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22 Overcoming Current Challenges in the Ag Community
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Building Communities 3rd year helping with the program. The goal is
All good FFA chapters strive to give back to their to heighten the awareness that a uniform is about
communities two different ways that we want to the willingness to serve others as well respect those
express our thanks and gratitude to those who sup- who give us the freedom to choose to be in FFA.
port us is through two unique programs. One is The chapter will hand out programs, greet the vet-
Uniform for a Uniform. The Davis-Rodgers FFA erans, wear official dress or chapter t-shirts, and
Chapter name changed from Radio City FFA when help with the parking and logistics of the day by
two members of the chapter were a POW and MIA blocking off parking spots early in the morning.
when serving our country. We wear our Official In addition, to this program all agriculture classes
Dress to honor veterans on Veterans Day as well helped with planting trees in our city parks this fall.
as our former FFA members who exchanged the We hope to help the city in the future around Earth
blue corduroy for a military uniform. This was our Day by replacing additional trees around the com-
munity. These are just a few examples of our com-
munity service projects throughout the year.

Supervised Agriculture Experience
The last circle in the model is SAE. All students in
agriculture class will be exposed to an SAE project.
This is an individual or school based project that
develops a set of competencies for students to gain
valuable employability skills. Students are able to
seek out job shadows, internships, employment, or
becoming an entrepreneur. In the FFA, students
use these projects to gain awards, scholarships, and
state FFA degrees. Students become strong advo-
cates for agriculture through experiences. Students
use The Agriculture Experience Tracker, a digital
record book system to keep track of income, ex-
penses, and skills that students are learning. Proj-
ects are categorized in four major areas: placement,
research, foundational, or entrepreneurships.

Partnerships Julie Wolf
Pella is excited to partner with Shenandoah
High School and offer an internship program.
Pella and other manufacturing companies have
so many career opportunities and this is a great
way for students to see what is available. The
students can select the types of positions they are