Valley View MVCTC FFA members helped elementary and preschool students learn about farming and livestock with their annual Ag Awareness Day.

The high school FFA members educated 850 Valley View Elementary students, plus a class of preschoolers, about the agricultural industry and the FFA Chapter.

Around 30 FFA members led stations with tractors, horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, plants, small animals, and wildlife.

Incoming FFA president Lucy Shell said in an interview that the young students enjoyed seeing the animals, “I mean, they love it, like you can see them, they are jittery when they come down the hill, and we gave all the little ones stickers with animals on it.”

“The kids loved it, they loved to name each animal, so we gave the kids the opportunity to name them all,” Shell said. “And they liked all the facts. Little kids will ask a million questions, I mean they never stopped talking, but they all did really well. They were fun and outgoing, and it was really good. It turned out really well.”

Asked what she had learned from the kids to update the event, Shell said, “We originally had this whole speech that we would tell all the kids, but they just really want to see the animals and know fun facts about them. So we try to make it as fun as we can for all the kids, but also make it educational.”

The annual event also included the Sensory Safari Trailer, an interactive, mobile educational exhibit managed by local chapters of Safari Club International. Featuring touchable animal mounts, skins, and skulls, it brings wildlife to communities across the Dayton region.

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