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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 480 384 CE 083 454 TITLE Chapter Innovators Guide, 2001: Models of Innovation Award Winners. INSTITUTION National FFA Organization, Indianapolis, IN. PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 37p.; For the 2000 guide, see ED 456 232. Co-sponsored by Cargill and Land O'Lakes Foundation as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Agricultural Education; *Awards; Community Development; Definitions; Elementary Secondary Education; Extracurricular Activities; Guidelines; *Innovation; Leaders Guides; Middle Schools; Models; Organizational Development; Recruitment; Standards; *Student Development; *Student Organizations; *Student Projects IDENTIFIERS *Future Farmers of America ABSTRACT This document presents the activities that received Future Farmers of America's (FFA's) Model of Innovation awards in 2001. The booklet begins with an overview of the FFA National Chapter Award program and a list of the 2001 Models of Innovation Winners. The next three sections profile award-winning activities in the following areas of the three divisions for which awards are given: (I) student development (leadership, healthy lifestyle, supervised agricultural experience, scholarship, and agricultural career skills); (2) chapter development (chapter recruitment, finance, public relations, leadership, and support groups); and (3) community development (economics, environment, human resources, citizenship, and agricultural awareness) . The award-winning middle grade chapter innovator is profiled separately. The objectives of an FFA program of activities (POA) is presented along with guidelines for developing an effective POA and preparing a national chapter award application. The following are among the membership recruitment tips listed in the booklet's final section: (1) ensure that potential students are aware of the opportunities available in FFA; (2) make FFA an integral part of the agricultural program; (3) encourage timid students to become involved; (3) carefully match experienced students with other students in a mentoring relationship for conducting FFA activities; and (4) let potential students see firsthand the close relationships that develop between agriculture students and their teachers. (MN) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.

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Page 1: Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be ... · The award-winning middle grade chapter innovator is profiled separately. The objectives of an FFA program of activities

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 480 384 CE 083 454

TITLE Chapter Innovators Guide, 2001: Models of Innovation AwardWinners.

INSTITUTION National FFA Organization, Indianapolis, IN.PUB DATE 2002-00-00NOTE 37p.; For the 2000 guide, see ED 456 232. Co-sponsored by

Cargill and Land O'Lakes Foundation as a special project ofthe National FFA Foundation.

PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141)EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Agricultural Education; *Awards; Community Development;

Definitions; Elementary Secondary Education; ExtracurricularActivities; Guidelines; *Innovation; Leaders Guides; MiddleSchools; Models; Organizational Development; Recruitment;Standards; *Student Development; *Student Organizations;*Student Projects

IDENTIFIERS *Future Farmers of America

ABSTRACT

This document presents the activities that received FutureFarmers of America's (FFA's) Model of Innovation awards in 2001. The bookletbegins with an overview of the FFA National Chapter Award program and a listof the 2001 Models of Innovation Winners. The next three sections profileaward-winning activities in the following areas of the three divisions forwhich awards are given: (I) student development (leadership, healthylifestyle, supervised agricultural experience, scholarship, and agriculturalcareer skills); (2) chapter development (chapter recruitment, finance, publicrelations, leadership, and support groups); and (3) community development(economics, environment, human resources, citizenship, and agriculturalawareness) . The award-winning middle grade chapter innovator is profiledseparately. The objectives of an FFA program of activities (POA) is presentedalong with guidelines for developing an effective POA and preparing anational chapter award application. The following are among the membershiprecruitment tips listed in the booklet's final section: (1) ensure thatpotential students are aware of the opportunities available in FFA; (2) makeFFA an integral part of the agricultural program; (3) encourage timidstudents to become involved; (3) carefully match experienced students withother students in a mentoring relationship for conducting FFA activities; and(4) let potential students see firsthand the close relationships that developbetween agriculture students and their teachers. (MN)

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

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way

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spa

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nova

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r yo

ur F

FA c

hapt

er. W

hen

your

new

off

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team

is e

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ed, t

hey

shou

ld r

evie

w th

is b

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as a

gro

up a

nd u

se it

as

a

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n de

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lear

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ills

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san

off

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me

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rese

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top-

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ach

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se c

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rec

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a s

peci

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aque

at t

he

natio

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tiona

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e to

p-ra

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hapt

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plet

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tails

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FFA

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dard

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Lead

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lifes

tyle

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ervi

sed

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xper

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olar

ship

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tura

l car

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isio

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Cha

pter

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elop

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tA

ctiv

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that

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oura

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ork

toge

ther

and

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qua

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stan

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s in

:

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pter

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ruitm

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anci

al

Pub

lic r

elat

ions

Lead

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port

gro

ups

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isio

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mun

ity D

evel

opm

ent

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pera

tive

activ

ities

with

oth

er g

roup

s

that

mak

e th

e co

mm

unity

a b

ette

r pl

ace

to li

ve a

nd w

ork,

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mod

els

Of i

nnov

atio

n w

inne

rs

Stu

dent

Dev

elop

men

t Div

isio

n

Nat

iona

l Win

ner

Clin

ton

Cen

tral

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ind

iana

Mod

el o

f In

nova

tion

Fina

lists

Ben

ton

Com

mun

ity F

FA C

hapt

er, I

owa

Con

ococ

heag

ue/J

ames

Buc

hana

n FF

A C

hapt

er,

Penn

sylv

ania

Gar

rets

on F

FA C

hapt

er, S

outh

Dak

ota

Gra

nton

FFA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Mid

dleb

urg

FFA

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

Ots

ego

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Perh

am F

FA C

hapt

er, M

inne

sota

Stev

ens

Poin

t FFA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Ye

Im F

FA C

hapt

er, W

ashi

ngto

n

Cha

pter

Dev

elop

men

t Div

isio

n

Nat

iona

l Win

ner

Eas

t Clin

ton

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Mod

el o

f In

nova

tion

Fina

lists

Ada

ms

Cen

tral

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ind

iana

Blo

omer

FFA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Fran

klin

FFA

Cha

pter

, Neb

rask

a

Her

itage

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ind

iana

Impe

rial

FFA

Cha

pter

, Neb

raks

a

Mid

dleb

urg

FFA

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

McC

ook

Cen

tral

FFA

Cha

pter

, Sou

th D

akot

a

Mon

ticel

lo F

FA C

hapt

er, I

owa

Ots

ego

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Com

mun

ity D

evel

opm

ent D

ivis

ion

Nat

iona

l Win

ner

Perr

ydal

e FF

A C

hapt

er, O

rego

n

Mod

el o

f In

nova

tion

Fina

lists

Bow

ling

Gre

en F

FA C

hapt

er, O

hio

Cis

sna

Park

FFA

Cha

pter

, Illi

nois

Dye

rsbu

rg F

FA C

hapt

er, T

enne

ssee

Gre

envi

lle F

FA C

hapt

er, O

hio

Indi

an V

alle

y FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

Port

land

FFA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

Mt.

Car

roll

FFA

Cha

pter

, Illi

nois

Sout

h R

owan

FFA

Cha

pter

, Nor

th C

arol

ina

Switz

erla

nd C

ount

y FF

A C

hapt

er, I

ndia

na

Out

stan

ding

Mid

dle

Gra

de C

hapt

erW

orth

Cou

nty

Mid

dle

Scho

ol F

FA C

hapt

er, G

eorg

ia

The

200

1 aw

ards

are

bas

ed o

n ac

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

a 12

-mon

th p

erio

d be

twee

n Ja

nuar

y 20

00 a

nd J

une

2001

(dea

dlin

es v

ary

by s

tate

).

"As

a ch

apte

r of

ficer

, it w

as m

y

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

rea

ch o

ut to

new

mem

bers

and

thos

e w

ho h

adn'

t bee

n

invo

lved

and

enc

oura

ge th

em to

beco

me

activ

e."

Kris

ten

Bak

er, 2

001-

2002

Clin

ton

Cen

tral

FF

A C

hapt

er P

resi

dent

Per

ryda

le F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ore

gon

Bow

ling

Gre

en F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Lk.

"

Dye

rsbu

rg F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

3

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Nat

iona

l Cha

pter

Aw

ard

Win

ner

"As

a te

am, w

e re

ally

wan

ted

tore

ach

beyo

nd th

e co

re g

roup

of

activ

e m

embe

rs. I

'd g

o up

to s

ome-

one

in th

e ha

llway

and

ask

him

or

her

to a

ttend

an

even

t or

beco

me

invo

lved

in a

com

mitt

ee. I

t's a

sim

-pl

e w

ay to

hel

p th

em fe

el s

peci

alan

d w

elco

med

in th

e ch

apte

r."

Han

na P

hilli

ps, 2

001-

2002

Clin

ton

Cen

tral

FF

A C

hapt

er V

ice

Pre

side

nt

Lead

ersh

ip a

ctiv

ities

hel

p th

ein

divi

dual

dev

elop

tech

nica

l,hu

man

rel

atio

ns a

nd d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

skill

s to

enh

ance

per

sona

l

succ

ess

CL

INT

ON

CE

NT

RA

LJR

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. HIG

H S

CH

OO

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ome

of th

e B

ulld

ogs

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dent

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elop

men

t Qua

lity

Sta

ndar

dsH

ealth

y lif

esty

leac

tiviti

espr

omot

e th

e w

ell b

eing

and

self-

este

em o

f stu

dent

s, e

ither

men

tally

or

phys

ical

ly.

Sup

ervi

sed

agric

ultu

ral e

xper

i-en

ce a

ctiv

ities

pro

mot

e st

uden

t

invo

lvem

ent a

nd g

row

th th

roug

h

agric

ultu

re-r

elat

ed e

xper

ienc

e

and/

or e

ntre

pren

eurs

hip.

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olar

ship

act

iviti

es d

evel

op a

posi

tive

attit

ude

tow

ard

lifel

ong

lear

ning

exp

erie

nces

.

Agr

icul

tura

l car

eer

skill

act

iviti

es

deve

lop

agric

ultu

ral o

ccup

atio

nan

d ca

reer

ski

lls th

roug

h a

pro-

gres

sive

lear

ning

env

ironm

ent.

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Nat

iona

l Cha

pter

Aw

ard

Win

ner

rCen

the

Clin

ton

Cen

tral

FF

A

hapt

er o

ffice

r te

am m

et to

est

ab-

lish

its g

oals

, inc

reas

ing

mem

ber

part

icip

atio

n an

d in

volv

emen

t bec

ame

a

maj

or th

eme.

"W

e re

ally

use

the

Pro

gram

of

Act

iviti

es (

P0A

) as

the

star

ting

poin

t of

mem

ber

invo

lvem

ent,"

say

sP

hil

Car

ter,

chap

ter

advi

sor.

"A

cop

y of

the

PO

A is

mad

e

avai

labl

e an

d ev

ery

stud

ent i

s as

sign

ed to

a

com

mitt

ee. T

he c

omm

ittee

s m

eet t

wic

e a

mon

th d

urin

g th

e sc

hool

's a

ctiv

ity p

erio

d!'

To

deve

lop

stud

ent

lead

ersh

ip,t

he c

hapt

er

enco

urag

ed it

s m

embe

rs to

par

ticip

ate

in

the

Indi

ana

FF

A L

eade

rshi

p A

cade

my.

The

Dse

ven

mem

bers

who

par

ticip

ated

sec

ured

fund

ing

for

thei

r po

rtio

n of

the

prog

ram

,

and

atte

nded

five

diff

eren

t sem

inar

s ac

ross

the

stat

e, e

ach

last

ing

thre

e to

four

day

s.

The

n, th

e m

embe

rs-a

long

with

an

advi

sor,

11'.1

1.1\

aco

mm

unity

mem

ber

and

anot

her

teac

her-

spen

t nin

e da

ys tr

avel

ing

thro

ugh

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nce

and

Ger

man

y. T

hey

visi

ted

farm

s

and

agric

ultu

ral s

choo

ls a

s w

ell a

s ag

ribus

i-

ness

es a

nd to

uris

t attr

actio

ns, s

uch

as th

e

Eiff

el T

ower

. The

par

ticip

ants

dev

elop

ed

thei

r pe

rson

al le

ader

ship

ski

lls, g

aine

d a

bette

r un

ders

tand

ing

of a

nd a

ppre

ciat

ion

for

glob

al a

gric

ultu

re, a

nd e

njoy

ed th

e

expe

rienc

e of

a li

fetim

e.

To

deve

lop

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

sam

ong

its

mem

bers

, the

cha

pter

spo

nsor

ed a

trip

to

the

Tim

ber

Rid

ge S

ki A

rea

near

Kal

amaz

oo,

Mic

higa

n. T

he c

hapt

er p

rovi

ded

tran

spor

ta-

tion

for

the

21 m

embe

rs w

ho s

pent

the

day

skiin

g an

d sn

owbo

ardi

ng.

