Success StoryFCS Education To Go
FCS Education To Go
Author: Leslie Workman
Planning Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Initial Outcome
During the spring and early summer of 2020, the Pike County Extension Service Family & Consumer Sciences program altered delivery of educational programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because schools, businesses and offices were closed, the state of Kentucky was under order to minimize person-to-person contact. This order meant that traditional FCS programs had to be offered in new and innovative ways. It also meant that families and children were often home in quarantine-like conditions without supplies, resources or ideas for educational endeavors. The FCS team (agent, FCS assistant and 2 NEP assistants) designed and created dozens of different types of “FCS education to GO” kits or “Nutrition education to GO” kits. The kits were made available several days of the week in a no-contact format to be picked up outside the office, organized in bags with complete supplies and instructions. Many families looked forward to picking up kits as a means to supplement their children’s NTI education or for family activity time, baking experiments, nutritious eating and artistic endeavors. Over 3 months, the FCS team distributed approximately 1300 educational kits to Pike County families in a time of crisis.
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