Youth Farm Safety Day Camps
Scheduled Across Ohio
COLUMBUS, OHIO (April 7, 2010) — Spring is here and so begins a new season for farm safety for approximately 2,000 Ohio youth.
Farm Safety Day Camps are once again offering communities invaluable lessons about rural dangers through a variety of educational sessions. The camps are a collaborative sponsorship among Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Farm Bureau, Our Ohio, and Ohio 4-H Foundation. This year's theme is "Planting a Good Habit for Farm Safety."
"These day camps provide young people with educational activities about hazards of the farm," said Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University Extension state safety leader. "Awareness and education about the hazards are the first steps in reducing injuries - and not just to the kids who live on farms, but also those who visit the farm."
Six camps are being offered throughout Ohio. They include:
- Putnam County — April 13-14, Ruth Gerding Farm, 419-523-5608 or rgerding@hotmail.com.
- Auglaize County — May 5, Four Seasons Recreation Complex & Park, Don and Lois Baumer, 419-628-3420.
- Wood County — May 12, Agriculture Incubator Foundation, David Little, 419-833-6014 or dlittle@eastwood.k12.oh.us.
- Morrow County — May 7, Morrow County Fairgrounds, Becky Barker, 419-947-1070.
- Camp Palmer — May 20, 4-H Camp Palmer, Bill Goodson, 419-237-2247 or bgoodson@cfaes.osu.edu.
- Monroe County — October, Skyvue Elementary School, Bruce Zimmer, 740-472-0810 or zimmer2@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu.
For more, visit www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~agsafety/ash/programs/day_camps.html.
Editor’s Note:This article written by Kathy Henwood was provided as a news release by Communications and Technology unit of Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences