Crittenden County Extension Service

06/18/2026

What a wonderful day at our Crittenden County Extension Babysitting Day Camp! 👶🩹☎️

This collaborative effort between our Family & Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development Agents provided youth with valuable skills and knowledge to become confident, responsible babysitters.

A special thank you to the Crittenden County Dispatch for teaching participants about emergencies and the proper way to call 911. We also appreciate Arykia Winters from Family Practice Clinic and Lilah from the Crittenden County High School HOSA Chapter for sharing their expertise on first aid and emergency care.

Throughout the day, campers learned what makes a great babysitter, child development and ages and stages, home and kitchen safety, food and nutrition, and even put their skills to work by preparing a nutritious lunch. They also explored the business side of babysitting, including professionalism and responsibility.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this day such a success! A big thank you to yhe Lions Club for the use of their building to provide wonderful day camps such as this.

We are proud of these young people for investing in skills that will serve them, their families, and our community for years to come. 💚🍀

06/18/2026

For our camp today....one word...what quality makes a good babysitter?

06/17/2026

What a great day at Barbecue Chicken Day Camp with Lyon and Crittenden Counties! 🍗🔥

A special thank you to the Kentucky 4-H Foundation for the grant that helped us purchase supplies to make this event and future events possible.

We also want to give a huge shoutout to Jason Martin and 4-H’er Cabot Sutton for serving as our pit masters and sharing their knowledge with our youth.

Campers learned about food safety, assembled their own grills, prepared chicken, mixed their own spice blends, and learned how to cook over a charcoal fire. Most importantly, they had a lot of fun and enjoyed some delicious food!

06/16/2026

We still have room to sign up with two fun Day Camps this week! See flyers for ages!

06/15/2026

We had so much fun partnering with Crosswalk, the 21st century program, at the high school doing an art class today. Kinusaiga is the Japanese art form from the 1980s using scraps of fabric that is tucked rather than sewn to create a design. We discussed the color wheel to get inspiration for our fabrics to create some beautiful color collages.

06/15/2026

There's still room to join us tomorrow!

Attention youth entering 9th-12th grade. Come to this creative class and learn the art of Kinusaiga!

06/12/2026

🎡 Did you know the Crittenden County Fair has Open Exhibits?

Many people are familiar with the 4-H exhibits at the fair, but the Family & Consumer Sciences Open Exhibits are open to community members of all ages and skill levels!

Whether you enjoy baking, canning, quilting, crocheting, sewing, photography, painting, woodworking, jewelry making, or crafting, there's a category for you.

We'd love to see more local talent on display this year. If you've ever thought, "I could enter that," this is your sign!

📅 Exhibit Entry Day: July 27, 2:00–6:00 PM
📍 Lions Club Building

Check out the exhibit categories below and start planning your entries today!

06/12/2026

Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has issued a statement regarding the detection of New World Screwworm in the United States.

At this time, there have been no cases detected in Kentucky. Current detections are limited to Texas and New Mexico.

06/11/2026

Want to participate in this year's Community Christmas program? Be sure to sign up for the required Life Skills 101 class and any additional classes needed to complete your requirements.

Classes begin in July and continue through October at the Extension Annex unless otherwise noted.

📍 Extension Annex
1588 US Hwy 60 E
Marion, KY 42064

📞 Call 270-965-5236 to register.

⚠️ Space is limited. Classes may be canceled if not full by noon the day before, so register early!

06/10/2026

Help us with our upcoming Babysitter Daycamp. Please answer the following questions!
1. What kind of person do you look for when hiring a babysitter?
2. What skills or abilities do you look for when hiring a babysitter?
3. What expectations do you have of a babysitter?
4. What restrictions do you place on a babysitter?
5. What do you normally pay?
6. When do you pay?
7. How do you locate a babysitter?