The Owsley County Extension Service partnered with Owsley County Action Place to provide nutrition lesson to commodity recipients. The senior citizens and grandparents raising grandchildren meet one Thursday of each month to receive food boxes and nutritional information. The Owsley County EFNEP and SNAP Assistants provide group lessons on subjects such as: planning meals, budgeting, food safety, portion sizes and several other related topics. This is a time for senior people to come together for fellowship, sample new recipes, experience new methods of cooking and share about their different ways of saving money on groceries. 

After a total of eight lessons the two assistants were recognized as being the highlight of these senior citizens month. Relationships had been formed and the individuals were pleased with the progress they had made, such as: each individual reported they had been able to save money, make food last longer, enjoyed trying new foods, and realized there were healthier ways of preparing the same foods they were custom to eating.