"Spotlight Series": McLean County

Our continuing "Spotlight Series": McLean

Cooperative Extension Service provides a range of education programming and activities to support the well-being of Kentuckians. One good example is in McLean County where an effort to address physical activity among citizens of McLean County, the Extension Service partnered with other community organizations and held its first “The Longest Day of Play.” This program is designed to promote physical activity on the longest day of sunlight in the year. This event was held at our county park on a Sunday afternoon when families typically spend the most time together. As a result, 129 people participated in the event. Ninety-nine percent said they would participate again next year. By showing different fun ways to be physically active, the participants said they would make physical activity a part of their daily schedule.1

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