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Over 250 Students Participate in Lewis County Soil
and Water Conservation District’s Annual Progressive Agriculture Safety
Day® at Fairgrounds
Published: May 26, 2023
09:45 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Soil and Water
Conservation District
Lewis County Soil & Water Conservation
District Holds
Progressive
Agriculture Safety Day®
On Wednesday, May 24th the Lewis County
Soil and Water Conservation District held its Annual Progressive
Agriculture Safety Day® at the Lewis County Fairgrounds. The Safety Day teaches
children lessons that help keep them, as well as their families, safe and
healthy.
At the event, participants were divided into
groups and took turns visiting 15 safety learning stations. This year, 257 fifth
grade students along with 24 teachers and chaperones from Lewis County
schools attended this event. 36 local
volunteers were also on site dedicating their time to teach
lessons or provide other program support.
The 2023 station lesson topics were: Small Tools (Black
Moose Automotive), 911 Emergency Phone Procedures (Lewis County Dispatch),
Gun Safety (NYS DEC), Vaping/Tobacco Use Prevention (Mountainview
Prevention Services), Fire Safety
(Lowville Fire Dept.), Tractor Safety (Cazenovia Equipment of Lowville NY),
Tick and Lyme Disease Prevention (Lewis County Public Health), Animal
Safety (Lewis County Cornell Cooperative Extension), Grain Bin Safety (Gold
Star Feed and Grain), Disability Awareness (Aaron Mayer), ATV Safety (Lewis
County Recreation, Forestry & Parks), Underground Utilities (UDig NY), Look Alike Poisons (Lewis County Public
Health), Electrical Safety (National Grid), and Meth Dump Awareness (Lewis
County Emergency Management). The
stations included hands on and/or visual demonstrations that helped to
reinforce the various safety lessons instructed.
Each student that attended received a Progressive
Agriculture Safety Day® t-shirt and a take home bag containing first aid
kits, reusable hot/cold packs, safety sunglasses, ear plugs, safety
brochures, key chains, pens, pencils, stickers, neck gaiters, ATV trail
maps, and much more. Local Safety Day sponsors include those who instructed
safety lessons as well as the Lowville Elks Lodge and Stewart’s Shops.
We are always looking for local businesses to
become involved in this event. To see how you or your business can help,
volunteer, or to contribute, contact the District’s Treasurer and
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® Coordinator, Carla Yaw, at (315)
376-6122.
The Lewis County Soil and Water Conservation
District would like to express our sincere gratitude to the local
businesses, organizations, and volunteers for their time and contributions
that made this event possible and to the Lewis County Fair Board for the
use of their facilities!
Mr. Bailey of
Black Moose Automotive teaching Small Tools Safety
More
photos will be available on our facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/lewiscountysoilandwater/
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