As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Bullitt County Public Schools Food Service Program found themselves preparing and delivering over 6,000 meals to children qualified for the free and reduced lunches throughout Bullitt County.  As they began the process, the Food Service Director identified the need for a fun but educational flyer to be include with the meals. Since the foodservice employees were focused on preparing the food, the Bullitt County Extension Service offered to provide that educational flyer. 

For 12 weeks, the Bullitt County Extension agents teamed up with the school food service program to provide educational and nutritional flyers to the children.  The flyers were a different theme each week. The Agriculture and Natural Resource Flyers were about Beef, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Chickens, and Dairy. Additionally, each flyer included a fun activity for the children to complete. 

This partnership created a great opportunity to raise awareness of the Bullitt County Extension Service to an audience not frequently participating in our programs.  At the end of the flyer distribution, recipients were asked to answer a short electronic questionnaire. 66% reported they found the flyers useful.  Most reported the recipes and children' activities as the best part of the flyer. With 33% of the audience not aware or exposed to the Extension Service, the Bullitt County Extension staff has used a difficult time to reach more people.