Success StoryHeritage Days
Heritage Days
Author: Joe Maynard
Planning Unit: Martin County CES
Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming
Plan of Work: Better Living Through 4-H Programming
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
The Martin County Cooperative Extension Service participates in Heritage Days at each elementary school and the middle school every year. Volunteers from the Martin County Beekeepers Association, Homemakers, Extension District Board, CEC Council and 4-H Council work closely with school system to host these wonderful days of learning at each school.
Introducing beekeeping to students is vital because it has a long history of being one of the most important contributors to the production of many agricultural crops. Activities include cooking on an open fire, taxidermy, quilting, home food preservation, making homemade ice cream and butter, trying heritage foods such as apple butter and turkey calling.
The Extension Service was fortunate enough to come in contact with every elementary and middle school student during these Heritage Day events.
As a result of participating in these programs for a couple years, students are starting to embrace Martin County History. The program is showing an intermediate outcome because students have changed their attitudes about accepting their culture.
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