FFA Members Attend District Conference
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Launch the media gallery 1 playerEach year the Southwest FFA District and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire Up Conferences for FFA members in the Southwest District. Atlantic High School welcomed 243 members from 25 FFA chapters from all over the Southwest District on October 10.
While at Atlantic on October 10, district and state officers led four interactive workshops for first-year high school FFA members, also known as Greenhands, for the annual Greenhand Fire Up Conference. The workshops facilitated were leadership-focused with an emphasis on the experiences that occur in the lives of beginning high school students.
Iowa Southwest District FFA President, Gwen Black, stated, “Greenhand Fire Up provides a chance for first-year high school members to get a sneak peek of the opportunities that FFA holds, and is a conference for members to meet and interact with state and district officers.”
The officers prepared and facilitated workshops of: authenticity, balancing priorities, communication, and FFA opportunities – in order to provide the first-year FFA members with skills they would use both within and outside of FFA. The goal was to engage FFA members in learning about the tools that would allow them to be successful in anything they are part of through high school and beyond.
Members from the Brokaw FFA Chapter of Clarinda attending were Alana Stickler, Aubrey Herzberg, Hailee Knight, Jadyn Sunderman, Marshal Miller, Jaron Robberts, and Colbie Wilmes.
Caption for picture: Brokaw FFA members attending the Greenhand Fire Up Conference in Atlantic on October 10 were, left to right: Colbie Wilmes, Jadyn Sunderman, Hailee Knight, Alana Stickler, Aubrey Herzberg, Marshal Miller, and Jaron Robberts.