1. Winning with KEHA

2. KEHA Mission
Improving the quality of life for families and communities through leadership development, volunteer service and education.
KEHA’s primary mission is to improve the quality of life for families and children through leadership development, volunteer service and education.
This mission connects well with the Extension mission to make a difference in the lives of Kentuckians through research-based education.

3. Winning with the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association
Theme
Winning with the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association
Emphasizes success and progress
Potential uses:
County and area annual meeting themes
Training and programmatic theme
Promotional and membership activities
The theme of the KEHA year is:
Winning with the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association.
This theme was selected to emphasize success and a winning attitude!
The theme can be used at all levels – by clubs, counties, areas or statewide.
Potential uses include:
County and area annual meeting themes
Training and programmatic theme
Promotional and membership activities

4. 2016-2017 President’s Focus REACH Improve promotion of KEHA programs
Emphasize membership campaigns and incentives
Counties should feature one or more projects with a new audience
Counties should create local recognition programs and incentives for implementation of the ‘3 for 3’ membership drive
Mary Margaret Krahulec, KEHA President for has selected three words to form the basis of her focus each year of her three-year term. For , the emphasis is “Reach”
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The focus for will be “Teach” and for will be “Inspire”

5. 3 for 3 Membership Drive
Game plan: Increase membership by 1,000 by January 1, 2019
County challenge:
NET gain in membership of at least members in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Opportunity to win $500 with a net gain of at least 3 members in 2016, 2017 and
KEHA announced a new membership drive beginning this year.
“3 for 3” challenges each county in the state to have a minimum NET gain of 3 members each year for 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Counties who achieve this minimum will be recognized annually at the KEHA State Meeting. At the 2019 KEHA State Meeting, one county who has achieved “3 for 3” will be randomly drawn and will receive $500 to support county KEHA programs.
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6. Boost your EGO!
Challenge: Everyone Get One – Each member is challenged to recruit a member.
Goal: Increase membership with the potential to double numbers
Contest:
County with greatest percentage increase will receive $100 and Ms. E. Go “traveling trophy”
County with greatest increase in number of members will receive $100 and Ms. Way to Go “traveling trophy”
Ms. E. Go and Ms. Way to Go are continuing as the KEHA membership traveling trophies!
The county with the greatest percentage increase will receive Ms. E. Go and $100.
The county with the greatest increase in number of members will receive Ms. Way to Go and $100.
Counties have the opportunity to compete for membership incentives ANNUALLY with Ms. E. Go and Ms. Way to Go, and the new challenge for sustained increase in membership for the next 3 years with the 3 for 3 initiative.

7. KEHA ~ Leadership Empower community leaders
Provide leadership training opportunities for members.
Take an active role in the community.
Inform local decision makers of the impacts and public value of KEHA and the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.
As we focus on LEADERSHIP in KEHA, remember our goal is to empower community leaders.
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8. KEHA ~ Service Embrace and promote volunteer service
Volunteer to serve in a club, county or area leadership position.
Support Extension programs through volunteer service.
Report volunteer time through the volunteer service unit program and leadership development report.
VOLUNTEER SERVICE is a strong part of the KEHA history and heritage. All members are encouraged to embrace the spirit of service and to promote volunteer opportunities.
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9. KEHA ~ Education Implement a program of work for your club and county
Include goals, lessons and projects from eight state educational chairmen’s programs of work.
Connect club and county programs with the county FCS Extension plan of work.
Address needs of families in your communities, in the state and around the globe.
The third are of emphasis in the KEHA mission is EDUCATION. KEHA clubs and counties should implement an educational program of work each year.
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10. Cultural Arts and Heritage
Focus:
Kentucky Covered Bridges
Heritage Craft Skills
: Basic Embroidery
: Applique
: Wool Rug Hooking
The program of work for cultural arts includes a three-year emphasis on Kentucky covered bridges and an annual emphasis on heritage craft skills. For , the craft skills emphasis is basic embroidery.
Clubs and counties are encouraged to:
Plan an educational program about covered bridges.
Tour or visit at least one covered bridge.
Plan an educational program to teach basic embroidery skills.
Learn how to conserve and preserve embroidery items.
Support local programs and classes teaching base embroidery skills.
Details are in the KEHA Handbook, pages 36-39a.
Members are also encouraged to participate in the KEHA Reading Awards program and to submit entries for the KEHA Creative Writing Contest.

