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October 2024 Edition
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Estill County Extension Family & Consumer Sciences
October 2024
Hi everyone,
September has went by way too fast. I was in Tucson, AZ for the NEAFCS Annual Meeting. I learned about some interesting programs that I hope to offer in the near future.
The 2025 enrollment form for Estill County Homemakers is in this newsletter again. If you are not a part of Homemakers, please consider joining. If you would like to start a club and have meetings at a more convenient place or time then let me know. You are welcome to attend any club at any time. We will have an kick-off for KEHA week on Monday, October 14th from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The deadline for dues will be November 17th.
October 11th is the Bluegrass Annual Homemaker Meeting in Powell County. We do a basket each year to be raffled off for Ovarian Cancer. This years theme is Bees. If you have anything you would like to put in the basket, please bring it to the office by Tuesday, October 8th. If you have signed up for this event, we will leave the office at 8:30a.m.
October 15th is Brain Health/Alzheimer’s Awareness Lunch and Learn at noon. Call the office to sign-up.
Have a great October!
If you have any questions or program ideas, you may contact me at my e-mail judy.vaughn@uky.edu or by calling the Estill County Extension office at 606-723-4557.
Judy Vaughn, County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences
Dates of Interest
- October 2nd—Not Your Momma’s Homemaker Meeting 4:45 p.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
- October 8th—Sugar and Spice, El Ranchito 12:00
- October 11th—Bluegrass Annual Homemaker Meeting in Powell County
- October 12th—I’d Rather Be Quilting 1:00 p.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
- October 14th—19th—KEHA Week
- October 14th—KEHA Breakfast Kick-off 6:30 a.m.—8:30 a.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
- October 15th—Brain Health/Alzheimer's Awareness Lunch and Learn 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
- October 16th—Laugh and Learn at the library at 10:30 a.m. at the Estill County Public Library
- October 22nd—Understanding Medicare/Medicaid 4:00 p.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
- October 24th—New Homemaker Group 6:00 p.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
- November 5th—Office Closed Election Day
November 7th—Not Your Momma’s Homemaker meeting at 4:45p.m. at the Estill County Extension Office
Homemaker News
Hello Estill Homemakers,
Fall is coming and meetings have started for the year. KEHA (Homemaker) Week is October 13-19. Judy will be hosting a breakfast kick-off on Monday, October 14th from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Just drop in, learn about KEHA, and enter the drawing, where one lucky winner will receive a free yearly Homemaker membership.
Our groups are meeting and planning for the year. If you have any ideas for activities, trips, or community service projects please let us know. FCS Agent, Judy Vaughn, is planning some workshops and learning seminars. Our County Annual Christmas Extravaganza is scheduled for December 3rd.
Please join us. More details to come.
The Bluegrass Area hosts their Annual Meeting in Powell County this October. We have a group registered to attend, and hope they bring us some new ideas. Also, the Bluegrass Area will be the area hosting the State Meeting in 2026. It will be held in Lexington in May 2026. State will also be in Lexington this May (2025). Hopefully some of our Homemakers will be able to join the fun and attend this year. Information about sign ups and the meeting will be available closer to that date.
Hope to see you all at many of our exciting events!
Rebecca Lamb, Estill County Homemaker - President
Nutrition Education Update
Judy has graciously given me a page in her newsletter to help spread the word for programs that I offer here in Estill County.
I will start with an introduction; my name is Jessica Webb, and I am the Nutrition Education Program Assistant here at the Estill County Extension Office. I have been the NEP Assistant for almost 10 years here and have worked a total of 12 years with Extension. My favorite part of my job is getting out and working with the community.
With this fall season coming up I will be scheduling some programs at the Estill County Library, and I will also be working with the Irvine Housing Authority to bring programming to the residents there. I have partnered with Estill County 4-H to work with youth, and we are doing all sorts of fun programs, with school clubs and afterschool programs.
I am excited to start doing a newsletter and I hope to see some of y’all at my programs. If you would like to host a Nutrition Education Program or are interested in becoming a community partner, you can reach out to me anytime.
Jessica Webb
Nutrition Education Program Assistant
Estill County Cooperative Extension
606-723-4557
Jessica.coker@uky.edu
More flyers and recipes can be found in the attached PDF of the this months newsletter.
Any questions about programs, contact the Estill County Extension Office at 606-723-4557.
