Sullivan County Cornell Cooperative Extension Visits Monticello Rotary
Our guest speaker Susan Dollard is a Master Gardener Coordinator & Community Educator at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Sullivan County. Susan, a native of Monticello, was a teacher in the school district for thirty years, and she has been affiliated with the Cornell Cooperative since 2005. As an educator, some of Susan’s principal objectives are to teach children about gardening; to develop and foster having a healthy, nutritious diet; and, to better understand the importance of agriculture and what farmers do. The Cornell Cooperative provides to the Monticello School System books and other educational material about nature, healthy diets and agriculture. The curriculum and books are geared to students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. Susan aids the teachers in implementing the lesson plans, and she goes into many classes and assists in reading and reviewing the books and educational material offered by the Cornell Cooperative. Susan showed the Club members several of the books that the Cooperative provides the school system, and she presented from one of the books, Who Grew My Soup, a supplemental video. This past year, our Club donated funds to the Cornell Cooperative to purchase sixty-six books. The Cooperative is increasing its outreach by expanding recently into the Fallsburg School District.
Our guest speaker Susan Dollard is a Master Gardener Coordinator & Community Educator at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Sullivan County. Susan, a native of Monticello, was a teacher in the school district for thirty years, and she has been affiliated with the Cornell Cooperative since 2005. As an educator, some of Susan’s principal objectives are to teach children about gardening; to develop and foster having a healthy, nutritious diet; and, to better understand the importance of agriculture and what farmers do. The Cornell Cooperative provides to the Monticello School System books and other educational material about nature, healthy diets and agriculture. The curriculum and books are geared to students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. Susan aids the teachers in implementing the lesson plans, and she goes into many classes and assists in reading and reviewing the books and educational material offered by the Cornell Cooperative. Susan showed the Club members several of the books that the Cooperative provides the school system, and she presented from one of the books, Who Grew My Soup, a supplemental video. This past year, our Club donated funds to the Cornell Cooperative to purchase sixty-six books. The Cooperative is increasing its outreach by expanding recently into the Fallsburg School District.