About FS4JK...
The mission of Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is
to promote a safe farm environment to
prevent health hazards, injuries, and
fatalities to children and youth.
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FS4JK Staff
A Voice for Rural Children: Marilyn Adams - Spokesperson, Founder and President
David T. Schweitz - Executive Director
Shari Burgus - Education Director
Keely Coppess - Marketing & Community Relations Director
Tyler Vacha - Chapter & Membership Director
Outreach Coordinators
Beth Horak - Outreach Coordinator
Rachel Bartholomew, Missouri Outreach Coordinator
Fawn Dauer, Minnesota Outreach Coordinator
Laura Larson, Iowa Outreach Coordinator
Jordan Tate, Illinois Outreach Coordinator
Shelby Jo Sobba, Kansas Outreach Coordinator
Beth Hagewood, Outreach Coordinator
Youth Representatives
Ali Umland
Kristi Ruth
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
- Burton C. Kross, PhD, PE, Chairman
Management Resources Network, Inc.
Jim O’Hare, ARM, MBA, Vice Chairman/Secretary
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a DuPont Co.
Marilyn Adams, President
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
Debra Lemar, CPCU, Treasurer
Nationwide Agribusiness
Fred Oelschlaeger
Cargill AgHorizons
Beth Horak, Chapter Representative
Outreach Coordinator (NE)
Board Member Emeritus:
Vernon Geiger
Forrest Kohler
Greg Schnepf
Annual Report
Click here to read the 2007 Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Annual Report (316 KB). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader© to download and read this file.
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