The

cha

pter

hos

ted

two

lives

tock

sho

ws

durin

g th

e su

mm

er to

hel

p m

embe

rs d

evel

-

op s

kills

in th

eir

supe

rvis

ed a

gric

ultu

ral

expe

rien

cepr

ogra

ms

befo

re th

e co

unty

fairs

. Bet

wee

n th

e tw

o sh

ows,

80

exhi

bito

rs

part

icip

ated

and

27

mem

bers

ass

iste

d. M

ore

than

200

peo

ple

atte

nded

eac

h sh

ow a

nd

the

chap

ter

earn

ed a

tota

l of $

2,18

4.

Dur

ing

the

chap

ter

banq

uet a

nd o

n S

enio

r

Aw

ards

Day

, eig

ht s

enio

r m

embe

rs w

ere

pres

ente

d w

ith a

war

ds r

ecog

nizi

ng o

ut-

stan

ding

scho

lars

hip,

lead

ersh

ip a

nd S

AE

skill

s. S

chol

arsh

ip p

ins

wer

e pr

esen

ted

to

unde

rcla

ssm

an to

rec

ogni

ze o

utst

andi

ng

achi

evem

ent.

To

broa

den

chap

ter

mem

bers

'ag

ricu

ltur-

al c

aree

r sk

ills,

nine

Gre

enha

nd m

embe

rs

visi

ted

the

Ata

scad

ero

FF

A C

hapt

er in

Cal

iforn

ia d

urin

g sp

ring

brea

k T

hey

stay

ed

with

mem

bers

of t

he A

tasc

ader

o ch

apte

r,

visi

ted

maj

or a

ttrac

tions

and

par

ticip

ated

in

FF

A e

vent

s M

embe

rs fr

om th

e A

tasc

ader

o

chap

ter

visi

ted

Clin

ton

Cen

tral

in O

ctob

er

All

of th

ese

activ

ities

wer

e st

uden

t-dr

iven

and

wer

e de

velo

ped,

man

aged

and

impl

e-

men

ted

by c

hapt

er m

embe

rs T

he k

ey to

getti

ng th

e ba

ll ro

lling

was

a p

ro-a

ctiv

e

chap

ter

offic

er te

am th

at w

orke

d di

ligen

tly

to d

evel

op a

cha

lleng

ing

PO

A a

nd th

en

cont

inuo

usly

enc

oura

ged

chap

ter

mem

bers

to b

ecom

e in

volv

ed

FF

A m

embe

rs c

ondu

cted

sev

eral

hol

-id

ay s

ervi

ce a

ctiv

ities

with

ele

men

tary

stud

ents

, inc

ludi

ng m

akin

g co

okie

s.

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cers

enc

oura

ge m

embe

r pa

rtic

i-

patio

n in

the

chap

ter's

two

lives

tock

show

s.

Invo

lvin

g ne

w m

embe

rs is

one

of t

he m

ain

area

s on

whi

ch th

e C

linto

n C

entr

al

FF

A o

ffice

rs fo

cus

thei

r ef

fort

s.

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Hea

lthy

lifes

tyle

act

iviti

espr

omot

e th

e w

ell b

eing

and

self-

este

em o

fst

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ts, e

ither

men

tally

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hysi

cally

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aske

tbal

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rnam

ent

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fort

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et to

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embe

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er a

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chap

ters

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cou

nty

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men

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ur te

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pter

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o

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rive

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pter

hos

ted

two

bloo

d dr

ives

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y pu

blic

ized

the

even

ts, l

ined

up

dono

rs,

brou

ght i

n re

fres

hmen

ts a

nd s

ched

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loca

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the

bloo

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pter

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mem

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incl

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abor

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y an

d ha

nds-

on

trai

ning

for

stud

ents

ran

ging

from

12-

16 y

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old.

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hapt

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em-

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the

prop

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se

of f

ire

extin

guis

hers

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envi

lle F

FA

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pter

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o

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icul

ture

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ety

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inar

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or a

nd s

enio

r FF

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embe

rs a

ttend

ed a

sem

inar

at t

he N

atio

nal E

duca

tion

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ter

for

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tura

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ety.

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y le

arne

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out P

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ngle

men

t, gr

ain

bin

safe

ty c

ombi

ne s

afet

y

lives

tock

han

dlin

g an

d fi

re e

xtin

guis

her

use

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roll

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hapt

er, I

llino

is

rral

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envi

lle F

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pter

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o

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r pa

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cise

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tura

l Saf

ety

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oted

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ety

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stin

g an

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icul

tura

l Saf

ety

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l bas

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on th

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at. T

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petit

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was

hel

d at

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n S

tate

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vers

ity A

gric

ultu

ral

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gres

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ays.

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re w

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eas

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mal

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ity a

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al s

afet

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FA

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pter

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nsyl

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rets

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FA

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pter

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th D

akot

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ns A

gain

st T

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co U

seM

embe

rs c

ondu

cted

cla

ssro

om p

rese

ntat

ions

for

pre-

scho

ol th

roug

h ei

ghth

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de s

tude

nts,

teac

hing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f ab

stai

ning

fro

m

toba

cco

prod

ucts

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rets

on F

FA

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pter

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th D

akot

a

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inin

gS

afet

y tr

aini

ng w

as p

rovi

ded

to s

tude

nts

thro

ugh

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atio

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m

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l Saf

ety

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l, P

ALS

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gram

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ctor

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quip

men

t Saf

ety

prog

ram

and

the

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ter

Edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m.

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dleb

urg

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hapt

er, P

enns

ylva

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nted

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talle

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fire

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ames

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hana

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FA

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pter

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nsyl

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e, M

y H

ealth

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f

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embe

rs a

ttend

ed a

loca

l saf

ety

trai

ning

prog

ram

and

then

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duct

ed w

orks

hops

at

iisc

hool

and

com

mun

ity e

vent

s. A

ctiv

ities

are

pres

ente

d to

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nfor

ce s

afet

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all

aspe

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r liv

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igh-

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nt T

ripM

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for

part

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ctiv

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ques

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e gi

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e

high

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embe

r in

eac

h m

embe

rshi

p

year

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top

10 m

embe

rs r

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ved

a fo

ur-

day

cam

ping

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hik

ing

trip

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peria

l FF

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hapt

er, N

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ska

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ving

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ple

in N

eed)

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ject

FF

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embe

rs s

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ited

for

appo

intm

ents

and

dona

tions

for

two

wee

ks b

efor

e th

e co

llec-

tion

date

with

gre

at r

espo

nse

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tal o

f 60

units

of b

lood

wer

e do

nate

d by

FF

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nd

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs.

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rets

on F

FA

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pter

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th D

akot

a

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g an

d A

lcoh

ol E

duca

tion

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pter

mem

bers

org

aniz

ed a

n as

sem

bly

for

juni

or h

igh

and

high

sch

ool s

tude

nts

to

info

rm th

em o

f the

dan

gers

of u

sing

dru

gs

and

alco

hol,

and

to s

how

stu

dent

s th

e re

la-

tions

hip

betw

een

self-

este

em a

nd s

ubst

ance

abus

e. P

artic

ipan

ts a

lso

had

the

chan

ce to

use

fata

l vis

ion

gogg

les

to s

imul

ate

drun

kene

ssP

erry

dale

FF

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hapt

er, O

rego

n

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vens

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nt F

FA

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pter

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cons

in

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rial F

FA

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pter

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rask

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FA

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pter

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th D

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gon

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e H

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fest

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nd-o

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vent

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ear

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nt w

ashe

ld th

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ay o

f fin

al e

xam

s. M

embe

rs

swam

, fis

hed,

pla

yed

volle

ybal

l and

gril

led

ham

burg

ers.

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inco

min

g fr

eshm

an w

ere

invi

ted

to a

ttend

so

they

cou

ld g

et to

know

the

offic

ers

and

mem

bers

, mak

ing

thei

r tr

ansi

tion

to h

igh

scho

ol e

asie

r.D

yers

burg

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hapt

er, T

enne

ssee

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ning

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per

Eth

met

te

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teac

h F

FA

mem

bers

pro

per

tabl

e et

i-qu

ette

bef

ore

the

annu

al p

aren

t/mem

ber

banq

uet,

the

chap

ter

held

an

"FF

A R

oadk

ill

Lunc

h."

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bers

wer

e in

stru

cted

on

prop

-

er m

anne

rs fo

r se

atin

g, ta

ble

setti

ngs,

napk

in u

se, c

onve

rsat

ion,

intr

oduc

tions

and

othe

r ite

ms

in a

hum

orou

s an

d fu

n w

ayB

owlin

g G

reen

FF

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hapt

er, O

hio

ET

A O

lym

pics

As

a w

ay o

f acq

uain

ting

its m

embe

rs a

nd

enco

urag

ing

exer

cise

, the

cha

pter

hos

ted

an F

FA

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mpi

cs T

he e

vent

s co

nsis

ted

of

vario

us r

ecre

atio

nal a

ctiv

ities

suc

h as

trac

-

tor

tugg

ing,

hay

sta

ckin

g, w

ater

rel

ay,

cow

-chi

p to

ssin

g an

d nu

mer

ous

othe

rag

ricul

ture

-rel

ated

spo

rtin

g ev

ents

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th R

owan

FF

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hapt

er, N

orth

Car

olin

a

Div

ersi

ty M

eans

No

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its

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tin L

uthe

r K

ing

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, mem

bers

hel

d

an a

ssem

by a

nd s

elf-

este

em w

orks

hops

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ass

embl

y an

d w

orks

hops

pro

vide

dst

uden

ts w

ith le

ader

ship

trai

ning

,se

lf-

este

em a

nd s

elf-

wor

th s

trat

egie

s, a

ndfo

cuse

d on

div

ersi

ty in

the

loca

l cul

ture

Ye

Im F

FA

Cha

pter

, Was

hing

ton

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Lead

ersh

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ctiv

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hel

p

indi

vidu

als

deve

lop

tech

nica

l,

hum

an r

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ions

and

deci

sion

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ing

skill

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enha

nce

pers

onal

suc

cess

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ersh

ip W

orks

hop

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pter

s fr

om th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

ea b

roug

ht

thei

r of

ficer

team

s an

d ot

her

inte

rest

ed m

em-

bers

to p

artic

ipat

e in

lead

ersh

ip w

orks

hops

.

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eve

nt la

unch

ed w

ith a

gen

eral

gro

up

mee

ting

to m

otiv

ate

mem

bers

and

det

ail t

he

activ

ities

. Var

ious

aw

ards

wer

e pr

esen

ted

by a

stat

e of

ficer

and

the

stat

e F

FA

adv

isor

.

Bow

ling

Gre

en F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

:war

*

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ning

by

Doi

ng

Aw

eek-

long

educ

atio

nal

trip

toW

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C.,

was

org

aniz

ed b

ych

apte

r m

embe

rs. B

efor

e th

e tr

ip, p

artic

-

ipan

ts to

ok a

thre

e-w

eek

sum

mer

sch

ool

hist

ory

clas

s to

lear

n m

ore

abou

t the

area

's h

isto

ry. Gra

nton

FF

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hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Leat

iers

mp

Saf

ety

Aw

aren

ess

Day

sT

his

com

mun

ity's

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ual S

afet

y A

war

enes

s

Day

was

hos

ted

by th

e F

FA

cha

pter

. FF

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mem

bers

pla

nned

, fin

ance

d an

d pr

esen

ted

dem

onst

ratio

ns o

n m

ore

than

16

diffe

rent

agric

ultu

rally

rel

ated

saf

ety

topi

cs to

nea

rly

450

area

ele

men

tary

and

pre

scho

ol s

tude

nts.

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envi

lle F

FA

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pter

, Ohi

o

Mon

thly

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ting

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lvem

ent

Cha

pter

offi

cers

wan

ted

mem

bers

to b

e m

ore

invo

lved

inth

eir

mon

thly

mee

tings

. To

achi

eve

this

, the

offi

cers

reh

ears

ed th

e m

eet-

ings

in a

dvan

ce. A

t eac

h m

eetin

g, th

ey

prov

ided

a fr

ee d

inne

r m

eal,

awar

ded

door

priz

es,

and

inco

rpor

ated

activ

ities

that

requ

ired

grou

p pa

rtic

ipat

ion.

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dditi

on,

stud

ents

who

atte

nded

FF

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eetin

gs e

arne

d

extr

a cr

edit.

Sou

th R

owan

FF

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hapt

er, N

orth

Car

olin

a

PA

LS

Ele

men

tary

teac

hers

iden

tifie

d re

adin

g an

d

the

need

for

posi

tive

role

mod

els

as th

e tw

o

area

s on

whi

ch th

e P

ALS

pro

gram

sho

uld

conc

entr

ate.

