WEBVTT The creators of a corn maze inAtkins, want to get a message out to kids and teens - thatbullying is not okay. The Bloomsbury farm decorated its 10-acre maze with signs thateducate visitors on bullying. Iteven carved an anti-bullyingmessage into the corn itself -in the middle of its twistinand turning paths... The farmsmanager says she hopes themessage resonates with visitors.<.."I BELIEVE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'REIN AND WHAT YOU'RE EXPOSED TO CAN REALLY TEACH PEOPLE A MESSAGE. AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OFSCHOOL TOURS OUT HERE EACH YEASO JUST KIND OF LIKE HAVING KIDSREAD THEM AND JUST LIKE GET THE MESSAGE TO THEM TO JUST BEKIND."..> The corn maze has already hosteda group of students at itsBullying Prevention Kickoff. In past years, the maze's themehave ranged from Charlie Brown -to Willie Nelson - to Al Roker.
Take a look at this anti-bullying message in corn maze
Updated: 12:13 AM CDT Oct 9, 2017
A giant corn maze in eastern Iowa is getting a lot of attention for its special message. Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins decorated its 10-acre maze with signs that educate visitors on ways to prevent bullying. There鈥檚 also an anti-bullying message carved into the corn rows.鈥淚 believe that the environment that you鈥檙e in and what you鈥檙e exposed to can really teach people a message, and we do have a lot of school tours out here each year, so we just kind of like having kids read them and just get the message to them,鈥� said Jessica Peterson, Bloomsbury farm manager. The farm鈥檚 manager said they host many school tours, so they hope the message resonates, especially with students. The corn maze has already hosted a group of students at its Bullying Prevention Kickoff. In past years, the maze鈥檚 themes have ranged from Charlie Brown to Willie Nelson to Al Roker.
ATKINS, Iowa — A giant corn maze in eastern Iowa is getting a lot of attention for its special message.
Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins decorated its 10-acre maze with signs that educate visitors on ways to prevent bullying.
There鈥檚 also an anti-bullying message carved into the corn rows.
鈥淚 believe that the environment that you鈥檙e in and what you鈥檙e exposed to can really teach people a message, and we do have a lot of school tours out here each year, so we just kind of like having kids read them and just get the message to them,鈥� said Jessica Peterson, Bloomsbury farm manager.
The farm鈥檚 manager said they host many school tours, so they hope the message resonates, especially with students.
The corn maze has already hosted a group of students at its Bullying Prevention Kickoff. In past years, the maze鈥檚 themes have ranged from Charlie Brown to Willie Nelson to Al Roker.