Donation To FiberMax Center For Discovery Announced
South Plains Electric Cooperative and CoBank will be donation $10,000 to the FiberMax Center for Discovery according to a press release this week. The announcement and presentation will take place on Thursday.
According to KAMC, the donation to the FiberMax Center for Discovery is for its new development section, AgWorks. AgWorks is supposed to open in 2024 and geared toward children in fourth grade and younger.
FiberMax Center for Discovery’s focus will be to educate and help everyone understand where “their food and fiber comes from.” Additionally the release stated, “there is a need to educate [children] about the vital role agriculture plays in our society.”
Activities that will be provided include agricultural career mentors, a crop cycle, farm-to-table market, healthy eating and more.
The South Plains Electric Cooperative and CoBank expressed in the release that its “happy to partner with FiberMax Center for Discovery to develop this educational career.”