Missouri FFA News Releases

COLUMBIA , Mo., April 16, 2009 – Bowling Green FFA placed 27^th out of 317 chapters in the state, earning a Top Chapter Award at the 81^st 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. Bowling Green FFA Chapter advisors are Brock Bailey, Jason Davis and John Kallash.

The Bowling Green FFA student development activities included attending the Washington Leadership Conference. All chapter members participated in a barnwarming dance where they used leadership skills to plan and hold an event promoting healthy lifestyles.

Chapter development activities are designed to promote excellence within the chapter. Bowling Green FFA held an Attention Agriculture event as a recruitment tool. Eighth grade students were shown different aspects of agriculture and FFA. Chapter members also served breakfast to over 200 patrons to show appreciation to those in production agriculture and other supporters of FFA.

Chapter development activities are designed to promote excellence within the chapter. Bowling Green FFA held a “Growing by Giving” event to promote assistance of the needy and elderly. Members donate over $2500 and 200 hours to local and state causes.

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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