Susan Hughes Gets Grant
Susan Hughes, a fifth-grade teacher at Dabney Elementary School, has received a $750 grant from the N.C. Farm Bureau and the Vance County Farm Bureau.
A total of $500 of the grant funding is from the state agency, with the remainder of the money from the county agency.
Hughes will use the grant funds to purchase a HydroStacker Vertical Hydroponic Growing System for the use of her students and other students at the school.
The HydroStacker is approximately six feet tall and includes shelves or slots for pots or paper planters that soil and seed can be placed inside. The shelves or slots are arranged in several rows vertically on the stacker. The system can then be programmed to automatically water the plants at specified times. Hughes says she plans to plant vegetables, fruits and flowers in the new HydroStacker. The system will help to teach her students about agriculture and the growing process. Hughes also has plans to share the HydroStacker in projects with other teachers and classrooms.
The photo shows Hughes, center, accepting the grant funding, along with Dr. Michael Putney, principal of Dabney Elementary School, left, from Thomas Shaw, president of the Vance County Farm Bureau.