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ough

the

year

, the

pro

gram

rais

ed th

e el

emen

tary

rea

ding

rec

over

y st

u-

dent

s' r

eadi

ng s

core

s an

ave

rage

of t

en le

vels

.

rii F

rank

lin F

FA

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pter

, Neb

rask

a

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e fo

r E

xcel

lenc

eT

he M

ade

for

Exc

elle

nce

conf

eren

ce h

as

help

ed c

hapt

er m

embe

rs le

arn

abou

t per

-

sona

l gro

wth

and

how

to a

chie

ve th

eir

goal

s

Dye

rsbu

rg F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

Offi

cer

Tra

inin

g C

amp

The

Uni

vers

al R

opes

Cou

rse

is u

sed

at th

e

offic

er tr

aini

ng c

amp

to d

evel

op s

tude

nt

lead

ersh

ip. T

he s

tude

nts

are

give

n th

e co

n-

cept

of "

chal

leng

e by

cho

ice"

and

enc

oura

ged

to c

ompl

ete

the

obst

acle

sdi

Ste

vens

Poi

nt F

FA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Mor

e Le

ader

ship

Idea

sR

opes

Cou

rse

To

esta

blis

h of

ficer

-mem

ber

rapp

ort a

nd

deve

lop

lead

ersh

ip s

kills

, mem

bers

and

offic

ers

part

icip

ated

ina

rope

s co

urse

.

Par

ticip

ants

had

to u

se p

robl

em-s

olvi

ng

skill

s an

d co

oper

ativ

ely

shar

e id

eas

toac

com

plis

h m

any

of th

e co

urse

obj

ectiv

es.

Indi

an V

alle

y F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Lead

ersh

ip T

rain

ing

All

mem

bers

dev

elop

ed s

kills

by

part

ici-

patin

g in

lead

ersh

ip tr

aini

ng e

vent

s,in

clud

ing

the

natio

nal F

FA

con

vent

ion

sem

inar

s, F

arm

land

You

th L

eade

rshi

pC

onfe

renc

e an

d m

any

othe

r ev

ents

.M

iddl

ebur

g F

FA

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

It

Fra

nklin

FF

A C

hapt

er, N

ebra

ska

Ste

vens

Poi

nt F

FA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Lear

ning

Abo

ut N

utrit

ion

Wor

king

with

the

fam

ily a

nd c

onsu

mer

scie

nce

clas

s,al

lag

ricul

ture

stu

dent

sre

sear

ched

and

pre

sent

ed r

epor

ts p

er-

tain

ing

to th

e ba

sic

food

gro

ups

and

prop

er n

utrit

ion.

Wor

th C

ount

y M

iddl

e S

choo

l FF

A C

hapt

er,

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rgia

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supe

rvis

ed A

gric

ultu

ral E

xper

ienc

e

Sup

ervi

sed

agric

ultu

ral

expe

rienc

e ac

tiviti

es p

ro-

mot

e st

uden

t inv

olve

men

tan

d gr

owth

thro

ugh

agri-

cultu

re-r

elat

ed e

xper

ienc

ean

d/or

ent

repr

eneu

rshi

p.

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l of F

ame

Mem

bers

wer

e in

duct

ed in

to th

e FF

A H

all o

f

Fam

eba

sed

on th

e aw

ards

they

hav

e

rece

ived

. Thi

s al

low

s m

ore

reco

gniti

on f

or

stud

ents

who

exc

el.

Ben

ton

Com

mun

ity F

FA

Cha

pter

, Iow

a

Agr

icul

tura

l Res

earc

hT

he c

hapt

er p

artn

ered

with

The

Ohi

o St

ate

Uni

vers

ity a

nd W

ood

Cou

nty

Soil

and

Wat

er

Con

serv

atio

n D

istr

ict t

o de

velo

p m

embe

rs'

skill

s an

d ex

peri

ence

in ti

mel

y re

sear

ch o

f

agri

cultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n te

chni

ques

. Mem

bers

plan

ted

diff

eren

t plo

ts o

f no

-till

and

con

ven-

tiona

ltil

lage

soyb

eans

and

mad

e

com

pari

sons

. The

y pl

ante

d tr

ees

for

win

d-

brea

ksto

prev

ent

soil

eros

ion,

and

expe

rim

ente

d w

ith d

iffe

rent

spe

cies

, fer

tility

and

grow

th r

ates

.B

owlin

g G

reen

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

SA

E T

echn

olog

y

To

enco

urag

e FF

A m

embe

rs to

dev

elop

SA

Es,

the

chap

ter

has

deve

lope

d a

com

pute

rize

d

SAE

pro

gram

libr

ary

and

has

rece

ived

fun

d-

ing

for

a la

p-to

p co

mpu

ter

with

whi

ch to

cond

uct r

ecor

d-ke

epin

g ac

tiviti

es d

urin

g

hom

e vi

sits

.

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nton

FF

A C

hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Sho

wca

sing

SA

E a

t the

Ban

quet

The

juni

or o

ffic

er te

am p

rodu

ced

a Po

wer

poin

t

pres

enta

tion

of a

ll th

e in

-sch

ool m

embe

rs'

SAE

s an

d pr

esen

ted

it at

the

chap

ter

banq

uet.

Impe

rial F

FA

Cha

pter

, Neb

rask

a

Bui

ldin

g S

AE

s in

the

Gre

enho

use

Mem

bers

wer

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith g

reen

hous

e sp

ace

for

SAE

pro

ject

s. I

nter

view

s w

ere

cond

ucte

d fo

r

a gr

eenh

ouse

sup

ervi

sor.

The

sel

ecte

d su

perv

i-

sor

hire

dse

ven

stud

ent

assi

stan

tsT

hey

prep

ared

for

pla

nt p

rodu

ctio

n an

d sa

les

The

stud

ents

als

o w

inte

red

man

y pl

ants

for

the

publ

ic in

exc

hang

e fo

r cu

tting

s th

at w

ere

mad

e,

grow

n in

to p

lant

s an

d so

ld. M

embe

rs w

ere

allo

wed

to k

eep

80%

of

the

prof

it, a

nd r

ecei

ved

sign

ific

ant i

ncom

e fr

om th

is a

ctiv

ity

di P

ortla

nd F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

Wild

Gam

e B

irds

Tw

enty

-one

stu

dent

s ha

d th

e op

port

unity

to

rais

e an

d re

leas

e at

leas

t 30

gam

e bi

rds

of

thei

r ch

oice

. Thi

s pr

ogra

m in

clud

ed m

em-

bers

and

non

-mem

bers

and

res

ulte

d in

som

e

non-

mem

bers

bec

omin

g ac

tive

FFA

mem

-

bers

. The

stu

dent

s le

arne

d ab

out n

atur

al

reso

urce

man

agem

ent,

faci

lity

man

agem

ent,

habi

tat e

valu

atio

n, h

abita

t im

prov

emen

t and

rele

ase-

site

det

erm

inat

ion.

id P

erha

m F

FA

Cha

pter

, Min

neso

ta

Por

tland

FF

A C

hapt

er, T

enne

ssee

N;V

4S

Per

ham

FF

A C

hapt

er, M

inne

sota

Mor

e S

AE

Idea

sA

gric

ultu

ral J

ob S

hado

ws

Stu

dent

s ex

perie

nced

a v

arie

ty o

f car

eer

field

s in

whi

ch th

ey w

ere

inte

rest

ed b

ysh

adow

ing

prof

essi

onal

s in

the

wor

kpla

ce.

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per

busi

ness

con

duct

skill

sw

ere

acqu

ired

by w

orki

ng w

ith p

rofe

ssio

nals

.P

erry

dale

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

rego

n

Proj

ect S

potli

ght

Pro

ject

Spo

tligh

t rec

ogni

zed

dese

rvin

gst

uden

ts in

thei

r S

AE

are

as. D

urin

g ch

apte

r

mee

tings

, stu

dent

s re

ceiv

ed r

ecog

nitio

nan

d w

ere

aske

d to

mak

e br

ief p

rese

nta-

tions

abo

ut th

eir

SA

Es.

Thi

s ac

tivity

als

ohe

lped

stu

dent

s de

velo

p le

ader

ship

ski

lls

such

as

publ

ic s

peak

ing.

Ste

vens

Poi

nt F

FA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Shin

ing

Star

sM

embe

rs w

ere

enco

urag

ed to

kee

p th

eir

SA

E r

ecor

ds u

p to

dat

e an

d co

mpl

ete

pro-

ficie

ncy

appl

icat

ions

. Thi

s re

sulte

d in

two

dist

rict s

tars

, 15

stat

e pr

ofic

ienc

y w

inne

rs

and

eigh

t sta

te d

egre

e re

cipi

ents

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itzer

land

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nty

FF

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hapt

er, I

ndia

na

Ret

ail S

ale

To

prom

ote

stud

ent i

nvol

vem

ent a

ndgr

owth

, cha

pter

mem

bers

sta

rted

and

pro

-du

ced

tom

ato

and

pepp

er s

eedl

ings

for

reta

il sa

le to

the

gene

ral p

ublic

Indi

an V

alle

y F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

9

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Sch

olar

ship

act

iviti

esde

velo

p a

posi

tive

attit

ude

tow

ard

lifel

ong

lear

ning

expe

rienc

es.

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lege

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rese

ntat

ives

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cha

pter

invi

ted

repr

esen

tativ

es f

rom

col

-

lege

s w

ith a

gric

ultu

re p

rogr

ams

to v

isit

each

agri

cultu

re c

lass

. The

rep

rese

ntat

ives

pro

vid-

ed s

tude

nts

with

info

rmat

ion

to h

elp

them

deci

de o

n a

colle

ge m

ajor

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onoc

oche

ague

/Jam

es B

ucha

nan

FF

A

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

Gra

des

Cou

ntC

hapt

er m

embe

rs w

ho e

arne

d a

3.5

GP

A

or h

ighe

r re

ceiv

ed a

sch

olar

ship

pin

at

the

annu

al b

anqu

et. T

his

effo

rt h

ighl

ight

ed th

e

impo

rtan

ce o

f aca

dem

ic e

xcel

lenc

e to

stu

-

dent

s en

rolle

d in

agr

icul

ture

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peria

l FF

A C

hapt

er, N

ebra

ska

scho

lars

hip

Nat

iona

l FF

A C

aree

r S

how

Man

y m

embe

rs a

ttend

ed th

e na

tiona

l FFA

conv

entio

n an

d th

e ca

reer

sho

w. A

s pa

rt o

f

thei

r tr

ip, t

hey

each

col

lect

ed in

form

atio

n

from

fou

r co

llege

s an

d fi

ve p

rosp

ectiv

e

empl

oyer

exh

ibits

. The

y al

so g

ave

clas

s pr

e-

sent

atio

ns o

n th

eir

expe

rien

ces.

ei P

ortla

nd F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

Rec

ordi

ng A

ccom

plis

hmen

tsT

he c

hapt

er e

ncou

rage

d its

mem

bers

to k

eep

reco

rds

at th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

eir

high

sch

ool

care

er a

nd d

evel

op a

rés

umé

that

wou

ld

help

them

com

plet

e sc

hola

rshi

p ap

plic

atio

ns.

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itage

FF

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hapt

er, I

ndia

na

C-7

,

Por

tland

FF

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hapt

er, T

enne

ssee

Pos

itive

Atti

tude

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deve

lop

a po

sitiv

e at

titud

e to

war

d sc

hol-

arsh

ip,

the

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tC

linto

nFF

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hapt

er

pres

ente

d sc

hola

rshi

p pi

ns a

nd a

cade

mic

awar

ds to

mem

bers

who

atta

ined

cla

ssro

om

exce

llenc

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ast C

linto

n F

FA

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pter

, Ohi

o

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e S

chol

arsh

ip Id

eas

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r T

utor

sF

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mem

bers

ser

ved

as p

eer

tuto

rs fo

rot

her

stud

ents

in th

e sc

hool

, whi

le a

lso

impr

ovin

g th

eir

own

acad

emic

per

form

-an

ce. M

embe

rs w

ith th

e hi

ghes

t aca

dem

ic

aver

ages

wer

e re

cogn

ized

at t

hesc

hool

acad

emic

ban

quet

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orth

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nty

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dle

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ool F

FA

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pter

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ia

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h S

chol

arsh

ips

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hapt

er p

rese

nted

four

$30

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hola

rshi

ps to

its m

embe

rs w

ho w

ere

plan

ning

to a

ttend

col

lege

. FF

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as th

eon

ly o

rgan

izat

ion

in th

e hi

gh s

choo

l tha

t

pres

ente

d ca

sh s

chol

arsh

ips

to s

enio

rs.

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sna

Par

k F

FA

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pter

, Illi

nois

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t Clin

ton

FF

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hapt

er, O

hio

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t Clin

ton

FF

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hapt

er, O

hio

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ng A

cade

mic

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elle

nce

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incr

ease

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num

ber

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chol

arsh

ips

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embe

rs r

ecei

ve, a

sch

olar

ship

wor

k-

shop

was

hel

d. M

embe

rs w

ere

trai

ned

to

use

the

Inte

rnet

to fi

nd a

dditi

onal

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lar-

ship

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ortu

nitie

s.H

erita

ge F

FA

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pter

, Ind

iana

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Agr

icul

tura

l car

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skin

s

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icul

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skill

sac

tiviti

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gric

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l occ

upat

ion

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care

ersk

ills

thro

ugh

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ssiv

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arni

ng e

nviro

nmen

t.

