Marion County Cooperative Extension Office was hit with the news in March that the world was facing a health pandemic with COVID-19 and as a result, our local Marion County schools and businesses were to be shut down for an un-determined amount of time.  Our local Extension office was part of the essential work force that was able to keep working, has we were keeping the county informed with information on how to continue to stay healthy at home. Expanded Food and Nutrition Program partnered with the local Ag agent and the local 4-H agent to come up with something we could do for the kids during this time to help them continue to learn and be safe. Our “team” decided on putting together brown bags so that the kids could do some hands on learning and also a family bag so that the family could use when they cooked together. These bags were given to the school’s family resource so that the bags could be given out when the lunches were picked up at the school’s locations. Marion County Cooperative Extension Office was hit with the news in March that the world was facing a health pandemic with COVID-19 and as a result, our local Marion County schools and businesses were to be shut down for an un-determined amount of time.  Our local Extension office was part of the essential work force that was able to keep working, has we were keeping the county informed with information on how to continue to stay healthy at home. Expanded Food and Nutrition Program partnered with the local Ag agent and the local 4-H agent to come up with something we could do for the kids during this time to help them continue to learn and be safe. Our “team” decided on putting together brown bags so that the kids could do some hands on learning and also a family bag so that the family could use when they cooked together. These bags were given to the school’s family resource so that the bags could be given out when the lunches were picked up at the school’s locations.