Family & Consumer Sciences
Barn Quilt Square Brochure
The Bath County Homemakers are preparing a brochure/map of the barn quilt squares located in Bath County. If you have a barn quilt square on your property, please send the following information: Name of owner, address where quilt square is located, telephone number and name of quilt square pattern to Mary Sue Snedegar, 1442 W. Hwy. 60, Owingsville, KY 40360 or call (606) 674-2561 with information.
The Homemakers will take a picture of the quilt square.
Please pass this information to family and friends so we may include all barn quilt squares.
Extension Service News
Martha Perkins, County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences
Celebrate America Recycles Day
November 15 is America Recycles Day and is a day devoted to teaching Americans how to improve their recycling habits. Even if there is no recycling program available, we can still reduce the amount of waste we produce by following the 3 R’s, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Reduce the amount of waste you produce by:
-purchasing items that do not have excess packaging
-buying products you use frequently in bulk
-asking yourself if you really need an item before buying it.
Reuse items by:
-using reusable bags when shopping
-returning plastic shopping bags to the store’s recycling bin
-keeping containers, such as coffee cans and jelly jars to store items around your house
-saving paper towel tubes, glass jars, shoe boxes, etc. for craft projects, for a school’s projects, for a daycare or church group.
Recycle by:
-composting items such as fruit and vegetable scraps and yard waste
-donating electronic waste such as old cell phones, computers and printers to charities if still in good working condition.
Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability or national origin.
Extension Service News
Martha Perkins, Bath County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences
November is Family Caregiver Month
Caring for a family member or loved one is a non-stop job. National Caregivers Month is observed each November to bring awareness of the many challenges for caregivers. The National Family Caregivers Association offers some ideas for recognizing family members or friends who fill this role.
-Offer to help for a few hours so a caregiver can spend time with friends or relax.
-Send a card or flowers to a family caregiver to brighten their day.
-Help a family caregiver decorate their home for the holidays. Help them address and mail out holiday letters or cards.
-Offer the gift of humor. Take a caregiver to a funny movie or give them a humorous book to read.
-Take a caregiver out to dinner. Arrange for a fill-in caregiver for that time.
-Offer to help with Thanksgiving dinner for a caregiver in your neighborhood or your church.
-Help a caregiver find needed resources or services.
Source: Kerri Ashurst, UK Extension Specialist, College of Agriculture
Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability or national origin.
