EFNEP - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

EFNEP Volunteer - National Honor

Clemson EFNEP Volunteer Receives National Honor

A woman from Kershaw County has been honored nationally for her work as a volunteer in the Clemson Extension Service Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

"Beth Cothran was one of 24 persons honored March 2, 2004 in Washington, D.C. by the Excellence in EFNEP National Awards Program," said Katherine Cason, Clemson Extension coordinator for EFNEP in South Carolina.

Cothran, who is employed by the S.C. Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as a career planning and employment specialist, has referred more than 150 persons to the EFNEP program over the last six years for training in how to make better food choices.

For over 35 years EFNEP has helped families and youths with limited resources improve their health, productivity and self-esteem through better diets, food budgeting techniques and physical activity.

Cothran serves as chair of the EFNEP Advisory Committee. She received the 2000 EFNEP Appreciation Award for outstanding dedication and loyal service to the program.

"Beth has assisted with collaborative partnerships, which has allowed me to teach nutrition classes at the Applied Technology Education Campus," said Flora Washington, EFNEP volunteer coordinator in Kershaw County. "Her passion is reaching as many people as possible who are diabetics because her mother has diabetes."

Washington said that Cothran is "always there when I call on her for help."

Cothran had to apply to herself the principles that she teaches to her clients when she was diagnosed with hypertension, according to Washington.

"Beth's mission is to stress the need for change in one's diet and living a health and rewarding life," she said.

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