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ropo

nics

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er d

evel

opin

g a

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t, th

e

chap

ter

rece

ived

fun

ding

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ence

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ss d

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ines

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pro

duci

ng a

nd m

arke

t-

ing

hydr

opon

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ly g

row

n to

mat

oes

for

sale

to th

e sc

hool

lunc

h pr

ogra

m.

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rank

lin F

FA

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pter

, Neb

rask

a

psrm

0

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en in

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icul

ture

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fem

ale

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mem

bers

atte

nded

the

2000

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en in

Agr

icul

ture

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fere

nce

to le

arn

mor

e ab

out t

heir

rol

es in

agr

icul

ture

and

the

com

mun

ity D

urin

g th

e co

nfer

ence

, par

ticip

ants

prac

ticed

fir

st a

id te

chni

ques

usi

ng a

dum

my

di O

tseg

o F

FA

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pter

, Ohi

o

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ld tr

ips

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ough

fie

ld tr

ips,

cha

pter

mem

bers

lear

ned

abou

t loc

al a

grib

usin

esse

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d th

e ca

reer

s

they

off

er.

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hapt

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ning

to D

o, E

arni

ng to

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embe

rs w

orke

d co

oper

ativ

ely

with

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d-O

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es to

sel

l ice

cre

am a

t the

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t

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r T

rail

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stu

dent

s le

arne

d ho

w to

wor

k ef

fect

ivel

y w

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e pu

blic

to g

ive

a sa

les

pres

enta

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mak

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sale

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pay

men

t

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r tr

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erha

m F

FA

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pter

, Min

neso

ta

.,

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pter

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r, A

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mor

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out t

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of c

aree

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in m

arke

ting

agric

ultu

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cts.

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roll

FF

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hapt

er, I

llino

is

Car

eer

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ortu

nitie

s

Cha

pter

offi

cers

invi

ted

spea

kers

from

loca

l

agrib

usin

esse

s to

dis

cuss

thei

r ca

reer

s an

d

wha

t stu

dent

s ne

ed to

do

to p

repa

re fo

rsi

mila

r ca

reer

s. T

his

incr

ease

d st

uden

taw

aren

ess

of th

e ag

ricul

tura

l job

s av

aila

ble

and

prov

ided

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pter

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ness

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proc

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gho

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n am

ong

busi

ness

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erry

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hapt

er, O

rego

n

lob

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llow

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ltu r

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reer

s w

ere

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oted

thro

ugh

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b sh

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por-

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ty to

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re c

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rs a

nd

lear

n w

hat i

s in

volv

ed fi

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hapt

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ia

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men

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nts

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h ag

ricul

ture

cla

ss w

as e

ncou

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com

pete

in a

diff

eren

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ders

hip

care

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pmen

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mem

bers

of th

at c

lass

for

the

team

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bers

met

with

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advi

sor

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evie

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Nat

iona

l Cha

pter

Aw

ard

Win

ner

I111

11.0

1r:

31,

"We

put a

lot o

f effo

rt in

to o

ur e

ight

h-gr

ade

lead

ersh

ip n

ight

. It's

a g

reat

way

to g

et e

very

-on

e in

volv

ed a

nd o

ff to

a g

ood

star

t. E

very

one

is a

ssig

ned

to a

PO

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omm

ittee

and

we

wor

kha

rd to

get

eve

ryon

e in

volv

ed. O

nce

a st

uden

tbe

com

es a

ctiv

e, th

ey fe

el li

ke th

ey're

a p

art o

fth

e ch

apte

r, a

nd th

at's

a g

reat

feel

ing.

"S

arah

Elli

s, 2

001-

2002

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t Clin

ton

FF

AC

hapt

er V

ice

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side

nt

Cha

pter

rec

ruitm

ent a

ctiv

ities

incr

ease

agr

icul

tura

l edu

catio

n

enro

llmen

t and

/or

FF

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em-

bers

hip

and

enco

urag

e gr

eate

r

part

icip

atio

n

(

,1

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anci

al a

ctiv

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enc

oura

geth

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finan

cial

man

-ag

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tam

ong

mem

bers

thro

ugh

earn

ings

, sav

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and

inve

stm

ents

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toge

ther

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t Clin

ton

FF

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rs la

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ity p

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1

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lic r

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act

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ro-

mot

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posi

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din

form

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ts, s

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and

mem

bers

.

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and

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2001

Nat

iona

l Cha

pter

Aw

ard

Win

ner

rpe

Eas

t Clin

ton

FFA

Cha

pter

use

s a

"Sta

r

Boa

rd"

to tr

ack

and

enco

urag

e pa

rtic

i-

atio

n. I

n th

e cl

assr

oom

, a b

oard

with

a

list o

f ev

eryo

ne's

nam

e is

dis

play

ed a

long

with

a c

olum

n fo

r ea

ch a

ctiv

ity o

r ev

ent.

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ryon

e w

ho p

artic

ipat

es r

ecei

ves

a st

ar

next

to h

is o

r he

r na

me

in th

e ap

prop

riat

e

colu

mn.

At a

gla

nce,

stu

dent

s ca

n se

e w

ho's

part

icip

atin

g an

d en

cour

age

thos

e w

ho

aren

't to

bec

ome

mor

e in

volv

ed.

"Suc

cess

bre

eds

succ

ess,

" sa

ys K

en F

liehm

an,

Eas

t Clin

ton

FFA

Cha

pter

adv

isor

. "O

nce

a

stud

ent e

xper

ienc

es e

ven

a sm

all t

aste

of

..ucc

ess,

they

will

wan

t to

do m

ore.

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y, in

Mun

i, en

cour

age

othe

rs to

bec

ome

invo

lved

and

the

leve

l of

part

icip

atio

n sn

owba

lls':

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11.\

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i_o.

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cha

pter

hos

ts a

n ei

ghth

-gra

de le

ader

ship

nigh

t to

recr

uit n

ew m

embe

rs. F

FA m

em-

bers

par

ticip

ate

with

gro

ups

of e

ight

h-gr

ade

stud

ents

in a

sca

veng

er h

unt a

nd b

arny

ard

Oly

mpi

cs e

vent

s. T

hen,

a s

hort

pro

gram

intr

oduc

es th

e ei

ghth

-gra

de s

tude

nts

to F

FA

and

info

rmat

ion

pack

ets

are

dist

ribu

ted.

Aft

er th

e pr

ogra

m, d

oor

priz

es a

re d

istr

ib-

uted

and

ever

yone

mak

esth

eir

own

ice-

crea

m s

unda

es.

To

fina

nce

its w

ide

arra

y of

act

iviti

es, t

he

chap

ter

sold

citr

us f

ruit,

app

les

and

popc

orn.

As

an in

cent

ive,

mem

bers

got

to k

eep

a po

r-

tion

of th

e m

oney

they

rai

sed.

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he f

inal

coun

t, in

divi

dual

mem

bers

poc

kete

d m

ore

than

$2,

300,

whi

le th

e ch

apte

r gr

osse

d $3

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0.

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ann

ual p

aren

t-m

embe

r ba

nque

t ser

ves

as

a gr

eat p

ublic

rel

atio

ns to

ol. A

ll 82

cha

pter

mem

bers

rec

eive

d so

me

type

of

reco

gniti

on

in f

ront

of

the

400

gues

ts in

atte

ndan

ce. T

he

audi

ence

incl

uded

sch

ool o

ffic

ials

, loc

al b

usi-

ness

lead

ers,

fac

ulty

and

par

ents

.

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pter

mem

bers

dev

elop

ed th

eir

lead

er-

ship

ski

lls b

y w

orki

ng to

geth

er to

bui

ld a

nd

land

scap

e a

city

par

k. T

hey

grew

pla

nts

in

the

scho

ol g

reen

hous

e an

d pr

epar

ed a

reas

for

plan

ting

as p

art o

f th

is o

ngoi

ng p

roje

ct.

In a

dditi

on to

the

park

, the

stu

dent

s w

orke

d

with

cha

pter

sup

port

gro

ups

to d

evel

op a

com

mun

ity e

duca

tiona

l wet

land

s an

d na

ture

area

in th

e sc

hool

dis

tric

t. St

uden

ts w

orke

d

on th

e w

oode

d ar

ea, c

onst

ruct

ed a

wet

land

s,

seed

ed w

ild f

low

ers,

con

stru

cted

bir

d w

atch

area

s, a

nd b

uilt

a le

arni

ng a

rea

with

ben

ches

Cha

pter

lead

ers

stre

ss th

e im

port

ance

of

pro-

vidi

ng a

ctiv

ities

for

all

stud

ents

and

car

ing

for

each

indi

vidu

al "

Our

FFA

cha

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is li

ke

a bi

g fa

mily

," s

ays

Flie

hman

"W

e lo

ok o

ut f

or

one

anot

her

and

help

our

mem

bers

dev

elop

life

skill

s FF

A c

an d

o so

muc

h by

hel

ping

stud

ents

dev

elop

thei

r se

lf-c

onfi

denc

e an

d

teac

hing

them

how

to s

ucce

ed in

the

real

wor

ld E

ven

whe

n st

uden

ts d

on't

reac

h th

eir

goal

s, th

ey le

arn

valu

able

less

ons

just

by

part

icip

atin

g in

the

proc

ess"

Eas

t Clin

ton

FFA

mem

bers

wor

ked

with

othe

rs in

the

com

mun

ity to

dev

elop

aco

mm

unity

wet

land

s an

d na

ture

are

a.

Wor

king

with

the

loca

l she

riff

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epar

t-m

ent,

mem

bers

fin

gerp

rint

ed m

ore

than

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omet

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rest

for

eve

ryon

e

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Cha

pter

rec

ruitm

ent

activ

ities

incr

ease

agr

icul

-tu

ral e

duca

tion

enro

llmen

tan

d/or

FF

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embe

rshi

pan

d en

cour

age

grea

ter

part

icip

atio

n.

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ber

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htT

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her

with

the

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re H

omem

aker

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eric

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e C

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rk F

FA C

hapt

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a "n

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ight

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mem

bers

wer

e

invi

ted

toa

pork

bar

bequ

e di

nner

and

plan

ned

activ

ities

. Thi

s w

as a

gre

at w

ay to

get

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new

mem

bers

invo

lved

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info

rmed

abo

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e or

gani

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ctiv

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issn

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ark

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hapt

er, I

llino

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Big

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ther

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d B

ig S

iste

rsO

lder

mem

bers

ser

ved

as m

ento

rs f

oryo

unge

r m

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rs to

hel

p ne

w a

nd c

urre

ntm

embe

rs s

tay

orga

nize

d T

he p

airs

cre

at-

ed n

oteb

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con

tain

ing

the

stud

ent

hand

book

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pter

con

stitu

tion,

PO

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phon

e tr

ee, m

erit

poin

t lis

t, ca

lend

ar o

fev

ents

, SA

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oks

and

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s no

tes.

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ticel

lo F

FA

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pter

, Iow

a

chap

ter

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ruitm

ent

Rec

ruitm

ent

Cha

pter

rec

ruitm

ent e

ffor

ts in

clud

ed te

am-

build

ing

activ

ities

, a to

ur o

f th

e ag

ricu

lture

depa

rtm

ent,

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

agr

icul

-

ture

cur

ricu

lum

and

FFA

pro

gram

s an

d

awar

ds. C

onoc

oche

ague

/Jam

es B

ucha

nan

FF

A

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

Min

i-PE

AK

Con

fere

nce

The

off

icer

team

pla

nned

a c

onfe

renc

e fo

r

juni

or h

igh

stud

ents

. The

y ho

sted

thre

e se

s-

sion

s: T

eam

wor

k ch

alle

nge,

whe

re s

tude

nts

wer

e gi

ven

a ce

rtai

n am

ount

of

supp

lies

and

had

to d

evel

op a

fly

ing

airp

lane

; FFA

-Who

Wan

ts to

Be

a M

illio

nair

e, p

rovi

ded

FFA

info

rmat

ion

to s

tude

nts;

and

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onal

Succ

ess

Infu

entia

l Peo

ple,

mad

e st

uden

ts

real

ize

who

infl

uenc

es th

em. T

his

even

t

help

ed tr

emen

dous

ly w

ith r

ecru

itmen

t.F

rank

lin F

FA

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pter

, Neb

rask

a

past

ure

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fT

o ac

quai

nt n

ew m

embe

rs w

ith c

hapt

er o

ffi-

cers

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eof

fice

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lda

past

ure

golf

tour

nam

ent.

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bers

teed

off

whi

le s

tand

-

ing

on a

bal

e of

hay

, chi

pped

into

the

win

dmill

tank

, avo

ided

san

d tr

aps,

trie

d to

mis

s m

ovin

g ca

rs a

long

the

stre

et, a

nd n

avi-

gate

d a

vari

ety

of o

ther

haz

ards

on

the

nine

-hol

e co

urse

.di

Impe

rial F

FA

Cha

pter

, Neb

rask

a

Agr

icul

tura

l Car

eer

Day

FFA

mem

bers

pro

vide

d ha

nds-

on a

ctiv

ities

in th

e na

tura

l res

ourc

es la

b fo

r vi

sitin

g 8t

h

grad

ers.

