Seeking Ag Day volunteers, presenters, and educators!!
Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking volunteers, presenters, and educators to set up fun agriculture booths to display and help educate children of grades 2nd and 4th for the 2023 year and their chaperones. I would like to have new activity-touch stations where children can have firsthand educational fun. After years of successful Ag Day, the loss of this fun while learning day, would be a tragedy to generations of young people. Your help with this project is critical towards the survival of Ag Day and I implore you for your efforts and challenging work! Without the help of volunteers Ag Day could not continue. Please reach out to me with details about who you are, the theme of your station, a brief description of your presentation as well as a list of any volunteers you may bring. If you or if someone that you know could help us with this, please give me a call (207)778-4279 or email me. franklincswcd@yahoo.com
“Ag Day” details memo
“Ag Day” Agricultural Environmental Education Day
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Ag Day is held the first Monday of the Farmington Fair from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Make sure you bring your gate pass to hand in at the maple street entrance. Once Presenters have unloaded your materials please park your vehicle in the center parking area.
Questions or concerns about FCSWCD's Agricultural-Environmental Educational Day program, contact:
Corie Willard, Executive Director 207-778-4279
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF AG DAY
Ag Day will run continuously from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. or until lack of attendance at the station.
Students with teachers/parents or chaperones should arrive 8:45 a.m. register and proceed to first station then break away for lunch by 11:30 and leave fairgrounds at 12p.m.
The program has been designed to allow the students to visit educational learning stations throughout the fair where volunteers will be doing demonstrations, presenting educational information, providing samples of agricultural products, and/or offering a hands-on activity.
ALL STUDENTS MUST BE WITH AN ADULT AT ALL TIMES!
Please stress that everyone be respectful of the animals, volunteer workers, Smokey Bear, working K9’s and the fairground property. In addition, for safety reasons, attention should be paid to the vehicles traveling to and from the parking lot.
Students are to bring their own lunch or have a bag lunch provided by the school. Lunch will be any time after 11:30 in a designated area where the busses unload. Lunches can be left in this unloading area when the students arrive at the fairgrounds. Stations will close when the students go to lunch.
Smokey the Bear will be available for Photos between 12 and 12:30. Please bring your camera.