Ag Breakfast
Ag breakfast this month was held at Tee Jaye’s in Lancaster at 6:15 A.M. on December 3rd. This was a last second change due to the fact that the restaurant chosen at the last meeting didn’t open early enough to accommodate our group.
Fruit Sale
As with most FFA chapters, the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA sells bulk fruit as a fund raiser each year. This annual fruit sale takes place each Fall. This sale is the biggest fundraising activity that the FFA Chapter does. The fruit sale has grown substantially over the years, with the chapter members routinely selling over 1,500 boxes and baskets of fruit annually. Also, the sales offerings have grown, with the chapter now offering 24 different fruit products. The fruit sale pays for the large majority of the chapter's activities, such as field trips, bus fuel and awards. As you can see, this is a very important fundraiser for our chapter. If you sell 25 or more boxes you can go to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. You also have to sell at least 5 boxes to attend the Zoo Trip. This year the Amanda - Clearcreeek FFA chapter sold a little over 1,600 box/baskets of fruit. Fruit will be delivered on December 7th. You can pick up fruit on the 7th at 3 to 8 P.M. On December 8th pick up will be after school till 8 P.M. Then on the 9th pick up will be after school until 8 P.M. Anything left after that, you have to talk to Mr. Tilley or Mr. Sharp.
Hog Roast
In the fall of each year, the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter holds it's annual chapter Hog Roast. At the A-C FFA Hog Roast, the chapter provides the roasted hog, drinks and rolls while every FFA member and their families are invited to bring a covered dish, with the freshmen, sophomores and juniors bringing a dinner item and seniors bringing a dessert item. This is an excellent way to show your parents what the FFA is all about and what we do in our organization. The Hog Roast is always an enjoyable social event for our chapter members, their families and our community supporters. The Hog Roast was held November 4th. We had an awesome turn out. There was 104 FFA members that were present. We had two hogs this year. We borrowed one roaster from Dwayne Vannoy who we want to give a BIG thanks to; the chapter appreciated his help with cooking the hogs.
Holiday Food Drive
The Holiday Food Drive is a project between our FFA chapter and the Amanda Fire Department. Our members deliver paper bags to residents in Amanda and Stoutsville. The bags have a note on them that ask people to donate any non-perishable food items. About a week later, the FFA members take time and pick-up the bags. Later, FFA members deliver the non-perishable items to the Amanda Township Fire Department. The bag drop off around town was on November 19th. The pick up day for those was on November 24th. We received several bags, 110 in Amanda, 55 in Stoutsville and about 20 from other students who live outside of the towns. Thank you to all who participated in this activity.
District Ag Communications CDE
The Agricultural Communications CDE tests student knowledge and understanding of the various forms of communication within the industry of agriculture. Ohio started participating in this contest in the Fall of 2000 with a pilot contest. Initially, a chapter was able to enter a team consisting of four members, each taking a multiple choice test, completing an editing exercise, completing individual practicums such as, newscast, news release, broadcast and graphic design. For the 2005-2006 school year, a fifth person was added to the team, web design. The 2009-2010 team consist of Sara Russ, Caitlin Robinson, Kayla Porter, John Miller and Daniel Quincel. With our teams winning the state 5 times since 2000 and placing in the top five every year but one, we expect good things from this team as well. They started off well at the District contest on November 10th placing 1st! They will be traveling to OSU on December 5th. Good Luck! At the district level, individually Kayla Porter placed 2nd, Caitlin Robinson 3rd, Sara Russ 4th, Dan Quincel 5th and John Miller placed 7th.
Rose Parade
On new years day 2010, keep your eyes peeled for the Tournament of Roses Parade float featuring FFA. Longtime FFA sponsor RFD-TV will present a tribute to the National FFA Organization on its 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade float titled “FFA Today,” incorporating floral-filled scenes of the FFA emblem, the iconic blue corduroy FFA jacket and symbols of agriculture past and present. This is a first for the FFA!
January Activities
Ag Sales CDE
The Agricultural Sales Contest tests student knowledge and understanding in the area of Agricultural Sales. At present, this contest includes a multiple-choice general knowledge test, a sales demonstration, and four practicums: telephone skills, advertising and promotion, product display and customer relations. The top two teams in our district proceed to the state level. Those members who have signed up so far are: Jenni Miller, Amber Foreman, Morgan Baldwin, Caitlin Robinson, John Miller, and Jacob White. Any other members that are interested need to sign up ASAP. The District Sales CDE will be held at Lancaster high school at 3 P.M. on January 19th.
Job Interview CDE
The Job Interview Contest is a contest designed to test a student's ability to prepare a resume, write a follow-up letter and interview for a mock employment opportunity. Currently, the Amanda-Clearcreek Agricultural Education program offers classes in the Ag. Science, Ag. Business and Ag. Production taxonomies. A student must win the district to proceed to the state contest. This district Job Interview CDE will be held at Lancaster high school at 3 P.M. on January 19th. The members who signed up to participate in this contest this year include: Freshmen - (this position is still open for any freshmen interested, see Mr. Tilley ASAP), Sophomore - Jenna Ferguson, Junior - Dan Quincel and the Senior - Travis Hart.
State FFA and American FFA Degrees / Proficiency Awards
All State and American FFA Degree applications are due on January 26th along with all the proficiency award applications. If you are interested in applying for these awards see Mr. Tilley ASAP.
Greenhand Quiz CDE
The Greenhand Quiz CDE will be held on January 20th. This test will be taken online. Most of the CDE tests will be taken online from now on.
January Meeting
This meeting will be held on January 25th. The Chapter FFA Degrees will be presented.
By: A-C FFA Reporter, Brittany Stevens