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CHAMPIONS OF EXCELLENCE
Invo lvement
The key to a strong county Farm Bureau is active involvement from a variety of members — instead of a select few. This achievement award category focuses on a county Farm Bureau’s ability to involve the maximum number of members in programs and activities. The key to this category is involving a larger percentage of membership and identifying new regular members to become active in a Farm Bureau activity.
District 1 – Cass District 2 – Hillsdale District 3 – Oakland District 4 – Ottawa District 5 – Shiawassee District 6 – Macomb
Advocacy
District 7 – Mason
District 8 – Midland
District 9 – Missaukee District 10 – Emmet
District 11 – Copper Country
Farm Bureau’s ability to be effective in implementing member policy is based on how well our members advocate our position or educate and promote our industry. The issue that you are advocating for can be from any part of Farm Bureau – local, state or national policy, or agricultural education or promotion. The key to this award area is how well a county identified a critical issue for the county Farm Bureau and what members did to make an impact on the issue.
District 1 – Van Buren District 2 – Lenawee District 3 – Monroe District 4 – Kent District 5 – Clinton District 6 – St. Clair
Innovation
District 7 – Mecosta District 8 – Midland District 9 – Missaukee District 10 – Ogemaw District 11 – Iron Range
County Farm Bureaus continue to do amazing activities every year. This award area focuses on a new event or activity the county Farm Bureau implemented in the past 12 months. It can be any type of activity as long as it was the first time a county tried it. The key to this category is innovation in creating a new program and providing ideas to share with other counties that may want to use the idea in the future.
District 1 – Kalamazoo District 2 – Calhoun District 3 – Washtenaw District 4 – Ottawa District 5 – Clinton District 6 – Tuscola
District 7 – Mason District 8 – Saginaw District 9 – Missaukee District 10 – Charlevoix District 11 – Menominee
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