Whitley County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018





2046 - Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
2046.1) 13

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge, opinions, skills, and/or aspirations in understanding: disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy conservation, solid waste management, water conservation, home safety or built environment

2046.2) 18

Number of individuals who identified one or more practices to improve  disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, etc. 

2046.3) 13

Number of individuals who implemented one or more practices to improve:  disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, etc.

2046.4) 116

Number of individuals who assessed the cost savings and/or benefits associated with newly adopted practices 

2046.5) 0

Number of individuals self-reporting reduced costs associated with newly adopted practices 

2046.6) 21

Number of people engaged in community strategies to improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles    



Success Stories

Painting with Lessons

Author: Matti Coffey

Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)

According to research by the University of Waterloo in Canada, we are more likely to have long-term memory recall for items that we have drawn than we are for items we have written. Written text enters our short-term memory, which has a smaller amount of storage space in our brains, thus making it easier to forget. Using this logic, the Family and Consumer Sciences agent started combining lessons dealing with nutrition and gardening information with painting projects. Each month a canvas paintin

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