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Photo cutline: The Paris FFA Chapter representative receiving a Gold Emblem Chapter Activities Award during the 81st Missouri FFA Convention, April 16-17 in Columbia, Mo. Pictured is: Kable Ragsdale -END- chapteractivity-32nd-Paris-3744
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PARIS FFA WINS TOP CHAPTER AWARD
COLUMBIA , Mo., April 16, 2009 – Paris FFA placed 32nd out of 317 chapters in the state, earning a Top Chapter Award at the 81st Missouri FFA Convention. Only 10 percent of state chapters receive the Top Chapter Award each year.
Chapter activity awards, sponsored by FCS Financial, are given to chapters achieving excellence in student, chapter and community development. Paris FFA Chapter advisors are Josh Bondy and Jessy Reuterdahl.
The Paris FFA student development activities included a dodge ball tournament for members and guests after their January meeting. Members also carried out groceries for people at the Missouri Farm Bureau Food Check-Out Day and sponsored Life after Paris, giving members an opportunity to learn about lifetime career opportunities.
Chapter development activities are designed to promote excellence within the chapter. Battle of Monroe County allowed friendly competition between the three FFA chapters of the county. Paris FFA officers also attended a summer retreat as an opportunity to plan and organize the year’s activities and goals.
Paris ’ community development activities included helping set up booths, tents and antique farm equipment for the Old Thrashers Day celebration. FFA members partnered with the Mark Twain Rodeo Association to help pick up trash and debris each night after the rodeo. During the holiday season members of the horticulture class made gift baskets of fruit and poinsettias for residents of local nursing homes.
The top chapters are submitted to the National FFA Organization where they compete for the National FFA Chapter Award. The competition will be this fall at the National FFA convention in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Missouri FFA has 24,410 members representing 317 chapters. The national organization has over 507,000 members representing 7,439 local chapters in 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands .
The FFA Mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
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