The next meeting of the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter will be held on December 16th in the Ag Ed Shop at 7:00 p.m.
All members interested in pursuing their State FFA Degrees this year need to set aside some time to get their records in order and possibly meet with Mr. Tilley during Christmas Vacation.
Notice to all returning Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: Your record books will need to be closed out by the 31st of this month.
Parliamentary Procedure This year's Parliamentary Procedure team is organized and ready to compete at the County Contest on December 6th. The chair for this year's team will be Beth Fouse and the Vice-President will be Rachel Makarius. The Treasurer will be Jace Spires, the Secretary will be Debbie Picklesimer, the Reporter will be Mallory McMaster, the Student Advisor will be Katie Bowman, and the Sentinel will Trent Strous. Participating members will be: Erika Hardman, Sandy Larson, Dan Flowers and Michael Hedrick.
State Officer Leadership Night Amanda-Clearcreek hosted a State Officer Leadership Night this year, with 133 FFA members from area schools attending. Amanda-Clearcreek FFA was represented by 47 members, Bloom Carroll FFA was represented by 11 members, Fairfield Union FFA was represented by 28 members, Lancaster FFA was represented by 24 members, Pickaway Ross CTC FFA was represented by 4 members, Liberty Union FFA was represented by 12 members and Southeastern Ross FFA was represented by 7 members. Six of Ohio's State FFA Officers visited the school and conducted different leadership workshops, focusing on topics such as "Choose Your Attitude" and "Have Fun While You Work". State Officer Leadership Night is a state level activity, and can be used to count for a member to earn his or her State FFA Degree.
A-C FFA Trap Shoot On November 17th, the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter participated in the annual Trap Shoot held at the home of Barb and Lonnie Green near Amanda. Sponsors for this event were: Buckeye Ready-Mix of Lancaster, Green and Son Concrete and Excavation, R&G Concrete and Strait's Concrete Construction. Members that participated in the trap shoot were: Mark Francis, Sandy Larson, Travis Kiser, Bryan Divelbliss and Bryan Hill. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Green for hosting this event again this year!
Paper Drive If you have extra newspapers or other paper, please save them because the A-C FFA is planning on holding a paper drive in January. | The Chapter's new domain name is: http://www.acffa.org
Greenhand FFA Degrees At the December meeting, the annual Greenhand FFA Degree Ceremony will take place. The Greenhand FFA Degree is available only to first-year members. The degree requires the ability to know and explain the following: the FFA colors, the FFA salute, the FFA motto, the Chapter Program of Activities, the FFA emblem and it's symbols, the National FFA Organization, Ohio FFA Association and the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter. It also requires a member to have a satisfactory supervised agricultural experience program planned for the current year. The most prominent of the requirements is the member mst have recited the FFA Creed. The FFA Creed was written in 1933 by E.M. Tiffany and is broken down into 5 paragraphs, each of which FFA members are asked to recite to their Agricultural Education Class. Parents should encourage their first year members to pursue this degree.
Hog Roast The Annual Hog Roast for the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter was held on November 19th in the Ag Ed Shop. Over 260 people attended this chapter event. David Fey, a representative from the Fairfield County Historical Park District, was our guest. Mr. Fey also brought shirts to raffle off as some of our door prizes, along with our FFA t-shirts and FFA teddy bears.
FFA Food Drive This year, the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter, in cooperation with the Amanda Township Fire Department will be holding a food drive in Amanda and Stoutsville. FFA members will be dropping off Kroger grocery bags to residents in Amanda and Stoutsville for our food drive and asking residents to fill them up with nonperishable food items. The bags will be picked up during the day in Amanda on December 5th during the day and after 3:30 in Stoutsville. This food drive is part of the Amanda Firefighters Chelsea Hedrick program. For more information, visit: http://www.chprogram.com/
Fruit Sale The annual Fall Fruit Sale was successful this year, receiving over orders for over 1600 boxes/baskets of fruit. The annual Fall Fruit Sale funds the bulk of our chapter's activities throughout the year, such as the plaques and pins received at the annual banquet , transport ion for the trip to the National Convention, transportation for the trip to Louisville for the National Farm Machinery show and Tractor Pulls, FFA contest registration, and helps reduce member costs for various other activities all year. Each member selling over 25 boxes of fruit will be eligible to attend the trip to the National Farm Machinery Show and Tractor Pulls. Mr. Sharp will be discussing this trip with these members before Christmas Break.
This Month's Ag Breakfast will be held on December 5th at 7:00 AM in Lancaster at  . |