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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (Chaves County)
Date October 15, 2008, 9:43 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Farm Safety Day Camp is nationally sponsored and provides youth an awareness of potential dangers of farm and rural life. Even youth from the larger urban areas gain an awareness of dangers they may be exposed to as well. Over 750 3rd graders and teachers from Chaves County attended this event. Some of the classes taught included lawn mower safety, sun safety, and electrical safety. The home economist attended monthly meetings to help plan this event and is responsible for the meal at this event. This year, the home economist along with the Eddy County home economist presented a “Who Wants To Be a Germ Buster, a nutritional lesson on how to fight bacteria and keeping our food safe. A puppet show and a “food safety train” model were used as teaching props to reinforce the teaching concepts. Participants gained knowledge in the importance of hand washing, refrigerating foods, washing fruits and vegetables and keeping counters clean. Evaluation forms were filled out at both events and there were many positive comments about this workshop. One teacher commented that she “loved the visuals used as it really made the lesson fun for the kids.”