11. Environment, Housing & Energy
Focus: Gardening Options for Everyone
Goal: KEHA members will develop skills and knowledge to grow vegetables at home.
Objectives:
Understand ways to develop a garden in your space.
Review alternatives for gardening in limited spaces.
Supplement your family’s food supply by growing vegetables.
The overarching theme for the KEHA Environment, Housing and Energy program of work is gardening and home landscaping.
For , rain barrels and rain gardens were emphasized.
For , the emphasis is growing vegetables in any space – from a patio pot to a raised bed to a row garden. The feature lesson is Gardening Options for Everyone.
Members are encouraged to plant vegetables and track the quantity produced and preserved.

12. Family & Individual Development
Focus:
Strengthening families.
Embracing family life cycles.
Preserving your family history.
Contest:
Implement a project to strengthen families and submit information about your activities and results.
The Family and Individual Development Chairman introduced a new program of work this year. There are three areas of focus:
Strengthening Families
Embracing the Family Life Cycles
Preserving Your Family History
A new contest has been announced that emphasizes programs to strengthen families.
Additional details are in the KEHA Handbook, pages

13. Food, Nutrition and Health
Focus:
Promote healthy living for KEHA members and all Kentuckians.
Goals:
Continue to contribute to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
Continue to promote cancer screening, focusing on ovarian and breast cancer screenings.
Promote education concerning type 2 diabetes.
Promote healthy eating and how it relates to health issues.
Promote exercise and how it affects overall health issues.
Promote the Champion Food Volunteer program across the state.
To promote the importance of food preservation.
To collaborate with all local agencies and other KEHA chairs and UK programs.
Promote prevention measures to promote a healthier Kentucky.
Objectives:
Continue the $1 per member donation and hold additional fund raisers for ovarian cancer research.
Increase the number of women who utilize the free ovarian cancer screening sites across the state.
Promote awareness about ovarian cancer through continued participation in the O‐CAT Tea Party.
Improve the overall health of all Kentuckians and KEHA members through proper diet and increased physical activity.
Increase the number and frequencies of regular health screening and check‐ups.
Increase the number of communities participating in Healthy KY activities and programs.
Recruit new members to become a Champion Food Volunteer.
Increase the number of counties participating in the 2nd Sunday event across KY.
Increase the awareness of local Farmers Markets and about buying and eating locally grown food.

14. 4-H Youth Development 2016-2017 Focus:
Support local businesses and encourage youth to be entrepreneurs.
Volunteer as a leader with your local 4-H program.
Goals:
Youth participate in a series of planning experiences that give them the skills needed to function successfully as an entrepreneur. They learn about types of businesses, products and pricing, marketing, partnerships, agreements and contracts. They also learn about opportunity costs, how to connect their other skills and interests to money-making opportunities, the crucial importance of timing for an entrepreneurial enterprise and how to write a business plan.
Objectives:
Participants and local community identify resources to make local entrepreneurship businesses successful.
Youth and participants have the necessary tools to start a business plan
Volunteer – Remember that KEHA leaders have a long-standing history of serving as volunteer leaders for the 4-H program.