The

FFA

mem

bers

pre

sent

ed e

duca

-

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n an

d ex

plai

ned

how

it f

its

in w

ith a

gric

ultu

re a

nd e

xciti

ng c

aree

rs.

M B

owlin

g G

reen

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

Mor

e C

hapt

er R

ecru

itmen

t Ide

asP

roje

ct in

itiat

ion

The

cha

pter

impl

emen

ted

a le

ader

ship

prog

ram

cal

led

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ect I

nitia

tion

focu

sed

on p

erso

nal d

evel

opm

ent,

inte

rper

sona

lco

mm

unic

atio

n sk

ills

and

team

-bui

ldin

g.A

ctiv

ities

incl

uded

var

ious

rac

es, a

n ob

sta-

cle

cour

se a

nd a

pig

cat

ch. M

ore

than

200

mem

bers

and

new

rec

ruits

atte

nded

the

even

t.T

he p

rogr

am c

oncl

uded

with

aha

yrid

e an

d bo

nfir

e co

okou

t.S

teve

ns P

oint

FF

A C

hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Mem

bers

hip

Driv

eC

hapt

er o

ffic

ers

gave

pre

sent

atio

ns o

n th

eop

port

uniti

es in

FFA

to a

ll st

uden

ts d

urin

gth

eir

hom

eroo

m p

erio

d. T

he o

ffic

ers

dis-

trib

uted

a m

embe

rshi

p pa

ckag

e, w

hich

incl

uded

a f

ree

trip

to th

e Su

nbel

t Exp

o.W

orth

Cou

nty

Mid

dle

Sch

ool F

FA

Cha

pter

, Geo

rgia

Impe

rial F

FA

Cha

pter

, Neb

rask

a

;-

Bow

ling

Gre

en F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Stm

lent

Pla

nner

sM

embe

rs d

evel

oped

a p

lann

er w

ith in

for-

mat

iona

l pag

es a

bout

FFA

, and

pro

vide

d it

to a

ll st

uden

ts o

n th

e hi

gh s

choo

l cam

pus

as

a w

ay to

gai

n ad

ditio

nal e

xpos

ure

for

FFA

.Y

e Im

FF

A C

hapt

er, W

ashi

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anci

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Fin

anci

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ctiv

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rift a

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nanc

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mon

g m

embe

rsth

roug

h ea

rnin

gs, s

avin

gsan

d in

vest

men

ts.

Pop

corn

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chap

ter

plan

ted,

harv

este

dan

d

proc

esse

d po

pcor

n to

lear

n ho

w to

dev

elop

a m

arke

ting

plan

and

sel

l a p

rodu

ct. A

s a

part

of

the

proj

ect,

mem

bers

cal

cula

ted

inpu

t

cost

s an

d ex

pect

ed in

com

e.H

erita

ge F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ind

iana

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ticul

ture

and

Flo

ricul

ture

End

eavo

rs P

ay O

ff

Mem

bers

gai

ned

expe

rien

ce in

pro

duct

ion,

mar

ketin

g,ad

vert

isin

g an

dsa

les

skill

s

thro

ugh

orga

nizi

ng p

lant

sal

es a

nd c

on-

stru

ctin

g an

d m

arke

ting

flor

alite

ms.

The

chap

ter

has

also

dev

elop

ed a

uni

que

parn

er-

ship

with

the

Nis

qual

lyT

ribe

,w

hich

purc

hase

s de

cora

tive

flor

al b

aske

ts f

rom

the

chap

ter

for

its c

asin

o en

tran

ce. T

he tr

ibe

also

purc

hase

s a

mai

nten

ance

con

trac

t for

mem

-

bers

to c

are

for

the

plan

ts a

t the

cas

ino

duri

ng th

e sp

ring

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sum

mer

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e Im

FF

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hapt

er, W

ashi

ngto

n

Fru

it S

ales

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ntiv

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ince

ntiv

e to

incr

ease

sal

es v

olum

e,

afte

r a

mem

ber

sold

fiv

e bo

xes

of f

ruit,

he

or

she

rece

ived

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on o

f $1

per

box

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peria

l FF

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hapt

er, N

ebra

ska

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ctor

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lT

he A

dam

s C

entr

al F

FA C

hapt

er h

olds

an

annu

al tr

acto

r pu

ll. T

hey

have

sev

en c

lass

es

of a

ntiq

ue tr

acto

rs a

nd th

ree

clas

ses

of f

arm

stoc

k tr

acto

rs. M

embe

rs h

andl

e al

l asp

ects

of

the

pull,

fro

m o

rgan

izat

ion,

pro

mot

ion,

and

even

t res

pons

ibili

ties

such

as

wei

gh -

in, c

on-

cess

ions

and

aw

ards

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dam

s C

entr

al F

FA

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pter

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iana

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us S

ales

for

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rity

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er s

ellin

g m

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citr

us

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t, th

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apte

r w

as a

ble

to d

onat

e 40

box

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of f

ruit

to th

e A

mer

ican

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ion'

s fo

od d

nve

id S

witz

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nd C

ount

y F

FA

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pter

, Ind

iana

e

4

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ms

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tral

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pter

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iana

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land

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nty

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hapt

er, I

ndia

na

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e F

inan

cial

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all B

usin

ess

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rs d

evel

oped

the

adve

rtis

emen

ts,

desi

gned

ord

er fo

rms,

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kage

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istr

ib-

uted

, col

lect

ed m

oney

and

bal

ance

d th

ebo

oks

for

all F

FA

fund

rais

ers.

Thi

s he

lped

stud

ents

of a

ll gr

ade

leve

ls d

evel

op s

kills

for

oper

atin

g a

busi

ness

.S

teve

ns P

oint

FF

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hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Shoo

ts n

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outs

Cha

pter

mem

bers

org

aniz

ed a

nd o

pera

t-ed

a b

usin

ess

selli

ng v

ario

us p

lant

s fo

rM

othe

r's D

ay. T

hey

elec

ted

man

ager

s fo

r

finan

ce, p

rodu

ctio

n an

d m

arke

ting.

The

even

sol

d sh

ares

of s

tock

in th

e co

mpa

ny

to g

ener

ate

reve

nue,

and

the

mem

bers

rece

ived

an

85%

ret

urn

on th

eir

inve

st-

men

t.In

dian

Val

ley

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hapt

er, O

hio

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ing

Mon

ey

Cha

pter

mem

bers

sol

d be

ef je

rkey

, can

dy,

ham

s an

d tu

rkey

s to

rai

se fu

nds

for

the

chap

ter.

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th C

ount

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e S

choo

l FF

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hapt

er,

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rgia

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use

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pera

tive

Stu

dent

s le

arne

d to

man

age

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ofita

ble

busi

ness

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chap

ter's

gre

en-

hous

e co

oper

ativ

e, th

ey g

rew

and

sol

dbe

ddin

g pl

ants

and

poi

nset

tias

to th

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mm

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dditi

on, t

hey

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blis

hed

a

who

lesa

le b

usin

ess

serv

ing

loca

lflo

ral

shop

s

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ticel

lo F

FA

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pter

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a

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ar-

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ter

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icul

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arm

ers,

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busi

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ter

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ter

mem

bers

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ived

med

ia tr

aini

ng a

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ll be

cam

e re

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cal n

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pter

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bers

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gra

nts

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mun

ity s

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rt to

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d fo

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dona

te h

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tate

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so a

ssis

ted.

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sho

rn h

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don

ated

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n or

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zatio

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at m

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r ch

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a P

ark

FF

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hapt

er, I

llino

is

Ligh

ts, C

amer

a, A

ctio

n!T

he c

hapt

er r

egul

arly

sen

ds n

ews

rele

ases

to

loca

l med

ia. A

s a

resu

lt, th

e m

edia

cov

ers

man

y FF

A e

vent

s th

roug

hout

the

year

.di

Ste

vens

Poi

nt F

FA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

FF

A S

uppo

rter

s' P

icni

c

Mem

bers

pre

pare

d a

picn

ic to

sho

w th

e

com

mun

ity th

e ch

apte

r's a

ppre

ciat

ion

for

its

supp

ort o

f th

e FF

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rogr

am. T

hey

deliv

ered

a br

ief

sum

mar

y of

the

vari

ous

activ

ities

they

had

com

plet

ed, a

nd p

rese

nted

cer

tific

ates

to

the

supp

orte

rs.

Clin

ton

Cen

tral

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

ndia

na

Mor

e P

ublic

Rel

atio

ns Id

eas

Flo

wer

Pla

nter

s

Mem

bers

bui

lt ce

dar

flow

er b

oxes

to b

em

aint

aine

d by

bus

ines

ses,

and

rep

aire

dm

any

of th

e w

oode

n tr

ash

can

rece

ptac

les

on M

ain

Str

eet.

McC

ook

Cen

tral

FF

A C

hapt

er, S

outh

Dak

ota

*

Tec

hnol

ogy

Pro

gram

FF

A m

embe

rs h

elpe

d th

e S

tate

Far

mS

how

ven

dors

dem

onst

rate

the

uses

of

com

pute

rs w

ithin

the

field

of a

gric

ultu

re.

Mem

bers

ass

iste

d fa

rm s

how

par

ticip

ants

with

ope

ratin

g co

mpu

ters

and

usi

ng th

eIn

tern

et. M

iddl

ebur

g F

FA

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

FF

A A

ctiv

ities

Boo

klet

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cha

pter

dev

elop

ed a

ste

p-by

-ste

p FF

A

Act

iviti

es B

ookl

et to

info

rm th

e pu

blic

of

chap

ter

acco

mpl

ishm

ents

. The

boo

klet

con

-

tain

sa

deta

iled

desc

ript

ion

of c

hapt

er

acco

mpl

ishm

ents

in c

aree

r de

velo

pmen

t

even

ts a

nd o

ther

act

iviti

es, a

nd w

as d

istr

ib-

uted

to g

uest

s at

the

FFA

ban

quet

.

Con

ococ

heag

ue/J

ames

Buc

hana

n F

FA

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

I.Y

.=

Ste

vens

Poi

nt F

FA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Har

vest

Fes

t

Cha

pter

mem

bers

hon

ored

and

initi

ated

Gre

enha

nd a

nd C

hapt

er F

FA

Deg

ree

reci

pien

ts a

nd th

eir

pare

nts

durin

g a

Har

vest

Fes

t in

Sep

tem

ber.

Par

ticip

ants

also

lear

ned

abou

t qua

lity

prod

uce

from

the

Hay

, Gra

in a

nd H

ortic

ultu

re S

how

,w

hich

was

hel

d in

con

junc

tion

with

the

Har

vest

Fes

t.M

ontic

ello

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

owa

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A F

lag

Flo

wn

To

keep

the

publ

ic in

form

ed d

urin

g sp

ecia

l

prom

otio

n w

eeks

, mem

bers

fle

w th

e FF

A f

lag

in f

ront

of

the

scho

ol. T

he e

vent

s w

ere

also

anno

unce

d to

the

scho

ol.

Gre

envi

lle F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Nat

iona

l FF

A W

eek

Dur

ing

Nat

iona

l FFA

Wee

k, th

e lo

cal d

aily

new

spap

er p

ublis

hed

an e

ight

-pag

e FF

A

inse

rt h

ighl

ight

ing

the

chap

ter's

acc

ompl

ish-

men

ts. T

he c

hapt

er p

rovi

ded

info

rmat

ion

and

stor

ies

for

the

new

spap

er s

taff

.D

yers

burg

FF

A C

hapt

er, T

enne

ssee

Fac

ulty

Bre

akfa

stD

urin

g N

atio

nal F

FA W

eek,

the

chap

ter

pre-

pare

s a

brea

kfas

t for

all

staf

f an

d em

ploy

ees

of th

e hi

gh s

choo

l, ar

ea a

dmin

istr

ator

s an

d

boar

d m

embe

rs.

ti E

ast C

linto

n F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Cha

pter

Web

Pag

e

Mem

bers

dev

elop

ed a

cha

pter

web

page

to k

eep

FFA

mem

bers

, par

ents

, alu

mni

and

com

mun

ity s

uppo

rter

s up

date

d on

the

chap

ter's

act

iviti

es.

Mon

ticel

lo F

FA

Cha

pter

, Iow

a

6011

1 A

nniv

ersa

ry B

anqu

et

For

the

60th

Ann

iver

sary

Ban

quet

, the

chap

ter

crea

ted

a hi

stor

ical

boo

klet

and

vide

o de

pict

ing

chap

ter

and

mem

ber

acco

mpl

ishm

ents

ove

r th

e pa

st 6

0 ye

ars.

