Success StoryHoliday Roadshow - Tips for Low Cost Meals



Holiday Roadshow - Tips for Low Cost Meals

Author: Glenna Wooten

Planning Unit: Perry County CES

Major Program: Managing in Tough Times

Plan of Work: Home Gardening, Food Preservation, and Food Preparation

Outcome: Initial Outcome

According to 2017 US Census Data – Quick Facts, the median household income in Perry County is $31,820.00 and 25.9% of the population of Perry County is living in poverty. 


Because the holidays are both a joyous and financially stressful time for Perry County citizens, especially those living at or below the poverty line, it is very important that such audiences have access to educational information to help them financially manage during the holiday season.


To assist individuals in understanding and responding to financial stress resulting from holiday expenses, Perry County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education, Glenna Wooten, in partnership with all Quicksand Area FCS Agents, hosted the 2018 Holiday Roadshow:  Tips for Low Cost Meals, financial program.  Emphasis was placed on understanding ways to cut costs on holiday meals and ways to cut costs on gift giving as a way to reduce spending and financial stress.


53 consumers participated in the workshop.  Participants were surveyed following the class and 100 percent indicated they had identified at least one cost-saving strategy for preparing their holiday meal, and 53 participants plan to take action steps toward implementing at least one financial management strategy presented during this program, thus reducing holiday/financial stress.  “I now have more cost-saving ways to make food for my family,” stated one participant.


Financial Management classes such as, Holiday Roadshow:  Tips for Low Cost Meals, are great tools to teach and encourage adults about making cost-saving decisions.  Financially stressed citizens, equipped with new knowledge, are then able to make better financial decisions, especially during the holidays, which will in return, lead to a less stressful holiday season.






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