A successful team effort in marketing extension in Campbell County has been our Open House-Community Celebration.  Celebrating our fifth year for this event during the COVID-19 National Pandemic brought new challenges this year.  Campbell County Extension volunteers and staff wanted to continue this event and decided to offer it on Campbell Media.  Campbell Media is a Broadcasting & Media Production Company and is a service of the Campbell County Cable Board.  Programs feature and promote public & government service activities and events within the county.

Extension programs highlighted for the broadcast included cooking demonstrations and providing new recipes, SNAP-ED food nutrition resources, farmers market updates and marketing programs, youth yoga exercise demonstrations and a 4-H Country Ham Project demonstration.  This agent coordinated the 4-H Country Ham demonstration and presented it along with a teen 4-H member who is active in the project and is working on her 4-H Achievement Silver Level Award.  We told about the History of Country Hams and went through the supplies needed and steps in curing a country ham.  

As a result of this program being presented on Cable TV, we reached over 1100 viewers and new audiences were introduced to the Cooperative Extension Service.  Twelve out of thirteen 4-H Country Ham Project Members entered their essays and hams for state judging and there were increased requests for purchasing the 4-H Country Hams from 4-H members when the projects were completed.