15. International 2016-2019 Goals:
Empower KEHA community service for partner programs with CWC, ACWW and NVON.
Finalize support to the Kentucky Academy in the village of Adjeikrom in Ghana.
Donate to “Coins for Change.”
Promote United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Support clothing and textiles outreach in the villages of Adjeikrom and Aseseeso in Ghana.
A new KEHA International program of work was introduced at the 2016 KEHA State Meeting. The primary emphasis is to continue our work to implement programs through our partners – Associated Country Women of the World, Country Women’s Council and National Volunteer Outreach Network.
Four additional goals focus on:
Finalizing support to the Kentucky Academy in Adjeikrom, Ghana.
Donating to KEHA’s “Coins for Change” program.
Promoting the University Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Support clothing and textiles outreach and small business in two villages in Ghana.
Full details are included in the KEHA Handbook, pages

16. Leadership Development
Focus:
Promote leadership development, volunteerism and civic engagement.
Citizenship Focus:
Becoming a better citizen through education and participation in local government begins with knowing all your local and state officials and how they stand on issues that affect your community. A better citizen involves the quality of an individual’s character and how they act to a fellow human being in the community.
Leadership Focus:
To encourage current and future leaders by providing opportunities to develop and sharpen leadership skills within the regular homemaker year, as well as a more deliberate leadership training program at the county, area and state level.
Volunteerism Focus:
The focus for the next three years will be to identify needs in our communities, match needs with skills and encourage a greater number of individuals to use their talents to help others.
Scholarship Focus:
KEHA will support scholarships for traditional and non-traditional students and inform students of available scholarships.

17. Management and Safety
Focus: Define and examine key money management practices.
Featured Lessons:
Managing Holiday Expenses
Savvy Sellers and Bargain Hunters
The Ins and Outs of Downsizing Your Home
Evaluating Your Health Insurance Needs
The Management and Safety lesson includes four areas of emphasis for , with lesson available for each.
Managing Holiday Expenses
Savvy Sellers and Bargain Hunters
The Ins and Outs of Downsizing Your Home
Evaluating Your Health Insurance Needs

18. Share Your Impacts KEHA Reports:
Summarize impacts of KEHA programs across the state.
Assist KEHA Educational Chairmen in crafting programs and plans.
Provide data for Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service reports.
Each KEHA educational program area includes a report form to be completed annually. This is YOUR OPPORTUNITY to tell YOUR STORY and make sure YOUR WORK is reflected in the statewide data compiled through KEHA!!
Report forms:
Summarize impacts of KEHA programs across the state.
Assist KEHA Educational Chairmen in crafting programs and plans.
Provide data for Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service reports.

19. 2014-15 Report Highlights Cultural Arts & Heritage
More than 200 members supplemented family income from sales of cultural arts items.
Environment, Housing and Energy
2,973 members recycled regularly and 1,507 members implemented water saving practices.
Consider these data points from the KEHA reports – and remember that most state educational chairman receive data from less than half of the counties in the state!
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20. 2014-15 Report Highlights Family & Individual Development
114 clubs participated in healthy aging workshops.
4-H Youth Development
4-H camp scholarships totaling $19,000 were funded by KEHA clubs and county organizations.
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21. 2014-15 Report Highlights Food, Nutrition and Health
More than 20,000 children received weekend food backpacks through programs supported by KEHA members.
International
$6,684 was donated to the KEHA Coins for Change program.
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22. 2014-15 Report Highlights Leadership Development
$55,000 in scholarships for higher education were awarded through KEHA clubs, counties and areas.
Management and Safety
1,243 KEHA members implemented cost-saving strategies as a result of KEHA programs.
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The KEHA Manual Appendix includes the report forms for
Take a look at those report forms now.
Discuss your club’s plans for the year, and determine how you can keep track of your data.
If you compile information month-by-month, it will be much easier to submit your club’s reports next summer!

