YORK – This past week, Amanda Hackenkamp, representing the York County Extension office, spoke with the York County Commissioners regarding a recent youth safety program held at the fairgrounds.
Hackenkamp explained how the Progressive Ag Safety Day was held and how an effort to involve schools has evolved into much higher attendance and a more effective youth outreach effort.
“We have had a community program in the past, where any interested kids could attend,” Hackenkamp explained. “A couple of years ago, we looked at the program and decided to make it a school-based program instead. As a result, this year, we had all the second graders from all the schools in the county in attendance, with the exception of McCool Junction as they weren’t able to schedule it.”
“We had a lot of fun opportunities to learn about safety – all kinds of safety, farm safety and other forms of safety also,” Hackenkamp said. “We were really excited to provide this program and we’ve gotten a lot of really great feedback.”
“I happened to drive by the fairgrounds that day and it looked like it was really well attended,” said Commissioner Randy Obermier. “And the fairgrounds was a great place to have it, as the kids could spread out and see the different parts of the program.”
All totaled, 140 second graders were in attendance, learning safety information from Nebraska Extension, CVA, Mitch Reiner (ATV safety), Upper Big Blue NRD, the Nebraska Public Power District, York Police Department and the Waco Fire Department.
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