Gra

nton

FF

A C

hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Pub

lic R

elat

ions

Agr

icul

ture

for

a C

hang

ing

Wor

ldM

embe

rs in

form

ed th

e pu

blic

, you

ng a

nd

old,

of

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f ag

ricu

lture

in o

ur

econ

omy

and

thei

r liv

es. C

hapt

er m

embe

rs

prom

oted

Wis

cons

in a

gric

ultu

re a

nd th

e

Nat

iona

l FFA

Org

aniz

atio

n at

are

a bu

sine

sses

.B

loom

er F

FA

Cha

pter

, Wis

cons

in

Kid

die

Ped

al P

ull

The

cha

pter

pro

mot

ed a

nd f

acili

tate

d th

ree

kidd

ie tr

acto

r pu

lls d

urin

g th

e su

mm

er to

incr

ease

com

mun

ity e

xpos

ure

for

the

FFA

.ri

Ots

ego

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

FF

A W

eek

Mem

bers

pre

sent

ed a

30-

min

ute

live

pres

en-

tatio

n on

a lo

cal r

adio

sta

tion

for

Nat

iona

l

FFA

Wee

k. T

he p

rese

ntat

ion

high

light

ed th

e

FFA

and

the

activ

ities

bei

ng a

ccom

plis

hed.

The

cha

pter

als

o pr

esen

ted

a ca

ke to

the

scho

ol's

teac

hers

to th

ank

them

for

thei

r

supp

ort.

Sou

th R

owan

FF

A C

hapt

er, N

orth

Car

olin

a

Eas

t Clin

ton

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

Blo

omer

FF

A C

hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Mor

e P

ublic

Rel

atio

ns Id

eas

Pro

ject

Info

rmA

maj

or g

oal f

or th

e pu

blic

ity c

omm

ittee

was

to h

ave

at le

ast 3

0 ne

wsp

aper

art

icle

s pu

b-lis

hed

abou

t the

cha

pter

dur

ing

the

year

. By

wor

king

with

the

loca

l med

ia a

nd p

rovi

ding

timel

y in

form

atio

n, a

tota

l of

47 a

rtic

les

wer

e

publ

ishe

d in

var

ious

new

spap

ers.

Gar

rets

on F

FA

Cha

pter

, Sou

th D

akot

a

Dre

ss-U

p D

ays

The

cha

pter

org

aniz

ed th

emed

dre

ss-u

pda

ys d

urin

g N

atio

nal F

FA W

eek.

Stu

dent

s(m

embe

rs a

nd n

on-m

embe

rs)

dres

sed

upon

the

diff

eren

t day

s of

the

wee

k. T

heth

emes

incl

uded

blu

e an

d go

ld, f

arm

er,

over

alls

and

hat

day

.S

outh

Row

an F

FA

Cha

pter

, Nor

th C

arol

ina

Ots

ego

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

Sou

th R

owan

FF

A C

hapt

er, N

orth

Car

olin

a

Par

ent-

Mem

ber

Ban

quet

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par

ent-

mem

ber

banq

uet i

nvol

ved

all

82 c

hapt

er m

embe

rs a

nd 4

00 g

uest

s,in

clud

ing

scho

ol o

ffic

ials

, bus

ines

ses,

fac

-ul

ty a

nd p

aren

ts. T

o en

sure

wid

espr

ead

mem

ber

reco

gniti

on,

all

rece

ived

som

ety

pe o

f an

aw

ard

for

thei

r pa

rtic

ipat

ion

Eas

t Clin

ton

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

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ip a

ctiv

ities

deve

lop

team

wor

k an

dco

oper

ativ

e sk

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r of

ficer

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omm

it-te

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nd m

embe

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t the

Cap

itol

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cted

off

icia

ls f

rom

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men

t and

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ture

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gric

ultu

rean

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ural

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elop

men

t, an

d K

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catio

n Fi

nanc

e

com

mitt

ees

wer

e in

vite

d to

sha

re id

eas

with

stud

ents

in a

n in

form

al f

orum

. Stu

dent

s m

et

with

legi

slat

ors

to d

iscu

ss c

urre

nt is

sues

as

wel

l as

pres

ent t

heir

con

cern

s on

pen

ding

legi

slat

ion.

Mor

e th

an 1

20 F

FA m

embe

rs

from

acr

oss

the

stat

e pa

rtic

ipat

ed. T

hePe

rham

FFA

Cha

pter

org

aniz

ed a

nd f

acili

tat-

ed th

is s

tate

wid

e ev

ent.

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ham

FF

A C

hapt

er, M

inne

sota

16.6 Lea

ders

hip

Tra

inin

g Sc

hool

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cha

pter

var

sity

offi

cers

and

gre

en-

hand

s at

tend

ed a

lead

ersh

ip tr

aini

ngsc

hool

. The

re w

ere

man

y w

orks

hops

and

it

gave

gre

enha

nds

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

mee

tan

d in

tera

ct w

ith o

ther

FF

A m

embe

rs.

Mt.

Car

roll

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

llino

is

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ersh

ipC

hapt

er C

onve

ntio

nT

he C

hapt

er C

onve

ntio

n al

low

ed m

embe

rs

to d

evel

op le

ader

ship

ski

lls a

nd p

ract

ice

for

care

er d

evel

opm

ent e

vent

s in

a f

orm

at s

imi-

lar

to th

e di

stri

ct a

nd s

tate

com

petit

ions

.

Cha

pter

off

icer

s se

lect

ed y

oung

er m

embe

rs

and

wor

ked

toge

ther

on

diff

eren

t com

mit-

tees

to m

ake

sure

all

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

wer

e

met

. Sta

te o

ffic

ers

wer

e in

vite

d to

hos

t bre

ak-

out s

essi

ons

and

pres

ent t

eam

-bui

ldin

g sk

ill

sess

ions

sim

ilar

to th

e st

ate

lead

ersh

ip c

amp.

tiH

erita

ge F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ind

iana

Bar

nyar

d Z

ooSt

uden

ts in

vite

d da

y-ca

re c

ente

r at

tend

ees,

kind

erga

rten

thro

ugh

sixt

h gr

ade

clas

ses,

high

sch

ool a

gric

ultu

re c

lass

es a

nd c

omm

u-

nity

mem

bers

to a

ttend

the

barn

yard

zoo

.

Part

icip

ants

wer

e ab

le to

pet

the

anim

als,

and

mem

bers

gav

e a

safe

ty d

emon

stra

tion

tour

that

cov

ered

the

dang

ers

and

safe

ty p

reca

u-

tions

nee

ded

whe

n w

orki

ng w

ith o

r ar

ound

trac

tors

and

ele

ctri

city

.

Mt.

Car

roll

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

llino

is

Her

itage

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

ndia

na

Cha

pter

Offi

cer

Ret

reat

Impe

rial

FFA

off

icer

s w

ork

on th

eir

POA

dur

-

ing

an o

ffic

er r

etre

at.

di Im

peria

l FF

A C

hapt

er, N

ebra

ska

Mor

e Le

ader

ship

Idea

sPa

rent

/Mem

ber

Ban

quet

Offi

cers

and

mem

bers

pra

ctic

ed a

ndde

mon

stra

ted

thei

r le

ader

ship

ski

lls a

s th

ey

plan

ned,

coo

rdin

ated

and

con

duct

ed th

e

annu

al c

hapt

er b

anqu

et. P

lann

ing

star

ted

wel

l ahe

ad o

f tim

e as

com

mitt

ees

wer

efo

rmed

to o

rgan

ize

each

are

a of

the

even

t.S

outh

Row

an F

FA

Cha

pter

, Nor

th C

arol

ina

Lea

ders

hip

Poin

tsT

hrou

gh a

chap

ter

conf

eren

ce, t

he o

ffice

rs

and

mem

bers

dev

elop

ed a

lead

ersh

ippo

int s

yste

m, w

hich

was

ben

efic

ial i

n el

ect-

ing

chap

ter

offic

ers.

Sw

itzer

land

Cou

nty

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

ndia

na

MI

E.

Mt.

Car

roll

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

llino

is

hn.e

nal F

FA

Cha

ter,

Neb

rask

a

Lea

ders

hip

Dev

elop

men

t Pro

gram

The

cha

pter

offi

cers

set

goa

ls th

ey fe

el w

ill

help

the

chap

ter

and

its m

embe

rs r

ecei

ve

the

grea

test

ben

efit

thro

ugh

FF

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ader

-sh

ipop

port

uniti

es,

then

wor

kto

impl

emen

t the

act

iviti

es r

equi

red

to m

eet

the

goal

s. T

his

prog

ram

hel

ps m

embe

rsde

velo

p th

eir

full

pote

ntia

l.B

ento

n C

omm

unity

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A C

hapt

er, I

owa

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lop

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ns a

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e F

FA

, par

ents

, com

mu-

nity

lead

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and

indu

stry

.

Alu

mni

The

cha

pter

hos

ted

mee

tings

to d

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ther

e w

as e

noug

h in

tere

st to

sta

rt a

n al

umni

affil

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effo

rt r

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s an

affil

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form

ed.

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hapt

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ls o

n M

ain

Str

eet

Thr

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this

proj

ect,

chap

ter

mem

bers

help

ed a

rea

prod

ucer

s di

spla

y th

eir

pure

-

bred

bul

ls a

nd h

eife

rs. T

he e

vent

pro

vide

d a

low

-cos

t for

um th

roug

h w

hich

loca

l bre

ed-

ers

coul

d m

arke

t the

ir pu

rebr

ed c

attle

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rank

lin F

FA

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pter

, Neb

rask

a

Fire

Pre

vent

ion

Tra

inin

gS

tude

nts

wor

ked

with

the

loca

l fire

dep

art-

men

t and

em

erge

ncy

med

ical

tech

nici

ans

to

deve

lop

and

deliv

er s

afet

y pr

ogra

ms

for

ele-

men

tary

stu

dent

s. T

he p

rogr

am in

clud

ed

tour

s of

the

fireh

ouse

and

am

bula

nce,

a

post

er c

onte

st a

nd p

rese

ntat

ions

on

fire

safe

-

ty. T

he lo

cal n

ewsp

aper

cov

ered

the

prog

ram

and

ran

a ph

oto

on th

e fr

ont p

age.

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sna

Par

k F

FA

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pter

, Illi

nois

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catio

nal W

etla

nd a

nd N

atur

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rea

FF

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rs d

evel

oped

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omm

unity

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-

catio

nal w

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nd a

nd n

atur

e ar

ea in

the

scho

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stric

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tude

nts

wor

ked

on th

e

woo

ded

area

and

con

stru

cted

a w

etla

nd,

seed

ed w

ild fl

ower

s, c

onst

ruct

ed b

ird w

atch

area

s an

d a

lear

ning

are

a w

ith b

ench

es.

Eas

t Clin

ton

FF

A C

hapt

er, O

hio

Sig

natu

res

of S

ucce

ssT

he c

hapt

er w

ante

d to

rec

ogni

ze F

FA

alu

mni

,

so th

e m

embe

rs p

repa

red

a fa

ir bo

oth

exhi

bit

that

hig

hlig

hted

alu

mni

mem

bers

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ispl

ayed

vario

us a

lum

ni p

ictu

res,

quo

tes

abou

t how

the

FF

A a

nd a

gric

ultu

re c

lass

es h

ad m

ade

a po

si-

tive

impa

ct o

n th

eir

lives

, and

sig

natu

res

Pas

t

editi

ons

of F

FA

mag

azin

es w

ere

also

dis

play

ed

Alu

mni

mem

bers

enj

oyed

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

reco

nnec

t with

FF

A.

id P

ortla

nd F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

lack

-n-t

he-B

eans

talk

The

cha

pter

pre

sent

edth

e Ja

ck-n

-the

-

Bea

nsta

lk s

tory

to y

oung

chi

ldre

n to

inte

ract

and

teac

h th

em m

ore

abou

t gro

win

g pl

ants

and

how

to c

are

for

them

. Afte

r th

e pr

esen

-

tatio

n, m

embe

rs a

ssis

ted

the

child

ren

in

plan

ting

seed

s to

take

hom

e an

d gr

ow, a

nd

prov

ided

info

rmat

ion

abou

t agr

icul

ture

and

FF

A to

the

pare

nts.

di S

witz

erla

nd C

ount

y F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ind

iana

IES

TO

MF

ET

T

OU

TtlI

ES

ULT

S IV

IM A

IN r

nies

TA

I

r.P.

.7-f

f

Por

tland

FF

A C

hapt

er, T

enne

ssee

Sw

ttzer

land

Cou

nty

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

ndia

na

Mor

e S

uppo

rt G

roup

Idea

sB

usin

ess

of th

e M

onth

Pro

gram

Eac

h m

onth

, a b

usin

ess

was

sel

ecte

d as

the

"FF

A B

usin

ess

of th

e M

onth

" ba

sed

on s

up-

port

pro

vide

d to

the

chap

ter.

Bus

ines

ses

rece

ived

cer

tific

ates

and

not

ices

wer

e pr

int-

ed in

the

loca

l new

spap

er.

