Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Marcia Moss
Planning Unit: Bullitt County CES
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Due to the corona virus all classes were cancelled towards the end of March 2020. The Bullitt County Nutrition Education Program started a FaceBook page the first of April to reach out to the community and current clients.
The goal was to post recipes and helpful tips that could be taken and used in every day life just as if regular classes were being taught. Since April till the end of June 2020 there have been 10,040 indirect contacts with 1,907 of those being SNAP-ED eligible.
The page will continue to post information up to and after classes can be held in person once again.
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