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From left
to right Back row: Landon Macy Centralia FFA President, Bryson
Tiller Centralia FFA Treasurer; Front Row; Vanessa Rutherford
District Sentinel from Elma, Michelle Burns State Reporter, Chelsea
Doss National Southern Region Vice President, Alicia Rodriguez
Centralia FFA Secretary, Kyle Zion Centralia FFA Sentinel, Victoria
Marsh State Secretary, Kristy Vetter Centralia FFA Advisor
“Learning to do, doing to
learn, earning to live, living to serve.” These twelve short words
that make up the FFA motto are what the members of the National FFA
Organization live by. Not only to better ourselves, but also to
better the communities that we live in. When most people hear the
letters FFA, they assume that it is about farming and animals.
However, it is so much more than that. FFA makes a positive
difference in the lives of students by developing their potential
for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through
agricultural education.
The Centralia FFA Chapter makes student, chapter, and
community development of the highest importance. To encourage
student development, members participated in State Convention in
May. We did very well and bonded as a chapter. We even earned the
right to go to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in
October. Centralia FFA was able to host our State Officers for a
night of team building and goal setting. When the December flood
devastated our community, our chapter immediately made plans to
assist those in need. We partnered with Chehalis FFA and Chehalis
and Centralia Les Schwabs to host a barbecue to raise money for the
Lewis County Farm Bureau. We raised over $1,200 in donations.
Centralia FFA is also planning on taking teams of members out to
Curtis Valley to help the farmers finish cleaning up their barns.
The members of the Centralia FFA are working hard in order to
raise money to go to National Convention in Indianapolis. We are
recognized as being in the top ten percent of the FFA chapters in
Washington. Our chapter has also been recognized as being a gold
three star chapter nationally; the highest honor. Although we have
many achievements under our belt, we are continuously working harder
to be a better chapter and make a difference in the lives of those
around us.
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