Success StoryFace Coverings for Ballard County Elementary School



Face Coverings for Ballard County Elementary School

Author: Sarah Drysdale

Planning Unit: Ballard County CES

Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

Plan of Work: Empowering Community & Extension Leaders

Outcome: Initial Outcome

This school year came with uncertainty whether students would be in the classroom. As COVID-19 has brought many new changes within the school system; facial coverings for all students and staff being the biggest change. As part of the Face Coverings for Kids Initiative, Ballard County Extension Homemakers and FCS agent made seven hundred twenty-two (722) sewn cloth face coverings for Ballard County Elementary School students. Which were delivered before class began on August 26th.  All the materials for the face coverings were donated by local community members from Hancock’s Fabric in Paducah, KY. The school also provided a pattern along with instruction on creating the coverings. 


A group of people posing for the camera

Description automatically generatedShown from left are BCES Principal Chris Sheffer; County Homemakers President Bobbie Wray, Kevil Junior Club President Pat Sullivan, Community Member Ginger Sullivan, and BCES Assistant Principal Allyssa Binkley. Ballard Family and Consumer Science Agent Sarah Drysdale (not pictured) also helped make the masks. 






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