Author: Dayna Fentress
Major Program: Community Leadership Development
After a meeting between the FCS program in Hardin County and the FCCLA sponsor at John Hardin High School, some risks of low membership and inactive participation in the club were identified. Extension programs were then chosen to help reduce these risks. A leadership day to be taught by the FCS Extension program was established, and FCCLA invited their officer team, and then any member who thought they may be interested in what FCCLA could offer. 18 youth attended the new leadership s
Author: Amanda Hardy
According to data from the AmeriCorps, more than 250,000 Kentuckians volunteered their time, talent and effort to improve people’s lives. Henderson County’s population is around 45,609 and the need for volunteers is more critical as programs expand. The Henderson County Extension office ended the year with a leadership appreciation program that was called “Henderson County Leadership Hall of Fame”. We started the program in 2017. Leaders were invit
Author: Jessica Marquez
Title: Hispanic/Latino students developing for higher education. Issues: What is the situation? Who cares and why?Hispanic/Latino youth experience profound language, social, and academic losses due to distance/virtual learning. 27% of students in U.S schools classify as Hispanic/Latino and speak primarily Spanish at home. Hispanic/Latino caregivers have lower levels of education, limited knowledge of the U.S. educational system, and classify as LEP individuals. According to the Postse
Author: Daniel Kahl
In December of 2021, I was notified that I was invited to submit a chapter proposal on Community Leadership Development. Through networking at the Extension annual conference, I was able to connect with agents across Kentucky who had success stories to tell related to programming efforts in Community Leadership Development. Drawing from work done by DJ Scully, Campbell County, I was able to submit a case example to [chapter name]. I also submitted a case example from Extension planning and
Author: Cabrina Buckman
Teen Leadership Washington County is an annual program for high school juniors that focuses on leadership and personal development, career opportunities, and learning about the community. The Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, 4-H Youth Development Agent, and School Gifted and Talented Coordinator partner to plan and implement monthly meetings to cover topics like financial management, business and industry, agriculture and more. To help the teens learn more about the inner workings
Author: David Hull
Beginning in 2017, the Gallatin County Extension Council partnered with the City of Warsaw, Gallatin County Tourism, and several agencies to plan and coordinate the Gallatin County Spring Peony Festival.Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 Spring Peony Festival was cancelled. This caused many of the festival coordinators worried that the festival may suffer due to a lack of momentum. Fortunately, nothing could have been further from the truth!The festival was held in downtown Warsaw; the City
