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National Convention
Broiler Project
Discussion Meet
FFA Fun Day
Poinsettia Sale
Adopt a Family
Pop Tab Collection

Centreville FFA Fall News

11-05-15

National Convention

We sent twelve students and both of our advisors to National Convention. Along with the Convention and Expo, our group also had the experience of visiting the Newport Aquarium, Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, the Marengo Caves, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby Museum, and a Jake Owen Concert. To the right is a picture of our chapter group in front of Churchill Downs.
We also had four members competing in Meats judging at the national level. To the left is a picture of the team at Nationals and their coach Sally Stuby.
The team ended up getting bronze overall and individual one team member, Alyssa Richards, placed in the silver category.

Meats Judging Team at Nationals

Broiler Project

The Broiler Project will be taking place on Friday November 6th at Munsell’s Poultry Processing in Fowlerville, MI. We have two groups going from our chapter; one from the morning class and one from the afternoon. There are two sets of chickens one for each group. All students and members take part in weighing, feeding, and cleaning. The left over chickens will be sold for $2.25 per pound after they are butchered.

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Farm Bureau Discussion Meet

The Farm Bureau Discussion Meet is being held at Maple Valley Tuesday November 17th at 5 P.M. We are sending two students.
The Discussion Meet is a competitive event designed to simulate a committee meeting where discussion and active participation is expected from each participant. This competition is evaluated on an exchange of ideas and information on a pre-determined topic. Participants build basic discussion skills, develop a keen understanding of important agricultural issues and explore how groups can pool knowledge to reach consensus and solve problems.
All of these skills are ones of which FFA members can use in other competitions and in other life journeys.

FFA Fun Day

On October 17th we had a Chapter Fun day. About twenty members and one of our advisors spent the day having fun and getting to know one another better.
They started the day off with a cookout and then went as a group to the Shipshewana Corn Maze.

Poinsettia Sale

Our poinsettias will arrive mid to late November and we will begin selling the first of December for twelve dollars each. This year we will be selling six-hundred. The color choices include red, pink, white, marble, and jingle bell. We will deliver them if requested at no extra charge. We receive the plants before they are fully grown and take care of them until they are ready to be sold.

Centreville FFA Fall News

Volume 1, Issue 1

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Adopt A Family

This year, the same as last, we will be picking one family from each of the six school distracts that send students to our program and putting together a Thanksgiving food box for each. Each family will receive one of our left over broiler chickens, green beans and salad from our green house. Along with these fresh foods we are asking that our students bring in none perishable foods that many would usually see around their table during Thanksgiving such as boxed stuffing and cranberry jelly.
If you would also like to donate none perishables we will be collecting more after Thanksgiving for our Christmas can food drive that we do with Farm Bureau. We also ask for such things as toiletries and such for our December food drive. Donations will be taken up at the Ag Barn here in Centreville.

Pop Tab Drive

The Michigan FFA does a state wide pop tab collection. It is used as a small competition between all of the Chapters to see who can collect the most. The winning Chapter receives an ice cream social with the state officer team at the MSU Dairy Store. We will be collecting tabs until the day we leave for State Convention which is March 9th. After the tabs are collected at state they are used for a much greater cause. They are all donated to the Ronald McDonald House which helps house parents and siblings of very sick children when they are in the hospital. So save up those tabs and drop them off at the ag building during our monthly meetings or during school hours every little bit helps and we would greatly appreciate it!