Extension
It Starts With Us
Acquiring Life Skills
Developing and Enhancing Life Skills
Wilson, Wooley, Wimberley, Baysinger, Buckman, Tashjian
Home & Consumer Horticulture
Securing Financial Stability (general)
Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
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.
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 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, Living Well Classes, Money Wise Budgeting Classes, Matters of Life Forums, Parenting 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, GNEF Works.
Date: August-June
Author: Denise Wooley
Major Program: Nurturing Families (general)
The UK Cooperative Extension Service is a partner of the Community Early Childhood Council (CECC) in McCracken County. The CECC strives to bring opportunities for preschool aged children to learn and prepare themselves for kindergarten. We are working at a young age to build their "Life Skills" that will last them a lifetime. The following three statements are the goals of the CECC.Every Kentucky child will enter school ready to succeedEvery parent will know what their child needs
Author: Robert Tashjian
Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum
McCracken County 4-H prides itself on the 4-H public speaking program. Youth create a speech or demonstration which contain 3 key components: the introduction, body and conclusion. Approximately, 750 youth in 4th through 12th grades annually will write and deliver their personal narrative speeches for their peers and adult judges. Some flourish and continue going on from school to county, area and finally state competition. We never truly know what type of impact this can
Author: Kathryn Wimberley
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Hort Agent was contacted by the McCracken County Jail in the fall of 2017 about teaching a master gardener class to the local inmates. Agent assured the sergeant of the sheriff’s department that work would begin on this request. Agent contacted District Director and UK Master Gardener coordinator to ask the procedure.Agent learned that since inmates cannot work as volunteers and cannot pass background checks in accordance to the McCracken County Master Gardener program, an alte
Author: Kimberly Baysinger
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Each day our society continues to change and grow. With this growth comes a new challenge, teaching the youth in our society that this change can be a wonderful thing. One way we can help our youth develop an understanding and become more accepting of other cultures and their customs is by allowing them to experience this through hosting an exchange student. This summer McCracken County 4-H had two families that opened their homes to an exchange student from the Japanese LABO Pr
Author: Robert Tashjian
Major Program: Natural Resources 4-H Core Curriculum
McCracken County Hot Shots 4-H Shooting sports program began in 1998 and has blossomed overtime. The 4-H Program averages 80-100 youth per year in the program with approximately 10-15 coaches. McCracken county is hosting a state wide certification training for adults and teen leaders to become certified coaches. The Kentucky 4-H Shooting Sports program averages 200 coaches per year, but with this addition the program will gain an additional 70 volunteers who will work with youth thro
Author: Denise Wooley
Major Program: Estate Planning
The McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service along with a local elder law attorney and local bank partnered together to host an Estate Planning Seminar. Estate planning is an often overlooked key to financial planning. Many people do not understand tax laws and look for help in such areas thus the seminar is offered to help guide people in the direction they need to go when planning their estate. The seminar has 62 community members attend and learn beneficial information for their plannin
Author: Denise Wooley
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
The McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service partnered with the UK summer intern program to host the 3-day Super Star Chef camp to teach 20 kids basics in the kitchen. After attending the 3-day camp that focused on measuring correctly, using a knife, food safety, my Plate, and hands on cooking the students reported:100%- Demonstrated correct hand washing to remove germs100%-Describe a serving of fruits and vegetables according to My Plate100%-Practiced safe and correct knife skills w
Author: Amanda Wilson
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
There’s increased need for financial stability in today’s economy. County residents desire the necessary skills to enhance their quality of life. The McCracken County Cooperative Extension service strives to meet the needs of the community weekly. This was done by offering the 4-H Intermediate Sewing Club. Participants have access to knowledgeable volunteers who provide one-on-one sewing instruction. The focus of this report is the each member of the Intermediate Club has t
