Success StoryReaching Youth Through COVID-19



Reaching Youth Through COVID-19

Author: Bobbie Hancock

Planning Unit: Mercer County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Initial Outcome

In response to the continuing need for information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mercer County SNAP-NEP assistant and the Mercer County ANR Agent teamed up to provide nutrition education information via the local school’s “backpack program”.  Both had attended training and received new curriculum resources through Kentucky Agriculture & Environment in the Classroom.  Using those resources, they promoted protein and dairy to celebrate National Beef month and National Dairy month.  The ANR Agent recorded videos of accurate agriculture books about beef, dairy, and soybeans, which were then shared through Facebook on the Extension Office page.  The NEP Assistant coordinated with the Family Resource Center’s “backpack program” to determine the number of materials needed, and deliver that material.  A total of 75 students received 3 different activity kits, assembled by the NEP Assistant and the ANR Agent. Included were agriculture curriculum on beef, dairy, and soybeans and healthy nutrition information to help the students make the connection between their healthy food and how it is produced.








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