Our Year, So Far

This year has been a very fun and successful year for the Doniphan West FFA Chapter. In case you've missed our previous blog posts, here is a list of what we've done so far:

1. We kicked off our events with an officer retreat. For this officer retreat, we went camping and canoeing. While on our retreat we worked on the Program of Activities (POA) for the upcoming year.
2. After school started our first big event was our FFA Tailgate fundraiser on Sept. 17. We also received a generous grant for $2,000 from Monsanto.
3. Greenhand Conference was the first competition of the year. At Greenhand Conference freshmen compete in the FFA Information Test and participate in workshops to teach them about FFA.
4. The next big event was National Convention! This is the highlight of theyear for many of the FFA members. This year, officers and Greenhand winners traveled to the big city of Indianapolis and participated in the many fun events such as the Career Show, workshops and sessions.
5. Barnwarming is our chapter's other big fundraiser that took place in November. We host a meal for our community then move on to the Chores. A boy and girl were selected from each class to compete in the chores and FFA test. Seniors Nick Johnson and Mackenzie Cunningham were named our Beau and Sweetheart.
6. Fruit sales rounded out our very busy semester. This year, we also started selling meat and cookie dough.

Throughout the year our members have also participated in many different Career Development Events and we have done very well, with members placing at every event.

Our year has been successful so far and we hope to continue that success the rest of the year.