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Education Days 2008The last weekend of September was indeed a busy one at the MMOGTA Showgrounds, with 3 big days of activities to keep us all occupied, too much to fit in one Weekly Feature exercise. Given those limitations, we’ll start with Friday’s outstanding success with our 2nd annual Education Days program. For those unfamiliar, the background is this; we set up the Showgrounds with more than a dozen different interactive display stations where 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students from area schools visit us on a field trip to learn about many different aspects of rural life in the earlier part of the last century. As the kids were shuttled around the grounds they were given the opportunity to witness and learn about dairy cattle, shingle and veneer production, rock crushing, tin-smithing, blacksmithing, bee-keeping, wool spinning, quilting, saw milling, threshing, flour milling, candle making, rope making, tractor driving, and molasses production. At each stop, the kids were given some instruction on the process at hand and, in many cases, the opportunity to participate and take away souvenirs from the various stations. Nearly 500 students, along with their chaperones and teachers, were treated to a free lunch at mid-day, as they enjoyed a picture perfect day of activities on the sun drenched showgrounds. Many of our guests found a few free moments to enjoy our playground equipment as well, after all, what’s a school day without a recess? Our guests included public, parochial, and home schooled kids, and at the end of the day they were dusty, tired, and grinning from ear to ear when they were loaded back on their busses. They left with some souvenirs, some great memories, and hopefully a little new insight on some of the life experiences their grandpas’ have been trying to tell them about. From our perspective, it was a very gratifying experience to see so many youngsters so eager and enthusiastic to be a part of what we all enjoy. We leave you with our profound thanks to all who participated, donated, and helped, and hope you enjoy the photos below. The MMOGTA Board of Directors and Membership wishes to thank the following community-minded businesses and individuals for their donations to the Education Days 2008 program: Owosso Tractor Parts - Owosso (click individual pics to enlarge)
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