Cooperave Extension Service Nelson County 317 S. 3rd Street Bardstown, KY. 40004 Phone: (502) 348-9204 Fax: (502) 348-9270 hp://nelson.ca.uky.edu April 2015—Volume 4, Issue 4 What’s Inside? -Message from the Agent -Upcoming Programs -Food for Thought -Community Corner -Earth Day 2015 -Early Exposure -For the Kids -4-H Happenings -Salad Day 2015 -Nutrion News dollars & sense April is the Month of the Military Child. Please remember to support our veterans and their families. Earth Day 2015 = April 22 What are you doing to preserve the Earth? Get some ideas on page 5.
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Cooperative
Extension Service
Nelson County
317 S. 3rd Street
Bardstown, KY. 40004
Phone: (502) 348-9204
Fax: (502) 348-9270
http://nelson.ca.uky.edu
April 2015—Volume 4, Issue 4
What’s
Inside?
-Message from the Agent
-Upcoming Programs
-Food for Thought
-Community Corner
-Earth Day 2015
-Early Exposure
-For the Kids
-4-H Happenings
-Salad Day 2015
-Nutrition News
dollars
& sense
April is the
Month
of the
Military
Child.
Please remember
to support our
veterans and
their families.
Earth Day 2015 = April 22 What are you doing to preserve the Earth?
Get some ideas on page 5.
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Last month’s message was all about my pops.
So for this one, my mom gets the honor.
April is home to Earth Day. On Earth Day, you’re supposed to be reminded of why you love the Earth, and how you can help it.
You see, we as humans are pretty lucky to get to call this planet home. I’ve never been to Mars or Venus
or Saturn, but from what I learned in grade school, I’m pretty sure I’ll stay here.
Growing up, my mom was constantly outside. She mows the grass, pulls the weeds, and makes the outside of our house
just as much a home as she makes the inside.
My mom taught me to care for my piece of the Earth. To love it, nurture it, water it when the skies aren’t doing a
good enough job, and never let it look dead (the horror!).
I will be the first to admit that I’m jealous of her love for mowing the grass. I see it as a chore and a hassle and I’d prefer to pay someone to do it for me. But that doesn’t
make her lesson any less effective. I hate to mow. I could just choose not to. I could choose to not worry about the
health of my yard or plants, since I’m not very good at keeping them alive. But instead, I care for the Earth by
having someone else do it for me.
It’s still my mom’s lesson, it just looks a little different.
Sometimes I think as parents, you worry that your kids aren’t listening to you or that you’re not getting through to them, just because they don’t act the same way you do in a certain situation. That’s not always the case. Most often, the lesson is there, they just play it out a different way. So keep
up the good work. Keep teaching. They’re listening.
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences