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granted 60 trees from the
Department of Natural
Resources. They spent 3
days planning and staking out the area where the trees
would go within the school
grounds. The leaders of
this project, Callie and
Dalton Brown, thought it
would be best to have the
elementary students par-
ticipant any way possible.
These students were able
to learn how to properly
plant a tree, get to know FFA members and what
they do in the FFA, and
spend a nice day out doors.
Callie Brown states, “This
was a great project for our
school, with a wonderful
learning experience for
everyone involved because
everyone learned how to
plant trees properly and
This year the Twin Cedars
FFA Chapter is getting the
elementary students in-
volved with their FFA pro-grams. On Thursday Sep-
tember 22, the FFA chap-
ter and their elementary
spent the day planting trees
throughout their school.
The students dug holes,
planted the trees, and wa-
tered them. They were
help the environment. We
taught the younger stu-
dents about the many dif-
ferent types of trees granted to us, how to plant
them, and properly care for
them. I was very happy to
hear we got the grant. Get-
ting that opportunity to
work young children, Ogle
Nursery, the providers of
the trees, and the Iowa
DNR was a blast.” Dalton
Brown adds that he and his
sister started the project to improve the looks of their
school and that they were
both very interested in tree
identification. Overall, it
was a great learning ex-
perience and a wonderful
way to introduce younger
members to the FFA.
By Becca Rebarcak
Tw in C edars Cha pter: Not Afra id to ge t D ow n a nd D irty !
Dis tr ict Soi l J udging C ontes ts
Great job to all those who
participated in this years
South Central District Soil
Judging in Knoxville.
Special Congratulations to
PCM, Pella, East Union
and North Polk for their
outstanding and award
winning job at the soil
judging contests this year.
South Central
District Newsletter
Inside this issue:
World Agriculture 2
Greenhand Fire-Up 2
Alumni Conference 2
Chapter Spotlight 3
College Experience 3
District Website 4
Contacts 4
Fall Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 1
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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
This year the 25th annual
World Food Prize was held
in Des Moines on October
13th. through the 15th. The
World Food Prize Institute,
founded by Dr. Norman
Borlaug, works to stop hun-
ger around the world. There
were over 120 students rep-
resenting 24 states.
Students who participated
were required to write a four
to five page essay about one
country and an agriculture
factor ranging from econom-
ics to land management.
While there students listened
to speeches from various
ambassadors and agricul-
tural leaders including the
former president of Ghana,
the former president of Bra-
zil, and the Secretary of
Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
Students were able to join
the fight against hunger by
spending part of their day
packaging meals through an
organization called Out-
reach. These meals will be
given to family’s in the
United States.
Students also received the
chance to talk one on one
with a ambassadors, college
professors, and other spe-
cialists in the field of agri-
culture. After presenting
their essays in a short speech
to experts, students now
have the chance to apply for
the Borlaug-Ruan Internship
which involves traveling to
one of eighteen countries
and participating in a re-
search project for two
months of the summer.
For more information on
this educational experience
visit
www.worldfoodprize.org.
By Michaela Hoffelmeyer
The Alumni Local Leaders Conference will be
held at Indianola High School on November 28th
from 6:30 to 8:00. Ag advisors, chapter officers,
current alumni members, and those interest in
learning more about the FFA Alumni are encour-
aged to attend! For more information about this
event please contact Dan May at
Freshman and fist year
FFA members were able to
participate in the districts
Greenhand Fire-Up on
October 13 in Indianola.
There were over 170
Greenhands in attendance.
While there members got
the chance to learn about
Career Development
Events, Supervised Agri-
cultural Experiences, Agri-
culture issues, and FFA
opportunities.
For those in attendance, it
was a great night full of
fun and learning about the
FFA and the many things
the organization offers.
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Get Out the Green Dye!
Alumni Local Leader Conference Fast
Agriculture Around the World
The Chariton FFA chapter
is working hard to support
the American Cancer Soci-
ety through the Relay For
Life fundraiser. The money
raised through this event is
used for research programs
through the American Can-
cer Society.
Chapter members walked
for twelve hours to support
the cause.
The chapter raised about
$500 through rose sales
and a barn quilt drawing.
the meaning of leadership
while working with Grace-
land students.
Graceland students also
explained various lab ex-
periments to the high
school students. At the test
plot, students were able to
examine soy bean plants to
calculate bushels per acre.
After being divided, stu-
dents were asked to per-
form various team tasks
with increased efficiency.
To accomplish these tasks,
students worked together to
find innovative ideas. Stu-
dents were even treated to
a delicious all-you-can-eat
lunch, of which many took
full advantage.
On Thursday, October
27th, high school students
had the opportunity to visit
and tour the new Agricul-
ture Business program at
Graceland University.
Through grant money,
Graceland was able to pro-
vide funds to the FFA
Chapters in attendance in
order to help make the trip
possible. Schools in atten-
dance included Bedford,
Centerville, Central Deca-
tur, Mount Ayr, and Win-
terset.
While there, students par-
ticipated in leadership
workshops, explored lab
experiments, evaluated soy
bean test plots, and did
team building tasks.
Students were able to gain
a better understanding of
Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 1
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Graceland University Welcomes Agriculture Students
FFA Chapter Makes a Difference
ATTENTION ADVISORS AND
MEMBERS! IF YOU HAVE ANY
PICTURES OF FFA EVENTS,
PLEASE SEND THEM TO
MICHAELA HOFFELMEYER AT
WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR
MEMBERS IN ACTION!
The experience allowed
students to tour the cam-
pus and become exposed
to agricultural education
programs
High School Ag students partake in hands on lab work at Grace-
land University
To view up coming FFA events, view District contacts,
access officer application along with nomination com-
mittee applications, and find officer interview re-
sources please visit the South Central District website
at http://www.iowaffa.com/southcentral.aspx.
South Central Contacts
South Central District
Office
Name
Chapter
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Reporter
Treasurer
Sentinel
Advisor
Marshal Hay Lynnville-Sully [email protected]
Alan Johnson Baxter alanpjohn-
Becca Rebarcak Twin Cedars beccaanrebar-
Michaela Hoffelmeyer Winterset [email protected]
Matt Kerns Mount Ayr [email protected]
Michael Knight North Polk [email protected]
Jamie Waddingham Collins-Maxwell jawaddinghanm@collins-
maxwell.k12.ia.us
Upcoming Events
3/10/12 District FFA
Convention
Maxwell
4/23/12-4/24/12 State Leadership Ames
2/2/12 District Review
Night
Earlham
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