VES raises money to help local farms impacted by 'Irene'

Kathy Fiero, remedial math teacher and president of the Voorheesville Teachers Association, presented a check on behalf of VES to Altamont Country Values Agway employee Amanda Terhune.

(Oct. 14, 2011) Students at Voorheesville Elementary School collected $740 to help local farms affected by Hurricane Irene.

As part of its welcome back assembly on Sept. 16, VES kicked off its theme of gratitude for the 2011-12 school year and the "Farm Animal Relief Fund." A representative from the New York State Department of Agriculture was invited to the assembly and explained the tremendous amount of farm and feed loss to our local farms. With most of the hay and grain ruined, the farmers are without adequate resources to feed their flocks. So, VES worked closely with Altamont Country Values Agway to help make a difference to our local farms.

"It's been amazing to watch our school community immediately rise to the occasion when they learned there was a need to support our local farms after Hurricane Irene," said VES Principal Tom Reardon.

Thank you to our students and our entire school community who donated!

Voorheesville Elementary kicked off its "Farm Animal Relief Fund" at its Sept. 16 welcome back assembly.

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