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Lebanon Area Fair queen, Northern Lebanon alum Brooke Beamer, presents role to school board and invites students to fair
Summary
Brooke Beamer, Lebanon Area Fair Queen and a Northern Lebanon alumna, described her role promoting agriculture and encouraged student participation in the Lebanon Area Fair (July 19–26), including classroom ornament contests and fair exhibits.
Brooke Beamer, Lebanon Area Fair Queen and a Northern Lebanon alumna, spoke to the Northern Lebanon School District Board of Directors on Jan. 14 about her role promoting agriculture and inviting students to participate in the Lebanon Area Fair this summer.
Beamer described her farm background and volunteer work and said her role includes organizing sponsorships, entries and fundraisers for the fair. "I welcome you to attend our fair as we gather in the name of local agriculture to share food, fun, and fellowship as a community," she told the board.
Beamer said she grew up on Thistle Creek Farm, where her family raises poultry, grass-fed beef and goats, and that her involvement in 4-H and FFA led to fair work. During a recent winter break visit she presented short, age-appropriate talks to elementary students about the fair and organized a classroom contest: each grade selected top ornaments to be entered in the Lebanon Area Fair’s West Hall exhibits this summer.
She listed other outreach activities she has taken on as fair queen, including participating in parades (Beamer said she entered the Myerstown holiday parade), volunteering at the fair’s food stands and running a fair office summer role that handles sponsorships and entries. Beamer said she represented the Lebanon Area Fair at the Pennsylvania Farm Show and will compete at the state fair-queen contest at the end of the month; she noted there are 107 county fairs in Pennsylvania and about 60 fair queens who will compete for the state title.
Why it matters: student outreach and elementary-school activities can increase youth participation in county fair programs that include agricultural and hands-on exhibits, which the presenter and the district described as community-building opportunities.
Board members thanked Beamer and welcomed her back to the district as an alumna; there was brief, informal discussion and no formal action.
Beamer’s upcoming events include the Lebanon Area Fair (July 19–26) and the state fair-queen contest at the end of the month.
