Success StoryHardin County Homemakers Donate Thousands of Volunteer Hours



Hardin County Homemakers Donate Thousands of Volunteer Hours

Author: Dayna Fentress

Planning Unit: Hardin County CES

Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

Plan of Work: Activating Volunteer Leaders through Extension Programs

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The Hardin County Extension Homemakers are involved in a wide variety of community service projects, personal volunteer service projects, and more. Hundreds of Hardin County Homemakers spend hours sewing lap bags for local nursing homes, ministering meals to the less fortunate in their hometowns, volunteering at Extension events, taking local neighbors to doctors appointments or grocery shopping, donating their time to fill backpacks for Feeding America's Backpack Program, setting up booths at their local festivals, stuffing bags and working stations for 4-H Safety Day and much, much more. 

In the 2023-2024 year, the Hardin County Homemakers accumulated more than 50,000 volunteer hours. Of the 391 Hardin County Homemakers we have, this number was documented by members from 9 different clubs, almost ensuring that we truly are doing even more than we know. 

Using Kentucky's current volunteer hour value rate of $24.83 per hour, Hardin County Homemakers saved their communities and our county $1,241,500 by completing these tasks at no cost. 

The Hardin County Homemakers have set a goal for themselves to surpass this number in the next year, and to have more members turn their volunteer hours in so we can see even more the impact we have on this community.  






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