Author: Emily Matthews
Planning Unit: Barren County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Following tornado damage that hit areas of Barren County in December of 2021 the Barren County
Nutrition Education Program assistant realized families without electricity in areas might
have questions about food in their refrigerators or freezers. The Nutrition Education Program assistant
took the Be Food Safe During Emergencies booklets to the City Hall of Park City and to Isiah 43 Christian
Counseling’s donation center in Cave City. While dropping booklets off, the Barren County
Nutrition Education Program could see that help was needed. Families from our area that were
impacted by the tornado were housed at the Barren River Lake State Park Lodge. The partnership
between the Barren River Lake State Park and the Barren County Cooperative Extension Service
Nutrition Education Program Assistant began to help coordinate relief items for low-income families
without means of transportation to the donation center 40 minutes away in Cave City. In the following
weeks, the Barren County Nutrition Education Program was able to build relationships with multiple
county organizations and agencies through disaster relief community meetings such as Emergency
Management, Community Relief of Barren County, BRIDGE KY, and BLDG Cave City.
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