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INTRODUCING EMMA CULPEPPER!
At its heart the FFA is a community focused group. I can think of no better example of that than my profile of the Wilcox County High School FFA Chapter from Rochelle, Georgia today.
This chapter has a very unique fund raising idea to help purchase gifts for children at Christmas. They found a farmer willing to donate round hay bales to their chapter. Then they set them up in front of the school. Next they created a contest for the community to decorate these bales with a Christmas theme. Ultimately, they picked a winner for the best hay bale.
The chapter made money for gift buying by selling the hay bale to the individual contestants. It is really a great method of spreading holiday cheer, letting people’s creativity shine and doing something great for the community.
Today’s guest, Emma Culpepper, is a chapter member at Wilcox and was very involved in the fund raiser. She is going to speak with us about the contest as well as her time in the FFA.
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Wildlife Managment
HIGH SCHOOL: Wilcox County High School; Rochelle, Georgia
MASCOT: Patriots
FFA ADVISOR: Addie Tucker
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMMA CULPEPPER:
Click on the picture below to be taken to the Wilcox County High School FFA Department’s website:
Emma’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: tuckera@wilcox.k12.ga.us
Wilcox County High School’s Telephone Number: 229-467-2141
FFA LINKS:
National FFA Organization
Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)
Support FFA
Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000. In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants. With your donations, more students can get this head start – pay it forward.
REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA:
- Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world. FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food.
- Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation. The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth.
- Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store:
“The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue
Where Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald Can Be Heard:
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