23. 2016-17 Dates to Remember July
July 1 – Club program of work reports due to county
July 1 – VSU logs due to county leadership chairman
There are important dates to keep in mind throughout the KEHA year, starting in July!
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July – National Volunteer Outreach Network (NVON) 18th Annual Conference

24. 2016-17 Dates to Remember August
August 15 – County program of work reports due to area
August 15 – County VSU logs due to area leadership chairman
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25. 2016-17 Dates to Remember September
September 15 – Area program of work reports due to state
September 15 – Area VSU logs due to state leadership chairman
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26. 2016-17 Dates to Remember October October 9-15 – KEHA Week
October 15 – Deadline for learning session proposals for the KEHA State Meeting
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27. 2016-17 Dates to Remember November
November – KEHA State Board Meeting
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28. 2016-17 Dates to Remember December
December 1 – Membership dues due to county treasurer
December 15 – County KEHA dues due to area and state treasurers
December 31 – County KEHA dues delinquent if not received by KEHA state treasurer
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29. 2016-17 Dates to Remember January
January 15 – Member address updates due via the online system
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30. 2016-17 Dates to Remember February
February 1 – Membership recognition report due to Marena Nelson, KEHA 2nd Vice President
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31. 2016-17 Dates to Remember March March 1 – Due date for:
Area showcase forms for KEHA State Meeting
KEHA Contest Entries
KEHA Development Grant and Mini-Grant Applications
KEHA Scholarship Applications
March TBD – KEHA Spring Board Meeting
March 1 is an important due date for KEHA!
Most contest entries are due on this date. See the KEHA Manual, Appendix pages 2-3 for a full list of contests.
This is also the date to submit grant proposals, and the development grants are a great way for counties and areas to fund new projects and activities!!
The KEHA Evans/Hansen/Weldon Scholarship is open to an college student in Kentucky pursuing a degree in a family and consumer sciences field. The KEHA Member scholarship is open to a KEHA member working on a first degree or certification. Help promote these opportunities for funding advanced education!
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32. 2016-17 Dates to Remember April
April 1 – Due date for credentials for:
1st Vice President
Treasurer
Environment, Housing and Energy Chairman
Food, Nutrition and Health Chairman
Leadership Development
At the 2017 KEHA State Meeting, two officers and three educational chairman will be elected. It’s never too early to start considering your interest and qualifications for a state board position!
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33. 2016-17 Dates to Remember April
April 3 – Postmark deadline for early registration for the 2017 KEHA State Meeting
April 17 – Postmark deadline for ALL registration for the 2017 KEHA State Meeting
The Annual KEHA State Meeting is a great opportunity to network with KEHA members from across the state, learn new ideas for your club and county, share successes from your club and county, make new friends and have a little fun!!
The early registration deadline for 2017 will be April 3. Registrations postmarked by this date will pay a lower registration fee.
The cutoff to mail registration is April 17.
Remember: If you mail your registration AFTER April 3 but by April 17, you do need to pay the higher fee!

34. 2016-17 Dates to Remember May June
May 1-4 – KEHA State Meeting – Owensboro Convention Center, Owensboro, Kentucky
June
June 30 – KEHA Program Year Ends
The 2017 KEHA State Meeting will be May 1-4 at the Owensboro Convention Center. Information about lodging rooms is posted on the KEHA website.
The theme will focus on the word “EXPLORE” and will encourage everyone to explore new opportunities!!
Remember that our KEHA year wraps-up annually on June 30.

35. Winning with KEHA All members are encouraged to: Recruit new members
Teach a lesson or lead an activity
Participate actively in KEHA at all levels – club, county, area and state
Volunteer – to support KEHA, for Extension programs and for community activities
Tell YOUR story about KEHA!
It takes ALL MEMBERS to keep KEHA strong!! Each person is encouraged to:
Recruit new members
Teach a lesson or lead an activity
Participate actively in KEHA at all levels – club, county, area and state
Volunteer – to support KEHA, for Extension programs and for community activities
Tell YOUR story about KEHA!
With active members and clubs, we can WIN with KEHA!!!

36. Be a strong member, but also
BE A LEADER
Leadership comes in all shapes and sizes. Find your strength and your opportunity. Pair those things together to lead!

37. We all know that “life is what you make it!”
KEHA is what WE make it! We can grow our organization and make it strong.
Keep current on KEHA events and activities by:
Reading your county newsletter
Participating actively in your club, county and area
Checking the KEHA website often –
Watching for your state KEHA newsletter in mid to late February