National Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW) is a week of action for communities to bring attention to farmworker issues and working conditions in their own communities, but also to shed light on and bring honor to the important contributions farmworkers make to our daily lives. As part of Telamon's Health & Safety Program's effort to bring awareness to the work and lives of farmworkers in Maryland and Delaware, we are local sponsors of a national long-sleeved shirt drive throughout the United States.
WHEN IS THE NFAW? We celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW) during the week of March 26 -April 2.
Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1701272996815447/.
WHY LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS? Farmworkers face long hours of arduous work exposed to dangerous pesticides and heat stress. Each year, an estimated 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to U.S. farms, forests, lawns and golf courses. Pesticide applicators, farmers and farmworkers, and communities near farms are often most at risk of pesticide exposure and heat related illnesses. We will provide farmworkers with the long sleeve shirts collected free of charge as a tool to better protect themselves against the dangers of pesticide exposure and heat stress.
Drop-off's available at Telamon Corporation in the One Stop Job Market. Currently soliciting additional locations. Please call 443.397.9253, Jerrona Truitt-Smith, if interested in serving as an additional Drop-off Location. We will deliver boxes by March 28th and will pick them up by April 2nd.
