Our Beginnings
In the fall of 1986, 11-year old
Keith Algreen suffocated in a gravity flow wagon of shelled corn
on his family's Iowa farm.
After her son's unforeseen death, Keith's mother, Marilyn
Adams, began a campaign to promote farm safety awareness. In the
process, she discovered that an alarmingly high number of children
are injured or killed on farms each year.
In an effort to spare others the heartache of losing a child in
a preventable farming incident, Farm Safety 4 Just Kids was formed
in 1987.
Today, the same heartfelt concern and compassion that founded
the organization still drives farm Safety 4 Just Kids' members, chapters, and staff
to work to fulfill the organization's worthwhile mission.
A Voice For Children . . .
Marilyn Adams,
Spokesperson, President and Founder of FS4JK serves first as a
mother and farm wife.
She also travels the United States and Canada as a child farm
safety advocate. In that capacity, she gives a face and a voice to
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids and the entire child farm safety movement.
Our Objectives . . .
Increase public awareness
and understanding of the hazards to children on the farm.
Provide individuals, families, and communities with educational
opportunities and resources to make the farm a safe and healthy
environment.
Motivate and empower individuals, farm families and communities
to make positive changes regarding farm safety and health issues.
Our Work . . .
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK) is
a nonprofit organization based in Iowa, which serves the United
States and Canada. Farm Safety 4 Just Kids provides resources and
training to individuals and communities to conduct farm safety
awareness and education programs.
Board of Directors
Murray Madsen, BS AgE,
M.B.A.
Chairman
Consultant - University of Iowa
Gene Johnston
Outgoing Chairman
Successful
Farming Magazine
Marily Adams
Spokesperson, Founder &
President
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
Alan Korn, J.D.
Vice Chairman
National SAFE KIDS
Deb Reed, R.N., MSPH, Ph.D.
Secretary
University
of Kentucky
Debra Lemar, CPCU
Treasurer
Farmland
Insurance/Nationwide Agribusiness
Beth Horak
Hand In Hand Safety Across the Land
Chapter
Ronald Jester, PE
University of Delaware Extension
Burton C. Kross, PhD, PE
Management Resources
Network, Inc.
Suzanne McCarty
Cargill, Inc.
Gary Mills, BS, MBA
Deere & Co.
Jim O'Hare, ARM, MBA
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Kevin Paap
Paap Farms
Stephen Reynolds, Ph.D., CIH
Colorado State
University
Agi Schafer-Kreiser
Dairy Farmers of America
Gail Scherweit
North Dakota Farm Bureau/Valley
Chapter
Annual Report
Our current annual report is
available right here. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader© to
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