During the COVID-19 pandemic, in person classes were unsafe to attend. The Wolfe County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) senior assistant decided to partner with the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (ASAP) and offered classes through virtual platforms.
The assistant created a private Facebook group, which was the simplest way to provide educational content to participants. The senior assistant received a $500 grant to purchase ingredients for ten families to have seven meals and delivered research-based information from the Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum, which taught participants how to access food and ways to stretch food dollars during the pandemic.
Surveys were collected on participants. The results displayed that 100% of participants showed improvement on planning meals before shopping; 100% of participants showed improvement with eating more red and orange vegetables; 89% of participants show improvement with food safety practices.  One participant stated, “Being able to attend classes through a virtual platform has been a great experience. My family received the ingredients for seven meals and recipe demo videos of the recipes which helped us create meals that we really enjoy.”