The Greenup County Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Agent partnered with the Greenup County 21^st Century Program to assist in educating youth during summer day camps. The day camp lasted for one week highlighting the theme “Down of the Farm.” The day camps are designed to enrich reading and math skills during summer break in creative ways. During the camps students were involved in hands-on experiences to enrich these skills. 

The Greenup County Family & Consumer Sciences Agent taught the youth knife safety skills, kitchen safety, measuring skills, how to read a recipe, hand washing, and the basics of cooking. Each day a different event was highlighted from All about Diary, Everything Egg, to All about Tomatoes. Forty Seven students participated in the enrichment sessions provided by the Extension Office. Each day the students built on their skills learned the previous day in there hands-on cooking sessions. In each session the students were able to learn about the animals/plants corresponding to our topics and gain firsthand information about where the food items originate. The students were able to see live chickens lay eggs, milk a dairy cow, and plant their own tomato plants. The Extension Office compiled all the recipes students made to be sent home with students to share with their families. 

Each student stated that they were glad that they had participated in the camp and had gained information that they had never learned before, and had put their new knowledge to use. One of the students stated “she had never even tried making eggs before.” The next day she had been grocery shopping with her mom to purchase supplies and made the egg salad recipe for her family at home.