Several hundred thousand dollars worth of tractors rolled
into Greenville High School during Farm Safety Week—ten pieces of agricultural
equipment in all. Their investment—to
promote safety on the farm, both today and in the future.
The annual TractorCade, which is held to close up National
Farm Safety Week, begins a week of safety activities for members of the
Greenville FFA Chapter. “Our purpose is
to promote farm safety on and off the farm,” said Greenville FFA Vice President
Thomas Shaw . “We are hoping by recognizing this week and promoting safety, we
can help to reduce accidents during this busy harvest season.”
National Farm Safety Week is more
than showing off tractors to friends and neighbors as members show parade
tractors in front of Greenville High School.
It is planting the seed of safety into the minds of the community
“This is the FFA’s way of promoting
safety in a positive way,” Shaw said. “I enjoy seeing all the tractors, of
course, but it really says something when you see this many kids come together
and want to promote safety.”
Shaw said the need to practice
safety, while sharing the roads with farm implements and motorized vehicles, is
a year round practice motorists need to remember. “National Farm Safety Week is
just that –a week. Safety should be practiced year round though,” he said.
As a promotional
feature, students wore T-shirts, which observed the special week and
highlighted its meaning. Students will
wear their shirts throughout the year, which will remind individuals of the
real meaning of Farm Safety Week—safety for the year.
