Previous Employee of the Month Award Winner

October 2021 Employee of the Month - Christina Knowsley

Christina’s nominator praised her dedication. 

“Christina Knowsley, SNAP-Ed Adult/Youth Program Assistant in Buckingham County knew exactly what she had to do when schools closed last year because of COVID. She quickly switched to the other side of her split position and started nutrition education programming for limited resource adults, because closed schools meant that she no longer had access to the youth she had been working with. Once permission was given to start face to face programming, Christina couldn't wait to see her clients again. She made sure that all CDC and VCE COVID recommended protocols were in place and she followed those protocols when visiting families in their homes. Because of the contacts that Christina continuously made during the year with her walkabouts, she was able to quickly pivot during the lock down, and continue to reach families in the way she likes best, one on one in their homes. She carefully and efficiently plans her time and resources to reach as many families as possible each week. In the first nine months of the 2020-2021 reporting year (October to July), she enrolled 150 families and graduated 116 families with six or more lessons. One hundred and twenty of those families were considered young families; under the age of 45 or had a child who was 12 or younger in their home. ”