Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the food pantry in Livingston County does not allow clients to enter the pantry.  A process was instated that allowed clients to call the pantry or come to the door and place an order for food.   In order to give clients nutrition information and information on staying safe during the pandemic, the Livingston County Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Assistant supplied hand washing information and food safety information to the local food pantry to distribute to clientele.   Over five hundred information fact sheets, calendars, and Chop Chop magazines were distributed to the pantry clients.  

   The assistant also partnered with the University of Kentucky Livingston County Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent to provide clients with easy to prepare, healthy, budget friendly recipes.    The demonstrations were recorded via live Facebook videos.  The recipes demonstrated were from the University of Kentucky   Nutrition Education Calendars and 4-H.  In some instances, such as the bread making class, clients were able to pick up bags from the Extension office that contained some of the ingredients to prepare the recipes.  Disposable loaf pans had been donated to the Expanded Food and Nutrition Assistant and these were made available to the clientele. These social media cooking demonstrations reached over eight hundred people.