Gar

rets

on F

FA

Cha

pter

, Sou

th D

akot

a

Nat

iona

l Far

m S

afet

y W

eek

Cam

paig

n

The

cha

pter

hos

ted

a w

eek-

long

, sch

ool-

wid

eN

atio

nal

Far

mS

afet

yW

eek

Cam

paig

n. T

he c

ampa

ign

feat

ured

bul

letin

boar

ds, p

ublic

add

ress

ann

ounc

emen

ts,

vide

os a

nd p

oste

rs fo

ral

lst

uden

ts in

grad

es K

-12.

Gra

nton

FF

A C

hapt

er, W

isco

nsin

Bar

bequ

e

The

FF

A w

orke

d co

oper

ativ

ely

with

the

Gre

envi

lle F

FA

Alu

mni

to c

ondu

ct th

ean

nual

Chi

cken

/Por

k C

hop

Bar

bequ

eM

ore

than

1,5

00 m

eals

wer

e so

ld T

hepr

ofits

wer

e us

ed to

sup

port

cha

pter

mem

-

bers

thro

ugh

scho

lars

hips

, tra

vel e

xpen

ses

and

equi

pmen

t. Gre

envi

lle F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

Fam

ily F

un N

ight

All

new

mem

bers

and

thei

r pa

rent

s w

ere

enco

urag

ed to

atte

nd a

fam

ily fu

n ni

ght

Dur

ing

this

eve

nt, o

ffice

rs m

ade

four

, 15-

min

ute

pres

enta

tions

that

incl

uded

hand

s-on

act

iviti

es T

his

even

t inf

orm

edgu

ests

of F

FA

opp

ortu

nitie

s as

wel

l as

pro-

vide

d a

lead

ersh

ip e

xper

ienc

e fo

r ch

apte

r

offic

ers

It al

so e

ncou

rage

d ne

w m

embe

rs

to b

ecom

e m

ore

invo

lved

in F

FA

Indi

an V

alle

y F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ohi

o

19 1111

0,

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2001

Nat

iona

l Cha

pter

Aw

ard

Win

ner

r*r)

ia_1

1M3

"Pro

vide

a w

ide

varie

ty o

f act

iviti

es to

inte

rest

stud

ents

. Diff

eren

t peo

ple

enjo

y di

ffere

nt th

ings

By

dive

rsify

ing

your

act

iviti

es, y

ou'll

mee

t mor

epe

ople

's n

eeds

. Plu

s, m

ake

a co

nsci

ous

effo

rt to

mak

e th

ings

fun.

"K

rista

McD

owel

l, 20

01-2

002

Per

ryda

le F

FA

Cha

pter

Pre

side

nt

mak

es ii

Eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

impr

ove

the

econ

omic

wel

fare

of t

he c

orn-

mun

ity

fr3.

1,Q

mjo

ii

Env

ironm

enta

l act

iviti

es p

re-

serv

ena

tura

lre

sour

ces

and

deve

lop

mor

e en

viro

nmen

tally

resp

onsi

ble

indi

vidu

als.

For

a d

onat

ion

of n

o le

ss th

an $

5, c

omm

unity

mem

bers

cou

ld s

end

a liv

e

pig

to a

love

d on

e (o

r no

t so

love

d on

e) a

t the

ir pl

ace

of w

ork

Thi

s pe

rson

coul

d al

so "

pass

the

pig"

alo

ng to

som

eone

els

e, fo

r th

e sa

me

smal

l fee

A"P

ass

the

Pig

" H

eadq

uart

ers

was

est

ablis

hed

so p

eopl

e w

ho h

eard

adv

er-

tisem

ents

on

the

radi

o or

tele

visi

on c

ould

cal

l in

with

ord

ers

for

pigs

to b

ese

nt to

des

ired

loca

tions

Offi

cers

and

mem

bers

wor

ked

toge

ther

to p

lan

and

orga

nize

this

fund

rais

ing

activ

ity d

urin

g N

atio

nal F

FA

Wee

k T

he c

hap-

ter

gain

ed e

xpos

ure

thro

ugh

tele

visi

on a

nd r

adio

, and

lear

ned

prop

erte

chni

ques

in s

ellin

g th

eir

prod

uct a

nd b

usin

ess

man

agem

ent

Hum

anre

sour

ces

activ

ities

impr

ove

the

wel

fare

and

wel

lbe

ing

of m

embe

rs a

nd c

itize

ns

of th

e co

mm

unity

.

Citi

zens

hip

activ

ities

pro

mot

ean

d en

cour

age

mem

bers

tobe

com

e ac

tive,

invo

lved

citi

zens

of th

eir

scho

ol, c

omm

unity

and

coun

try.

Agr

icul

tura

l aw

aren

ess

activ

i-tie

s he

lp th

e pu

blic

bec

ome

bette

r in

form

ed a

bout

the

food

syst

em a

nd r

elat

ed a

gric

ultu

ral

issu

es.

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Bui

ldin

g on

the

past

is o

ne k

ey to

suc

-

cess

in P

erry

dale

, Ore

gon.

"W

e do

n't t

ry

to s

tart

fro

m s

crat

ch e

very

yea

r,"

says

Kir

k H

utch

inso

n, a

dvis

or. "

Whe

n th

e m

em-

bers

sit

dow

n in

the

fall

and

deve

lop

thei

r

POA

, I e

ncou

rage

them

to in

clud

e so

me

tra-

ditio

nal e

vent

s an

d m

ix in

a f

ew n

ew th

ings

.

Tra

ditio

nal e

vent

s ha

ve a

hug

e im

pact

on

the

stud

ents

and

the

com

mun

ity. F

irst

, the

y ha

ve

a m

odel

to f

ollo

w; t

hey

don'

t hav

e to

bui

ld

ever

ythi

ng f

rom

the

grou

nd u

p. P

lus,

you

gain

con

tinui

ty a

nd p

eopl

e in

the

com

mun

i-

ty lo

ok f

orw

ard

to p

artic

ipat

ing'

:

The

PO

A a

lso

need

sto

befl

exib

le.

Hut

chin

son

enco

urag

es c

hapt

ers

to ta

ke

adva

ntag

es o

f op

port

uniti

es th

at p

rese

nt

them

selv

es. "

The

PO

A is

just

a p

lan

and

you

shou

ld f

eel f

ree

to d

iver

ge f

rom

it w

hen

an

2001

Nat

iona

l Cha

pter

Aw

ard

Win

ner

oppo

rtun

ity c

omes

alo

ng. T

he P

OA

is a

lway

s

a w

ork

in p

rogr

ess!

'

Perr

ydal

e FF

A m

embe

rs m

ade

a si

gnif

ican

t

cont

ribu

tion

toth

eir

com

mun

itys

eco-

nom

ic w

ell b

eing

by

cond

uctin

g a

food

and

clot

hing

dri

ve a

nd p

rovi

ding

nee

ded

item

s

to lo

w-i

ncom

e fa

mili

es d

urin

g th

e ho

liday

seas

on. T

hey

colle

cted

mor

e th

an 1

0,00

0 ar

ti-

cles

of

clot

hing

and

mor

e th

an11

,000

poun

ds o

f fo

od. T

he s

tude

nts

lear

ned

the

true

mea

ning

of

givi

ng a

nd r

ecei

ved

med

ia

cove

rage

for

thei

r ef

fort

s.

To

help

pro

tect

the

envi

ronm

ent,

chap

ter

mem

bers

wor

ked

with

the

loca

l con

serv

a-

tion

dist

rict

topl

ant 6

00tr

ees

ina

cons

erva

tion

buff

er z

one.

The

y al

so g

ave

a

tree

to e

very

stu

dent

in th

e sc

hool

dur

ing

j3.1

fisi

;_-3

.2)

Nat

iona

l FFA

Wee

k an

d en

cour

aged

the

stu-

dent

s to

pla

nt th

e ne

w tr

ees

at th

eir

hom

es.

As

a w

ay o

f co

nnec

ting

with

an

olde

r ge

ner-

atio

n, P

erry

dale

FFA

mem

bers

wor

ked

with

a lo

cal r

etir

emen

t com

mun

ity a

nd e

stab

-

lishe

d a

seri

es o

f ac

tiviti

es w

ith th

e re

side

nts.

The

mem

bers

vis

ited

the

retir

emen

t com

-

mun

ity o

n se

vera

l occ

asio

ns. T

hey

sang

song

s an

d ga

ve th

e re

side

nts

card

s an

d sm

all

gift

s th

ey h

ad m

ade.

The

y al

so p

repa

red

a

holid

ay lu

nche

on a

nd s

erve

d 65

sen

ior

citi-

zens

an

attr

activ

e, n

utri

tiona

lly s

ound

mea

l.

The

se h

uman

res

ourc

e ac

tiviti

es h

elpe

d

brid

ge th

e ge

nera

tion

gap

and

resu

lted

in

frie

ndsh

ips

betw

een

mem

bers

and

sen

iors

.

FFA

mem

bers

hos

ted

a ho

liday

car

olin

g pa

r-

ty a

nd in

vite

d al

l hig

h sc

hool

stu

dent

s to

join

in th

e fu

n. T

he e

vent

was

a g

reat

way

to

invo

lve

othe

r st

uden

ts in

an

FFA

act

ivity

.

The

act

ivity

als

o pr

ovid

ed a

way

for

stu

dent

s

to e

xpre

ss th

eir

citiz

ensh

ip a

nd c

reat

eaw

aren

ess

of F

FA a

ctiv

ities

.

To

incr

ease

agr

icul

tura

l aw

aren

ess,

cha

p-

ter

mem

bers

mad

e pr

esen

tatio

ns a

t sev

eral

area

con

fere

nces

. The

y co

vere

d ag

ricu

ltura

l

info

rmat

ion

and

spok

e ab

out a

gric

ultu

ral

educ

atio

n, h

ighl

ight

ing

FFA

and

the

lead

er-

ship

dev

elop

men

t the

org

aniz

atio

n pr

ovid

es.

FFA

mem

bers

con

nect

with

thei

r el

ders

duri

ng a

n ac

tivity

at a

loca

l ret

irem

ent

com

mun

ity.

Perr

ydal

e FF

A m

embe

rs p

repa

re c

orn

for

thei

r an

nual

com

mun

ity c

orn

feed

.

FFA

mem

bers

dis

play

sm

all,

deco

rativ

e ite

ms

they

mad

e fr

om w

ood

to g

ive

seni

ors

at a

loca

l ret

irem

ent c

omm

unity

dur

ing

the

holid

ays

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Eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

impr

ove

the

econ

omic

wel

fare

of t

he c

omm

unity

.

Alte

rnat

ive

Agr

icul

ture

Cro

psC

hapt

er m

embe

rs a

re e

ngag

ed in

res

earc

h-

ing

and

deve

lopi

ng p

ossi

ble

alte

rnat

ive

agri

cultu

re c

rops

for

loca

l pro

duce

rs O

ne

exam

ple

was

the

Tila

pia

proj

ect,

in w

hich

stud

ents

lear

ned

to p

rodu

ce th

is f

lavo

rful

fish

The

pro

ject

als

o pr

ovid

ed a

n SA

E p

roj-

ect f

or th

e st

uden

t who

was

sel

ecte

d to

be

the

aqua

cultu

re s

uper

viso

r T

wo

1,50

0-ga

llon

t.tan

k sy

stem

s w

ere

cons

truc

ted

50 T

ilapi

a

cfif

inge

rlin

gs w

ere

obta

ined

fro

m a

nei

ghbo

r-

ing

scho

ol a

nd u

sed

to te

st e

ach

tank

The

stud

ents

con

duct

ed m

any

wat

er q

ualit

y te

sts

daily

The

sup

ervi

sor

set f

eedi

ng s

ched

ules

and

kept

rec

ords

for

all

test

s pe

rfor

med

,

hour

s w

orke

d an

d pr

oduc

tion

cost

sP

ortla

nd F

FA

Cha

pter

, Ten

ness

ee

Gro

unds

Mai

nten

ance

Cha

pter

mem

bers

pla

nted

mor

e th

an3,

000

tree

s ar

ound

the

com

mun

ity a

s w

ell

as 4

0 la

rge

tree

s in

the

scho

ol a

rbor

etum

The

cha

pter

was

als

o re

spon

sibl

e fo

r m

ain-

tain

ing

the

tree

s an

d fo

r 3.

