Hundreds turn out for Benton Grade School health fair

Benton Grade School held its annual health fair earlier this month, and the Franklin County Ag in the Classroom program was in attendance with St. Louis Dairy Council Nutrition information, homemade butter on crackers and some do-it-yourself planting.
Mrs. Lamczyk, AITC coordinator, provided lots of materials from the St. Louis Dairy Council on dairy nutrition. To go along with this promotion, Lamczyk showed how to make homemade butter with just whipping cream and a seal tight container.
Students had fun shaking up the butter, and organizers even added a little music for some exercise.
Lamczyk also was promoting healthy eating through the activity of teaching students how to grow their own food. Students were able to put together a garden in a glove, which provided them with the ingredients for a salad and a fruit for dessert.
Students also were provided a fun activity of growing their own letters. Students wrote their names on pieces of construction paper. They then traced their names with Elmer's glue and shook on grass seed to cover their names. They took these home to place them outside or in a flower pot, water them, and watch their names grow.
The health fair had 92 adults, 155 students, and several local area businesses and other entities providing health information and activities.