News Archive: Family & Consumer Sciences
Kenton County Extension bonds over the spirit of the season
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        Carol Lea Spence
  
                        
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University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension staff in Kenton County decided to share the spirit of the season by volunteering together at Master Provisions, a local nonprofit organization that connects r
For 25 years, Extension Homemakers have spread the ‘Joy of Giving’
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        Carol Lea Spence
  
                        
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Extension Homemakers get as much as they give during Joy of Giving, when approximately 800 residents in six nursing homes in Fayette County get to go “shopping” for themselves and for loved ones.
Lemon Tree Prepares Sweet Experience for Students, Patrons Alike
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        Danielle Donham
  
                        
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The Lemon Tree is a full-service restaurant located in Erikson Hall that is a working classroom for students in the college.
UK students help their peers experience Thanksgiving
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        Katie Pratt
  
                        
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The event was hosted by students in Tracy Lu's HMT 570: Event Planning and Coordination class.
UK, KSU partner to help Kentucky’s at-risk youth
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        Katie Pratt
  
                        
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This program is building upon successful programs led by both land-grant universities.
UK working to lower obesity rates in Kentucky county
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        Katie Pratt
  
                        
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The project is part of a five year, $2.5 million grant UK Family and Consumer Sciences Extension received from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Grant will help UK extension expand opioid prevention and recovery efforts
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        Katie Pratt
  
                        
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The grant will allow the Cooperative Extension Service to expand its opioid prevention and recovery educational efforts in south central and Western Kentucky.
UK launches Cook Wild Kentucky to teach Kentuckians how to prepare wild game
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        Katie Pratt
  
                        
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UK's Nutrition Education Program recently released 17 recipes featuring wild game to help Kentuckians learn how to prepare the meat.
UK extension agents earn national awards
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        Katie Pratt
  
                        
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The agents received recognition during the annual meeting of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.