3 ac

res

ofco

nser

vatio

n re

serv

e pr

ogra

m la

nd th

at it

obta

ined

.M

t. C

arro

ll F

FA

Cha

pter

, Illi

nois

Car

ing

With

out L

imits

Mem

bers

ass

iste

d w

ith th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

a

Hab

itat f

or H

uman

ity h

ouse

pro

ject

The

chap

ter

also

ado

pts

a ne

edy

fam

ily f

or th

e

Chr

istm

as s

easo

n, a

nd c

olle

cts

dona

tions

to

buy

gift

s, c

loth

ing

and

food

item

sdi

Ye

Im F

FA

Cha

pter

, Was

hing

ton

Em

erge

ncy

Add

ress

Sig

nsT

he c

hapt

er p

artn

ered

with

the

fire

dep

art-

men

t, po

lice

depa

rtm

ent a

nd a

mbu

lanc

e

serv

ice

to a

ssem

ble

and

inst

all

refl

ectiv

e

num

eric

add

ress

sig

ns a

t are

a re

side

nces

An

ad w

as r

un in

the

loca

l pap

er a

nd o

rder

sw

ere

take

n fo

r th

e si

gns

tel C

issn

a P

ark

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

llino

is

Don

key

Bas

ketb

all

The

FFA

cha

pter

wor

ked

with

the

seni

or c

lass

to h

ost a

don

key

bask

etba

ll ga

me

dunn

gN

atio

nal F

FA W

eek

The

par

ticip

ants

had

to

play

bas

ketb

all o

n th

e ba

ck o

f a

donk

ey I

t was

a gr

eat s

ucce

ss w

ith a

sta

ndin

g-ro

om-o

nly

crow

d T

he p

roce

eds

help

ed r

aise

mon

ey f

or

the

seni

or c

lass

tnp

ti M

iddl

ebur

g F

FA

Cha

pter

, Pen

nsyl

vani

a

II

I

Ado

pt a

Cau

se

Eac

h ye

ar th

e ch

apte

r ha

s el

ecte

d to

"ad

opt

a ca

use"

that

was

of i

nter

est t

o th

e sc

hool

The

cha

pter

rai

sed

mon

ey a

nd d

onat

ed it

to

the

chos

en g

roup

or

indi

vidu

al.

Sw

itzer

land

Cou

nty

FF

A C

hapt

er, I

ndia

na

Mid

dleb

urg

FF

A C

hapt

er, P

enns

ylva

nia

Wor

king

Tog

ethe

r

Alo

ng w

ith th

e La

Por

te-D

ysar

t FF

AC

hapt

er a

nd th

e V

into

n F

FA

Cha

pter

,m

embe

rsco

-spo

nsor

edth

eB

ento

n

Cou

nty

Invi

tatio

nal

Live

stoc

k Ju

dgin

gC

onte

st to

brin

g m

any

team

s to

the

area

,

whi

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unity

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FA C

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safe

ty

day

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mem

bers

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n sk

ills

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ontic

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ss

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holid

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in-

setta

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mun

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dults

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pter

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th D

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a

farm

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ely

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pter

mem

bers

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med

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MS)

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aini

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crea

se E

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ts, a

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aws

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arm

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pers

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ticip

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e tr

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, Ohi

o

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orth

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extr

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equi

pmen

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mem

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par

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pate

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aini

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ars

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scue

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hapt

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llino

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e S

afet

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odeo

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ty c

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ctiv

ities

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you

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afet

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the

com

mun

ity A

bik

e ro

deo

was

hel

d jo

intly

with

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polic

e an

d fi

re d

epar

tmen

ts a

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e

Cha

mbe

r of

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mer

ce to

pro

mot

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ke

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ty f

or y

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in th

e co

mm

unity

ti Y

e Im

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hapt

er, W

ashi

ngto

n

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mun

ity G

arde

ns

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cha

pter

pro

vide

d 12

doz

en b

eddi

ngpl

ants

rai

sed

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rtic

ultu

re la

b fo

r th

eco

mm

unity

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dens

pro

gram

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vite

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cal l

and

owne

rs to

don

ate

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use

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acan

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d to

city

and

cou

nty

offi

cial

s. T

he o

ffic

ials

div

ide

the

dona

ted

land

into

gar

den-

size

d pl

ots

and

offe

r th

epl

ots

to p

eopl

e w

ho li

ve in

the

city

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t hav

e th

e op

port

unity

to r

aise

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eg-

etab

le g

arde

n. Per

ham

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hapt

er, M

inne

sota

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ticel

lo F

FA

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pter

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a

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on F

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pter

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th D

akot

a

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nted

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sin

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city

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four

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fere

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gns

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pro

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pter

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amp

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entr

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tric

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ctor

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land

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ery

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fiel

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ts th

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cha

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ey

wan

t to

lear

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ore.

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hav

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let t

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follo

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act

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stud

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soil

and

plan

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dens

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y

beco

me

the

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at p

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m-

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ith th

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mily

and

con

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mem

bers

res

earc

hed

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pres

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d re

port

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rtai

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to th

e

basi

c fo

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d pr

oper

nut

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n.

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how

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ario

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petit

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y le

arne

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man

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to e

nsur

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s

perf

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ed to

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best

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thei

r ab

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bers

ser

ved

as p

eer

tuto

rs f

or o

ther

stud

ents

in th

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le a

lso

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ing

thei

r ow

n ac

adem

ic p

erfo

rman

ce F

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mem

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with

the

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cade

mic

ave

r-

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wer

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ized

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esc

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acad

emic

ban

quet

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ents

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

lear

n ab

out

agri

cultu

re c

aree

rs th

roug

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job

shad

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y ex

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ach

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off

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e pr

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tatio

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hom

e-

room

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orie

ntat

ion

mee

ting

was

held

with

am

otiv

atio

nal s

peak

er a

nd

refr

eshm

ents

.

Cha

pter

mem

bers

par

ticip

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in f

ive

fund

-

rais

ers,

incl

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g se

lling

bee

f je

rky,

can

dy,

ham

s, tu

rkey

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trus

fru

it. T

he s

tude

nts

foun

d op

erat

ing

the

conc

essi

on s

tand

at a

n

area

cat

tle s

how

to b

e th

e m

ost e

njoy

able

.

All

FFA

act

iviti

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nd a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts w

ere

prom

ptly

pub

lishe

d in

the

loca

l new

spap

er

to k

eep

the

com

mun

ity in

form

ed a

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ogni

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utst

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rs

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min

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tgoi

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ffic

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sess

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to f

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the

new

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ith th

eir

dutie

s

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bers

rev

iew

ed th

e ye

ar's

act

iviti

es a

nd

wer

e re

cogn

ized

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r ac

com

plis

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ts

at a

cha

pter

ban

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mun

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busi

ness

es a

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arm

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thou

gh a

con

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ous

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idea

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form

atio

n.

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pter

mem

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pro

mot

ed a

cle

an s

choo

l

and

com

mun

ity e

nvir

onm

ent b

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resp

onsi

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aint

aini

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hool

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scap

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wer

bed

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min

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rubs

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tree

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akin

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d

mul

chin

g.

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istin

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tude

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achi

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lant

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cha

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POA

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ctiv

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mee

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bers

'

need

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lead

to a

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kabl

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dget

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prov

ide

stud

ents

with

exp

erie

nce

in

plan

ning

;

serv

e as

a r

efer

ence

poi

nt th

roug

hout

the

year

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prov

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ctio

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ear

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apte

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then

pla

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any

chap

ters

use

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follo

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eps.

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usin

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atio

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hapt

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war

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deo

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or m

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orm

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efer

to C

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andb

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prov

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p

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valu

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acco

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r to

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its

resu

lts to

pre

pare

an

appl

icat

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Nat

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prog

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stat

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ewar

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stud

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for

thei

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ork

and

brin

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the

chap

ter.

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ticel

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the

chap

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ter

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set;

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eval

uate

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resu

lts a

chie

ved

and

the

bene

fits

mem

bers

exp

erie

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sure

to in

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form

atio

n on

how

the

activ

ityaf

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embe

rs, t

he c

hapt

er,

scho

ol a

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omm

unity

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e ap

plic

atio

n, e

very

act

ivity

sho

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have

mea

sura

ble

obje

ctiv

es a

nd th

e pl

an o

f

actio

n sh

ould

be

deta

iled

and

refe

renc

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each

obj

ectiv

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eraL

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ryda

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FA

Cha

pter

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gon

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ude

spec

ific

fac

ts a

bout

per

cent

ages

of

mem

bers

hip

invo

lved

and

acc

ompl

ish-

men

ts.

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p a

file

of

activ

ities

and

not

es o

n ar

eas

for

impr

ovem

ent w

ithin

eac

h ac

tivity

.

Stud

ents

can

use

this

info

rmat

ion

whe

n

they

beg

in th

e ye

ar's

Pro

gram

of

Act

iviti

es

(PO

A)

plan

ning

.

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y ne

w id

eas

and

idea

s fo

r im

prov

e-

men

t spr

ing

to m

ind

whe

n co

mpl

etin

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e

appl

icat

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conc

erte

d ef

fort

to

note

thes

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neou

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eas

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capt

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them

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use

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lann

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ce o

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you

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ify

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cogn

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teac

her

to e

dit a

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roof

read

your

app

licat

ion.

The

y w

ill le

arn

mor

e

abou

t the

FFA

and

you

are

bou

nd to

sub

-

mit

a be

tter

appl

icat

ion.

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ays

use

the

spel

l-ch

eck

func

tion

on y

our

com

pute

r an

d

the

gram

mar

-che

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unct

ion

if y

ou h

ave

it.

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't at

tach

info

rmat

ion

or m

ater

ials

that

are

not r

eque

sted

. Poi

nts

may

be

dedu

cted

or a

n ap

plic

atio

n m

ay b

e di

squa

lifie

d fo

r

incl

udin

g su

pple

men

tary

mat

eria

ls n

ot

spec

ific

ally

req

uest

ed in

the

appl

icat

ion.

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iew

the

appl

icat

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chec

klis

t bef

ore

subm

ittin

gyo

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plic

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llow

inst

ruct

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car

eful

ly. P

leas

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e th

e FF

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awar

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plic

atio

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lder

, as

page

s m

ay b

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lost

if n

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ecur

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rial F

FA

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pter

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rask

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Phot

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ll yo

ur s

tory

and

goo

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otog

ra-

phy

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port

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ahe

ad a

nd h

ave

all

even

ts p

hoto

grap

hed

wel

l. G

ettin

g go

od

phot

os m

eans

sho

otin

g am

ple

fram

es. Y

our

phot

ogra

pher

sho

uld

have

som

e ex

peri

-

ence

inco

mpo

sing

the

imag

es a

nd

expo

sing

the

shot

cor

rect

ly. P

hoto

s th

at

aren

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ell-

expo

sed

are

gene

rally

eith

er

too

light

, too

dar

k or

gra

iny.

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Nat

iona

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aniz

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from

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win

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sca

nned

or

digi

tal

imag

es f

rom

app

licat

ions

. If

your

cha

pter

has

mov

ed f

rom

film

to d

igita

l pho

togr

a-

phy,

be

sure

to c

aptu

re s

ome

imag

es o

f

each

eve

nt a

t a r

esol

utio

n of

at l

east

300

DPI

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they

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publ

icat

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er r

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ages

can

-

not

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prod

uced

wel

lin

prin

ted

mat

eria

ls.

Ste

vens

Poi

nt F

FA

Cha

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hip

Rec

ruitm

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ips

stro

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FA P

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pter

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agri

cultu

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invo

lvem

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and

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ts a

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rece

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rela

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tial s

tude

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dent

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who

are

see

king

way

sto

be in

volv

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act

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houl

d lo

ok n

o fu

rthe

r th

an th

is

vibr

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mic

org

aniz

atio

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A a

n in

tegr

al p

art o

f th

e ag

ricu

lture

pro

gram

. Pro

vide

all

stud

ents

with

inst

ruct

ion

in le

ader

ship

dev

elop

men

t. A

ssum

ing

care

er d

evel

opm

ent e

vent

s (C

DE

s)

are

an a

pplic

atio

n of

less

ons

lear

ned

in c

lass

, all

stud

ents

sho

uld

likew

ise

be e

xpec

t-

ed to

par

ticip

ate

in C

DE

s.

Enc

oura

ge ti

mid

stu

dent

s to

bec

ome

invo

lved

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tude

nts

are

relu

ctan

t to

part

ic-

cud.

ipat

e in

lead

ersh

ip a

ctiv

ities

unl

ess

pers

onal

ly e

ncou

rage

d to

do

so. O

nce

invo

lved

,

how

ever

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y qu

ickl

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velo

p sk

ills

and

com

pete

ncie

s an

d of

ten

cont

inue

thei

r

invo

lvem

ent.

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ry s

tude

nt to

be

invo

lved

in a

t lea

st o

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FA a

ctiv

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ach

grad

ing

peri

od.

Cha

rt th

eir

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lvem

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eful

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atch

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erie

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stu

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ther

stu

dent

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a m

ento

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rel

atio

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for

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ctiv

ities

. Inv

ite p

oten

tial m

embe

rs to

trav

el w

ith m

embe

rs to

FFA

activ

ities

.

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pot

entia

l stu

dent

s se

e fi

rsth

and

the

clos

e re

latio

nshi

p th

at d

evel

ops

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een

agri

cultu

re s

tude

nts

and

thei

r te

ache

r(s)

.

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fun

FFA

eve

nts-

fiel

d tr

ips,

in-s

choo

l bar

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es, p

artie

s, r

ecre

atio

n, e

tc-f

or a

ll

stud

ents

, and

wor

k to

see

that

all

stud

ents

atte

nd.

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