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Rachel King & Mitchel Feaga Promote
Agriculture by
Teresa King
I wanted to let everyone know
about something exciting that the 2009 Future Howard County
Farmer, Mitchel Feaga, and the 2009 Little Miss Howard County Farm
Bureau, Rachel King, did recently.
On December 17 Mitchel and Rachel
spoke about agriculture in Howard County to about 80 members of
the kindergarten class at Bushy Park Elementary School. Mitchel’s
father, Tim Feaga, put together a slide show for them that
included pictures of Rachel and Mitchel showing their animals at
the fair and also of different types of farming in Howard County.
The kids got together beforehand
to practice their presentation. They gave clues to the kids who
then were asked to guess what type of animal (dairy or beef for
instance) or what kind of farming they were describing.
Some of the topics that they
spoke about included local farms that produce Christmas trees,
pumpkins, flowers, turf, and grains. The kindergarten kids really
seemed to enjoy the presentation and actually did quite well in
coming up with correct answers to the clues.
Rachel and Mitchell also talked
about the fun that they have in 4-H. After the presentation was
over they gave out 4-H pencils and agriculture coloring books.
Mitchel is in 4th grade at Bushy
Park Elementary School. Rachel has graduated from Bushy Park and
is now in the 6th grade at Glenwood Middle School.
I thought that it would be
important, and interesting, to let Howard County Farm Bureau
members know, through the Farm Bureau Newsletter, some of the
activities that the kids have been involved in since receiving the
honor of the titles that they won this past summer.
These two young people both have
a lot of pride in local agriculture and they obviously had a lot
of fun in making their presentation.
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Local Kids Conduct Bake
Sale for Haiti Earthquake Victims
by Kim Feaga
When Ellie Feaga
heard about the earthquake in Haiti, she asked her parents what
she could do to help. Ten days later, on January 30, Ellie held a
bake sale to benefit the American Red Cross and its Haiti relief
efforts.
With help from
her mom, Ellie contacted family and friends to request donations
of baked goods to sell at her event. Before long, over 20 families
had committed to helping her and beautiful cakes, muffins, fudge
and homemade jams came rolling in.
The day of the
bake sale became quite a family affair. Ellie greeted her
customers and ran a cashiering station in the kitchen. Big
brother, Mitchell, sold warm cups of chili to those brave enough
to come out in the 6 inches of unexpected snow. Ellie’s dad kept
the long driveway plowed and salted all day long.
With just a few
items left at the end of the day, Ellie packed them up and
finished selling them the next morning at her church, Lisbon
United Methodist.
Ellie received
overwhelming support for her bake sale efforts and raised a total
of $1500 for Haiti. What pleases her parents is that her good will
appears to be contagious. Ellie and Mitchell’s friends are having
birthday parties asking for charitable donations in lieu of gifts,
and some are hosting their own fund raisers for Haiti. It’s an
amazing chain of events with kids inspiring kids.
Ellie is 7 years
old and in 2nd grade at Bushy Park Elementary School. She is an
active member in both the Howard County Dairy and Cabin Branch
Bunch 4-H Clubs. Her parents, Tim and Kim, and brother, Mitchell,
are very proud of her. |
