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Program Descriptions
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Lesson in a Bucket
TEACHERS - Our 5 gallon chore buckets are chock full of ag information for Kane County teachers to share with their students. Topics include Pumpkins, Apples, Cattle, Soil and more, and each bucket includes Ag Mags and a hands-on activity to make learning fun and rewarding. Call our Ag in the Classroom coordinator at 630-584-8660 to reserve your bucket.
Touch-A-Tractor
Get “up close and personal” with farm machinery - come to the Kane County Farm Bureau’s yearly community event, Touch-A-Tractor. Touch-A-Tractor is held on the front lawn at the Farm Bureau, Randall Road and Oak Street in St. Charles.
Admission is $5.00 per family. Children can see equipment up close, and talk to farmers, visit with farm animals and enjoy games and story time to gain a better understanding and appreciation of agriculture and the role that farmers play in our area.
S.P.R.O.U.T.S.
Each year, an enthusiastic group of volunteers from the Kane County Farm Bureau brings insights into agriculture to third graders in area classrooms through SPROUTS, or Spring Program of Reading and Outreach to Urban Teachers and Students. Volunteers read a book about agriculture to the kids and then answer questions about the book and life on a farm.
Kane County Fair
Kane County Farm Bureau is a constant at the Kane County Fair and uses the opportunity to raise funds, and friends, for Foundation Scholarship and Agricultural Literacy programs. KCFB’s presence includes a farm zoo, bucket raffles, foundation raffle, and country store. This year’s fair is
July 16-20.
John Buck Golf Outing
Agriculture and golf were John Buck’s passions. So it was only fitting that after his death from cancer in 2001, that his family and friends would keep his legacy alive by offering educational scholarships in those fields. Buck was the founder of Buck Brothers, Inc. and J.W. Turf, both of Hampshire, dealers and distributors of John Deere farm equipment and golf course maintenance equipment, respectively.
IAITC Golf Outing
The IAA Foundation invites you to take PAR-t in the 29th Annual Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Golf Outing on Thursday, June 12 at The Oaks at River’s Edge in Pontiac. This scramble-style tournament allows golfers of all abilities to compete for great prizes while supporting ag literacy!
The driving range & kickoff reception with a complementary beverage bar opens at 8:30am, followed by the kickoff event at 9:30am, and a shotgun start at 10:00am.
Registration is limited to the first 32 foursomes, so don't delay! The registration fee is $150 per golfer - $600 per foursome and includes 18-holes of golf, lunch and other refreshments, and all on-course contests.
Registration is open.
For additional information, contact the IAA Foundation, at 309-557-2230 or register here