Success StoryProgressive Ag Youth Safety Day



Progressive Ag Youth Safety Day

Author: Stacey Potts

Planning Unit: Daviess County CES

Major Program: Health & Wellbeing

Plan of Work: Healthy Lifestyles

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Unintentional injury, while declining, remains the leading cause of death among children ages 19 and under.  (Source: Safekids.org)  To raise awareness and demonstrate techniques children can use to prevent unintentional injury, the Daviess County Cooperative Extension Service applied for and received a grant from the Progressive Agriculture Foundation to host a Progressive Agriculture Youth Safety Day.  The grant provided access to training, along with educational and planning materials.  It also provided a free t-shirt and goody bag for each youth participating.  The event was held on October 4, 2024, at Country Heights Elementary School.  There were 222 students, ages 8-11, in attendance.  Safety stations included:  firearm, sun, water, pet, confined spaces/grain, underground utilities, tractor, lawnmower, and electrical safety.  The sessions were taught by local volunteers representing a local pipeline company, a regional grain company, and a regional electric company along with Daviess County Cooperative Extension staff.  In a written post evaluation of 169 participants nearly 99% of the children responding said they learned at least one thing at the event to help them stay safe.  Eighty-eight percent said they learned to always assume a firearm is loaded and 88% said they would keep a flotation device available for every person on a watercraft.  Eighty-eight percent of the youth responded that they would never allow more than one rider per seat on a tractor.






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