Spotlight Series: Lee County

Our continuing "Spotlight Series": Lee

Cooperative Extension Service provides a range of educational programming and activities to support the well-being of Kentuckians. One good example is in Lee County where the FCS agent collaborated with the Lee County School system to implement the "Jump into Food and Fitness" curriculum to all fourth grad students. Lee County is considered one of Kentucky’s least healthy counties, ranked 115th of 120. The curriculum was used as a school enrichment program to teach sixty-five youth the importance of making healthy food choices and being physically active. Participants planned and prepared a Thanksgiving meal using correct serving sizes and My Pyramid to incorporate all of the food groups. Sixty-six percent of the students reported adopting one new nutrition habit.

For more information about the needs of families in Lee County and how UK Cooperative Extension is providing services, please click here to see the full Lee County Family and Consumer Extension Profile