Author: Patrick Hardesty
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD)
The single biggest way for Cooperative Extension to have a positive impact in the community is to focus on leadership development. Taylor County Cooperative Extension has great opportunities for leadership development in youth and adult programs.During a pandemic year, the Taylor County Extension Homemakers arose to the challenge to provide educational opportunities and fellowship. COVID-19 caused many people to stay home, sometimes in isolation. To create awareness of a deadl
Author: Lorilee Kunze
In March of 2020, the Novel Corona Virus changed the way we must approach leadership development and connecting with our volunteers. To maintain the safety of our volunteers; maintain program cohesion; and continue to work together developing programming, the Bullitt County horticulture program instituted a weekly Leadership Development program. Each week volunteers meet to discuss current and potential programming, how to continue outreach in our community, new innovative program ap