Extension Celebrates 100 Years of Service

This year we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, which officially created the National Cooperative Extension System. This celebration will highlight Extension’s past and focus on the contemporary application of Extension’s transformational educational programming into the future.  While celebrating Cooperative Extension’s heritage, the primary focus will be on contemporary efforts and launching Cooperative Extension for the next 100 years of educational programming that transforms behavior of individuals, families, youth, farmers, communities, and businesses. 

We are planning two events for our 100 Years of Extension Celebration; the first is this Friday, June 13th.  Everyone is invited to join our celebration, taking place at the McLean County Fair.  Cake will be served at the 4-H Activities Building starting at 5pm this Friday evening as part of our celebration.  Please join us as we look back on 100 years of education and making a difference in the lives of McLean County Citizens. 

Another part of our celebration requires a little more work out of you all.  I ask that McLean County Citizens send in “your extension story”.  We want your story about how the Cooperative Extension Service has impacted you.  It does not have to be Agriculture only; it can be Ag, 4-H and/or Family and Consumer Science.  We would like to compile all of your Extension Stories and share them with the county during the Ag Festival.  If you have an Extension Story that you would like to share, please send them to me either via mail, drop them off or email them to me at cary.hicks@uky.edu by July 1^st. 

I hope to see you all this week at the McLean County Fair and hope that you will join us Friday evening at the 4-H Activities Building for our 100 Years of Extension Celebration.  I look forward to hearing your stories of past experiences with the Cooperative Extension Services and your ideas for our future.

For more information on programs and services provided by the McLean County Cooperative Extension Office, please contact us at (270)273-3690.  Educational programs of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability or national origin.