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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StorySafety Day



Safety Day

Author: Trent Adkins

Planning Unit: Pulaski County CES

Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming

Plan of Work: SET Education

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

On October 12th Pulaski County 4-H hosted its first Safety Day. Over 690 eighth grade students from the northern and southern middle schools were in attendance. Students visited eight stations where they learned about topics ranging from livestock, electrical, tractor, wildlife, and ATV safety, to first aid, and drug and alcohol prevention. We worked with several community partners to put together the safety day, the local EMS and Sheriff’s department were there to teach the students, as well as members of the fire department and RECC. We also reached out to local dealerships to teach tractor and ATV safety. We even involved some high school FFA members who served as group leaders to escort the students to each station. Students spent time at each station learn basic safety considerations when operating machinery, being around livestock or venturing into forest areas. Students got the chance that they might not otherwise have to explore machinery like tractors, ATVs and lawnmowers were provided by dealerships. They learned not only basic first aid but also how to operate defibrillators and make tourniquets with EMS. With the sheriff’s office students got to see first had the effect alcohol has on their motor skills and how dangers it really is to drive impaired. This event not only provided a much needed refresher course in safety for students and teachers alike but was also a way for 4-H to get back in front of our middle school  audience. Getting to middle school kids has always been a struggle for 4-H but the safety day helped to reintroduce it to nearly 700 students.






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