-Ag Progress Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,2001
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Learn about family issues,
health, safety and nutrition at
“The Family Room” at Penn
State’s 2001 Ag Progress Days,
Aug. 14-16.
The Family Room is located
in the Family Learning Hub on
Main Street, between West Bth
and 9th streets at the Ag Prog
ress Days site.
Visitors with children can go
on a treasure hunt or relax at the
“Kids Corner,” a special area
where children and parents can
do art activities, enjoy water
play and read stories together.
Families also will find a variety
of informative exhibits:
“Healthy Food, Healthy Fam
ilies” will include daily food
demonstrations on topics such
as foods made from soy and
tofu, increasing calcium in the
diet, and “Kids in the Kitchen.”
“Character Counts for Kids”
will feature activities related to
character education.
“Connecting the Genera
tions” will illustrate the many
ways young people and older
adults can come together. At
“Intergenerational Sketching,”
participants can have fun creat
ing images of things young
people and older adults can do
together. At “Stump your Rela
tive,” kids and older relatives
can test how much they know
about the other’s generation.
“Families Are Important and
Resilient” will share ways fami
lies can deal with stress. “Read
ing Wizards” will show how to
make reading a family activity.
“Youth Sports” will provide in
formation to parents and
coaches about making youth
sports a positive experience for
the family. Information also will
be available on how dads can get
more involved in their kids’
lives.
“The Four C’s of Food
Life Skills, Family Info At Ag Progress
Safety” will explore proper
cooking and cooling, preventing
cross-contamination, and keep
ing hands, utensils, and equip
ment clean. Visitors can check
out different kinds of food ther
mometers.
“Full Circle: Agriculture, Nu
trition, and Health” will show
how the Pennsylvania Nutrition
Education Network (PA NEN)
and Pennsylvania Nutrition Ed
ucation Plan (PA NEP) help
low-income Pennsylvanians to
increase their capacity to have
healthy, delicious meals.
“Increase Your Financial
Know-How” will feature ways
to increase your money IQ and
prepare for the future by saving,
investing and distributing be
longings to family members.
“The Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program
(EFNEP)” teaches food prepa
ration and nutrition to low
income youth and young
families across Pennsylvania.
The exhibit will include an in
teractive quiz board and food
safety information.
“Keeping Kids Safe,” by the
Better Kid Care program, will
feature ways parents can help
keep kids safe while playing in
the sun or around water, and
riding bikes, scooters and skate
boards.
“Making Healthy Decisions
About Eating; Reducing Your
Risk of Colo-rectal Cancer” will
provide tips on healthy cooking
and eating and recommenda
tions for colo-rectal cancer
screening. Learn about commu
nity cancer coalitions and the
Appalachian Cancer Network.
“Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
Prevention” will show how to
have the smoke-free air we de
serve in public places. Breathing
secondhand smoke increases the
risk of developing cancer.
“Road to Work” will give
kids and families the chance to
interactively explore the many
employment opportunities
available in their communities.
Preparing kids to be successful
in the work world begins at
home.
“Up Close and Personal with
DB Pest,” by Penn State’s Pesti
cide Education Program and the
Pennsylvania Office of Rural
Health, interactively teaches
pesticide safety and how to
reduce exposure around the
home through a life-sized board
game. Visitors also can learn
about the West Nile Virus, a
pest problem currently making
headlines, and take home fact
sheets and activity books.
“Wellness” will feature two
principles that improve our abil
ity to remain healthy: regular
activity and eating more foods
from the bottom of the food pyr
amid. Visitors can estimate how
NFU Awards Stanley Moore Scholarships
AURORA, Colo. The Na
tional Farmers Union (NFU) re
cently announced the first ever
recipients of the Stanley Moore
Scholarships, a new program
named in honor of former NFU
vice president, Stanley Moore.
Receiving $5OO each are
Marik Moen of Minnesota; John
Bata and Jessica Keith of North
Dakota; Abigail Thrasher of Ok
lahoma; and Daniel Harnisch
and Andy Larson of South
Dakota. “All the recipients are
outstanding young leaders,
Stanley Moore would have been
very proud of each of them,”
said Leesa Witt, NFU’s director
of education.
This new national scholarship
program, offered through the
National Farmers Union Foun
dation, was established bv many
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Because of concerns over the
possible transmission of foot
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of the Farmers Union state or
ganizations to honor Stanley
Moore and his lifelong dedica
tion to Farmers Union. Moore
was born into two prominent
Farmers Union families in
North Dakota. He rose through
the ranks for 30 years before be
coming president of the North
Dakota Farmers Union. He also
served as the National Farmers
Union vice president and chair
man of the National Farmers
Union Insurance Companies.
The 2002 Stanley Moore
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foreign animal diseases, visitors
who have been overseas within
two weeks of attending Ag Prog
ress Days are asked not to visit
the event’s live-animal exhibit
areas.
Scholarship application dead
line is April 15, 2002. Farmers
Union members, who are either
traditional or non-traditional
students, seeking funding for
their higher education at a two
or four-year accredited institu
tion are eligible for these schol
arships. For more information
or to obtain an application, con
tact Leesa Witt, National Farm
ers Union, 11900 E. Cornell
Ave., Aurora, Colo., 80014 or
call 1-800-347-1961 ext. 2527.