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Message from the Agent

A new year can be a time for reflection and for change. This reflection can lead to many questions: How can I be better? Or How can I save more money? This reflection can lead to thoughts of losing weight or deciding to become healthier through eating more nutritious foods or becoming more physically active. Whatever changes you have deiced to make look to your local Extension office for research based information to help guide you in your new quests for change. Your local Extension office is a great resource to utilize for any new adventure you begin in this New Year.

Being new to the Boyd County Extension office I want to say that I am eager to get to know you and to learn ways that I can better serve all of the county. I believe in developing programs that are needed and wanted by those who live in the county. In order to know what the county needs, a Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Council will be developed sometime this spring (keep reading the newsletters for more information). Please feel free to stop by the office, e-mail me, or call me to discuss an idea or a need that you are aware of. Thank you for making me feel welcome and I look forward to working with you for many new years to come!

County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences

[email protected]

Volunteers selected by the Advance UMC Bell Choir to help in singing the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’

Volunteer Banquet

Every year the District Board of the Boyd County Cooperative Extension Service recognizes leaders and volunteers that have contributed to the many successful programs and events that are sponsored or put on by the County Extension Agents and staff of your local Extension office. This banquet this year was a great success and one participant even stated that it was “beautiful and the best one I’ve attended.”

This year the food was supplied by the District 1 Agriculture and Natural Resources and Horticulture agents who will be hosting the state Kentucky Association of County Agriculture Agents meeting this summer and entertainment by the advance memorial United Methodist church hand bell choir. The entertainment was a pure joy to listen to and created an environment that promoted involvement form the crowd.

The banquet was a great success and a fun time to celebrate you as a leader and volunteer of the Boyd County Cooperative Extension Service. If you or someone you know is interested in signing up to be a volunteer and help with programs that make our community a great success please contact the local office and ask to speak to one of the Extension Agents; Lori Bowling (Horticulture), Lyndall Harned (Ag & Natural Resources), Becky Stahler (4-H Youth Development), or Eugenia Wilson (Family & Consumer Sciences).

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BOYD COUNTY

Family Matters Family & Consumer Sciences Newsletter

Boyd County Cooperative Extension, 2420 Center Street, Catlettsburg, KY 41129

(606) 739-5184 boyd.ca.uky.edu

JANUARY 2016

Homemaker Christmas Dinner Celebration can be defined as the action of marking one's pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity. Many have celebration around the holiday season and a good way to

celebrate is to get together with individuals that have common interests and goals. The Boyd County Extension Homemakers chose to get together and celebrate this holiday season as well as take time to enjoy each other and give back to their community. The Homemaker dinner was a fun night filled with “ugly sweater” contests and several cakes were given away while participants performed a cake walk around the room.

HOMEMAKER MATTERS

There are eight homemaker clubs; Big Sandy,

Country Cooks, Trace, Hillendale, Hilltop, Ponderosa,

Summit, and Sunshine. If you have an update about

the activities or events in which your club is involved

that you would like put in the newsletter please start

emailing ([email protected]) or dropping a

paragraph or list off to the Boyd County Extension

Office by the 1st of every month. This newsletter is

free to the public and anyone can sign up to receive

a paper or e-mail copy. In order to have this

newsletter ready for distribution by the 15th of

every month, preparation of articles and formatting

of newsletter takes place early and sometimes the

month before distribution; due to this, any updates

received after the 1st may not be included in current

month received. Please call the Extension office and

speak with Eugenia Wilson, County Extension Agent

for Family and Consumer Sciences with any

questions or concerns.

Club Update Sunshine

We had a busy fall. We have met twice to make jewelry, including bracelets, necklaces, and ear rings, which we donated to The Dressing Room. Several of our members also participate in making Hospice Quilts. Sunshine also enjoyed decorating our “Old Fashioned” theme Christmas Tree at the Highlands Museum. As a club we took part in the Extension Office Holiday Wreath Making Class. Some of our other member volunteer activities include; Backpack Blessings, donations to The Dressing Room, Red Kettle Campaign, Friends of the Children, and making Christmas stockings for new born babies at St. Clair Hospital in Morehead, KY. We also make monetary donations to Hospice and Community Kitchen. Sunshine Homemakers meet the second Saturday of the month.

February 18th

10 AM Lunch and Learn Homemaker Lesson, Extension Office

(open to the public)

Understanding Generational Differences

Followers, co-workers or family members who have shared the same experiences can view the same situations or recall specific events so differently. These differences in perspective can often be attributed to generational differences. Each generation has marked strengths as well as challenges, which both contribute to their leadership style. You will find a publication, facilitator’s guide, PowerPoint presentation and evaluation for use in this program.

February 22nd thru 26th State-wide FCS Agent Spring Training

Take Note...

As an agent with the University of Kentucky, we sometimes are placed in roles that have responsibilities that take us out of the

county. February will be a month that I am out of the office a lot due to traveling to other counties to teach the Homemaker

Leader Lesson. If you need me and I am not in the office please feel free to leave me a message and I will get back to you as

soon as possible.

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January 4th 5 PM District Board Meeting, Extension Office

January 13th 10 AM Homemaker Council Meeting, Extension Office (open to the public) District 1 Extension Agent Meeting

January 15th District 1 FCS Agents Meeting, Lawrence County

January 18th EXTENSION OFFICE CLOSED (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

January 23rd It is widely publicized that National Pie Day was created by the

American Pie Council and that the set day is January 23rd. The American Pie Association website claims that March 16th is National Pi(e) Day and is a day to celebrate pie and math! Because pie is delicious, I suggest we celebrate both dates and have double the delicious pie. For your celebration benefits, a Super Star Chef Pie Crust recipe is on the back of the Homemaker Mail Out Insert

Time to Volunteer

Giving back to our community is a rewarding way to have fun and get involved. If you want to volunteer in Boyd County, call the Extension office for ideas on how you can volunteer in Extension programs.

“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.” ~Erma Bombeck

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What is FCS?

Family and Consumer Sciences Extension improves the quality of individual and family life through education, research, and outreach. This multidisciplinary field focuses on building

assets of individuals and families to address the perennial problems faced across the lifespan.

Family and Consumer Sciences Extension operates within an ecological framework with the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter at its core. The next level emphasizes well-being with a

focus on human development, parenting, resource management, nutrition, health, and aesthetics. At the community level, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension prepares

individuals for community and economic development and activity.

Professionals in Family and Consumer Sciences Extension enable individuals and families to develop capacity for strengthening families and building community for an

ever-changing society.