FFA going strong
I recently read that for the first time in 29 years, student membership of the National FFA Organization broke through the half million mark. This year, there are 500,823 members in 7,358 FFA chapters across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The last time national FFA membership topped 500,000 was in 1978 with 507,108 members.
I’m glad to see that this great organization is still going strong and changing lives. I joined the FFA as a freshman in high school in 1986, and it was the center of my life for the next five years. I learned so much, made life-long friends and earned many awards along the way - including becoming the State FFA President for South Dakota in 1990-91.
Now, even though my kids are just starting school (our oldest is in second grade) I’m already looking forward to their years in FFA. I know it will be equally rewarding for them in setting the direction for their future careers and leadership accomplishments.
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October 16th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Today I read that the National FFA Organization and the city of Indianapolis are busily finishing last-minute preparations to host more than 50,000 FFA members, teachers, administrators and guests for the 80th National FFA Convention being held Oct. 24-27. The FFA convention is the largest annual student gathering in the nation and the largest convention in Indianapolis.
It reminded me of the first FFA convention I ever attended back in 1986. It was in Kansas City then, but it was certainly an awesome, life-changing event. I remember feeling so energized with all those other blue jackets in the city and the convention hall. To stay tuned with the activities for this year’s convention visit http://www.ffa.org for more information.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Those of us in Indy can’t wait for the arrival of the Blue Jackets. We were incredibly impressed with the thousands of young people who came here last year and we look forward to hosting FFA for the next five years and hopefully beyond.
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