring 2020
Project or Activity: Health Rocks
Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks
Inputs: 4-H Agent, Teachers
Date: Fall 2016, 17, 18, 19
Audience: Greenup County families
Project or Activity: Physical activity
Content or Curriculum: Incorporating physical activities (local walking tracks) into Extension programming
Inputs: Local volunteers
Date: ongoing
Project or Activity: Dining with Diabetes
Content or Curriculum: Dining with Diabetes & Healthy Bodies Everyday
Inputs: Agents, local agencies
Date: Fall 2019
Project or Activity: Cooking through the Calendar
Content or Curriculum: Healthy Bodies Everyday & NEP Nutrition Calendar
Inputs: Agents, local agencies, County Library System
Date: Ongoing
Project or Activity: 4-H Camps
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Youth Development
Inputs: Agents, Local youth and adult volunteers, Community Sponsors, Other Organizations
Date: Summer 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Project or Activity: Fit Blue/Summer Music Series
Content or Curriculum: FCS & Fine Arts Partnership (Fit Blue App and Curriculum)
Inputs: Agents, Local youth and adult volunteers, Community Sponsors, Other Organizations
Date: Summer 2019
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Fit Blue/Get Moving KY
Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities is comprised of members throughout the Tri-State region. The mission of the organization is to improve the health of our communities through collaboration, education, prevention and access to healthy choices. In conjunction with the First Friday Event in Ashland, KY the Coalition sponsored the Festival of Fitness to feature over 20 fitness activities, demonstrations and healthy lifestyle information opportunities free to area residents. Activities were g
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The most recent KY by the Numbers report states, Greenup County is one of many counties in Kentucky dealing with a high precedence of chronic disease such as heart disease and diabetes. Research has shown there is a natural link between nutrition and making behavior changes that lead to healthier lifestyle choices. The Greenup County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent along with the Greenup County Public Library System collaborated to hold a workshop once a month to provide education t
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
It is estimated that 20 percent of adults in the United States have tried at least one meal kit delivery service. With the demand for convenience in our society, meal kits seem to be the answer for grocery shopping, meal planning, and meal preparation. Anyone who has not tried meal kits might be interested in learning how meal kits work and whether they are worth the investment for preparing and consuming more meals at home. In response to this, the Greenup County Extension Office hosted th
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Greenup County Extension and Soil and Water Conservation held Woods and Wildlife for Your Wallet in conjunction with Kentucky Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky Forestry, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife, KY Woodland Owners Association and many local volunteers. Woods and Wildlife for Your Wallet is a program that offers concurrent sessions such as: Beekeeping, wildlife management, growing shiitake mushrooms, Master Logger Program, encouraging and managing a healthy fores
