Kenmare FFA Celebrates FFA Week by Giving Back
See how a chapter from North Dakota used Day of Service Mini-Grant to serve their community.
Celebrating MLK Day the FFA Way
The McIntosh County FFA Chapter in Georgia unveils the work they completed at a local park after their community’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Day Parade.
FFA Chapter Serves a Community, One Cat at a Time
As FFA members from Munford, Tennessee, know, National FFA Week can mean improving the lives of people and their pets.
FFA is ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Wildfire Relief Effort
In a matter of minutes, California's most deadly fire changed the realities of thousands of residents. That's when FFA members went into action.
Wisconsin Community Goes All In for Agricultural Education
The community of New Richmond, Wis. steps up in big ways to support its FFA chapter, thanks to the tireless efforts of the agricultural education instructor.
This FFA Member Is Knocking Out Hunger
Meet Mason Finocchio, a 2018 national FFA proficiency finalist, who has taken a stand against hunger in his community. Most kids Mason Finocchio’s age are thinking about college, future careers and their plans for Friday night. Finocchio thinks about those things, too, but his primary concern is helping the less fortunate. “I found out that in my community, the poverty level is 18 percent, which is 4 percent higher than the national average,” says Finocchio. “Because of that, I decided to start a project through FFA dedicated to knocking out hunger in our community.” The recent graduate of Bald Eagle Area High School in Howard, Pa., was a finalist at the 2018 National FFA Convention & Expo for his proficiency in community development. Through this proficiency, which began in 2015, Finocchio raised nearly $10,000 to provide nutritious meals for students when they weren’t in school, as well as $500 for healthy snacks and 938 pounds of canned goods. By applying for the FFA Food for All grant, he has also involved his community with the project [...]
With Living to Serve Grant, Tennessee FFA Chapter Addresses Community Food Insecurity
Members of David Crockett FFA built eight raised garden beds in a remote, empty field.
Brooksville Sr. FFA Members Address Coastal Erosion
Brooksville Sr. FFA members are using their Yearlong Living to Serve Grant to address coastal erosion due to the removal of invasive plants. Removing invasive plants is important. However, it left coastal areas bare and more susceptible to erosion. The chapter has been working with the University of Florida (UF) to research salinity tolerance in different coastal plants so that they can help restore some of the wetlands. About 500 plants and seeds have been propagated and are being cared for by the FFA members. The chapter is now working with UF to identify planting sites to continue their project. Brookville FFA is just one chapter that is putting their “leadership into action through service”. To get inspired and see what other FFA chapters across the country are doing to create a positive impact in their community, There are many other examples on the interactive Living to Serve Map. How can your chapter serve your community with a $3,000 Living to Serve grant? Work with your chapter to INVESTIGATE a community need, PLAN the yearlong service [...]
Living To Serve: Q & A with Stefonie Sebastian
“Living to Serve” is having an awareness of what is going on around you...
The ABCs of Agricultural Education: Where Food Comes From
Does chocolate milk come from brown cows? The Wallowa FFA Chapter helped school children discover the answer to that question.
