The Jessamine County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent worked towards providing materials and resources to the community of Jessamine County during the coronavirus pandemic. The FCS Agent used multiple outlets to give support to the community. Those outlets include the Jessamine County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Facebook page, a weekly article in the Jessamine Journal, a biweekly e-newsletter, porch kits for youth, resource packets for the Nicholasville and Wilmore Farmer’s Markets, and online videos for clientele. All of these opportunities provided educational resources to the community in a way that had never been done before. The FCS agent used online platforms to continue engaging the community in Jessamine County. Below is the reach from each of the efforts:

• The Jessamine County Family and Consumer Sciences Facebook page had a 24% increase in followers since March 2020. On the Facebook page, online programs from the University of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences page, educational articles, videos, and information from the Jessamine County Extension Office were shared. From March 16th to June 8th, over 28,000 individuals were reached with the Jessamine County FCS Facebook page.
• Two thousand one hundred individuals were reached weekly with the Jessamine Journal article. Articles submitted included Trimming Expenses with Income is Tight, Responding to Emotional Eating, Save Money and Relax by Rediscovering Hobbies, Ways to Spend your Stimulus Check, and Why Boredom is Important for Children. 
• One hundred individuals were reached with the biweekly FCS Resources and Materials e-newsletter. The newsletters included educational articles, recipe videos, and boredom busters.
• Ninety-five porch kits were made for youth and picked up at our office. These kits included educational information on physical activity, table manners, preschool readiness, and family bonding. 
• Fifty kits were made for the Farmer’s Markets to pass out. The kits included safe handwashing, recipes, calendars, and Farmer’s Market produce buying guides. 
• Four online videos were created by the FCS Agent to engage clientele. Those videos were Food Safety Labeling Dates, How to Cut an Onion, Electric Pressure Cooker Applesauce, and a recipe demonstration of a SNAP-ED recipe. 
• The FCS Agent also collaborated with the Fort Harrod FCS Agents to provide an online survey to access our clienteles’ forms of receiving education during these times. We are learning what information they want and how they want to obtain it, so we can better meet their needs during these times.

The Jessamine County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent is planning online programs for the rest of the summer and will continue to listen to the needs of the community to provide them with the information they need to live a healthy life during the Coronavirus Pandemic.