FORWARD FOUNDATION Bushels for Books awards presented at Oklahoma Farm Bureau's 75th annual convention By Amanda Rosholt Director of Fundraising and Public Relations for the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation ive educators from Oklahoma elementary schools were honored during the Flapjack Fundraiser for the Bushels for Books program at the Cox Convention Center on Saturday, November 12. During the event, the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers awarded five Oklahoma educators with bushel baskets of accurate agriculture books to be used in their classrooms and school libraries. “We are thrilled to award these outstanding educators with resources to help them include agriculture in their classroom curriculum,” said Jeramy Rich, Oklahoma Farming and Ranching
We are thrilled to award these outstanding educators with resources to help them include agriculture in their classroom curriculum.
— Jeramy Rich Oklahoma Farming and Ranching president
Foundation president. Applications were accepted from elementary educators across the state. The Bushels for Books program takes donated bushels of any commodity crop as well as monetary donations from Oklahoma farmers and provides accurate
OKFB YF&R Chairman Josh Emerson (left) and Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation Director of Fundraising and Public Relations Amanda Rosholt (right) present Nathan Akehurst with bushel baskets of books. Akehurst, fourth-grade teacher at Heritage IGC in Coweta, will use the books in his classroom in conjunction with a classroom vegetable garden as he helps his students learn about agriculture through hands-on experiences.
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agriculture books to Oklahoma elementary schools. For more information on the Bushels for Books program, please visit www.okfarmingandranchingfoundation. org or contact Amanda Rosholt by email at amanda.rosholt@aggiving.org or by phone at (405) 202-1463.
OKFB YF&R Chairman Josh Emerson (left) and Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation Director of Fundraising and Public Relations Amanda Rosholt (right) present Lindsay Headlee with bushel baskets of books. Headlee, librarian for Cherokee Elementary School, believes agriculture is an essential part of our nation’s past, present and future. She will make the books available in the school library and will share them with elementary teachers to use in their classroom curriculum.