Free gifts to educators from Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom are intended to bring joy, engagement and inspiration to schoolchildren year-round.
Virginia teachers can order a 2025 Creative Agriculture Resources for Educators, or CARE, kit. Each kit includes books, posters and curricula that use Virginia agriculture and natural resources to teach core content.
“We treat the CARE kits like a ‘request your own Christmas present from us’ in December,” said Tammy Maxey, Virginia AITC executive director. “This is our way of saying thanks to teachers across the state.”
This giveaway is open exclusively to Virginia educators. Visit virginia.agclassroom.org and click “Educator Resource Kit” to place an order.
The theme of this year’s CARE kit is “Explore Virginia Agriculture,” said Lynn Black, Virginia AITC education coordinator.
“Boxes will feature our new Virginia Agriculture map poster, our signature curriculum booklet, the book, “Right This Very Minute,” with an accompanying guide, an...