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Gates County Extension to host interactive 'Speedway to Healthy' exhibit in March for local elementary students
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Gates County Extension announced a traveling 'Speedway to Healthy' exhibit for K–5 students March 18–20; the exhibit requires volunteers and is designed to teach nutrition and body systems through an 11‑pit interactive experience.
The Gates County Extension Office told commissioners Tuesday it will bring the interactive “Speedway to Healthy” exhibit to the county March 18–20 for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Helen Youer, the county extension director, presented the program on behalf of 4‑H agent Kelly Boone. Youer said the traveling exhibit—adapted from a Kansas State Department of Education project and funded in part by USDA and partner institutions—uses an 11‑pit “race” that represents the body’s systems. Students rotate in groups through pit stops that illustrate the brain, mouth, stomach, small intestine, heart, lungs, kidneys, bones, muscles and skin.
Youer said the exhibit is highly interactive and each pit stop features a five‑minute activity led by a volunteer educator. “We will have a day designated each day for the entire school to come through the exhibit,” she told the board. All three county elementary schools plan to participate. The extension requested volunteers and said it needs about 25 volunteers per day to staff the exhibit.
The extension will set aside time for homeschool students and for residents with children who attend neighboring counties to visit the exhibit. Youer invited commissioners and the public to tour the exhibit and encouraged volunteer signups; she said the exhibit is logistically intensive to set up and that partners from North Carolina A&T and East Carolina University will help.
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The extension will install the exhibit with volunteer help and remove it after the three days; staff asked commissioners to share volunteer information with community members and to promote school visits.
