A landmark Southwest Michigan event that has annually drawn more than 1,500 students near South Haven has been forced to cancel for only the second time in its history.
Farm History Day at the Michigan Flywheelers Museum has been cancelled due to the pandemic. The educational event has traditionally drawn more than 1,500 students who learn how to do things like make candles and churn butter.
Cause of the cancellation stems from concern over low student attendance and a lack of volunteers due to the pandemic forcing the Michigan Flywheelers Museum to cancel its 2021 Farm History Day.
Pat Ingalls, Museum President, says, “We’re just not sure what the state restrictions on large gatherings will be by May and we also don’t know how many of our volunteers would be comfortable participating.”
Farm History Day was started more than 20 years ago as part of the museum’s educational goals. It draws over 1,500 students to the six-hour event where they learn old fashioned skills like candle making, butter churning, rope making and more.
Last year’s event was also cancelled due to the state’s stay at home restrictions.
Ingalls admits, “It’s sad that we have had to cancel this twice as this is an event that our volunteers and students really enjoy,” and concludes, “Hopefully, we can start it up again in 2022.”
Updates on the museum’s events can be found on Facebook or at their website link: http://www.michiganflywheelers.org.
