FAA June Update
Author: Kaitlyn Noyes, FAA Correspondent
FAA June Update
Kaitlyn Noyes
FAA Correspondent
Plant Sales:
This month, our Broadwater FFA Chapter held our plant sales on May 6th, 13th and 20th. Many
community members came to choose from our wide selection grown in our chapter’s greenhouse.
Students in the Horticulture class plant, transplant, and tend to our plants all semester. Examples of our
supply include prearranged hanging baskets, petunias, and vegetable starts to name a few. Overall, we
made an income of $1600 from these sales so far. This revenue will help our chapter further its growth
and involvement. Even though our individual plant sales are done, we’ll be continuing to sell our plants
at the farmer’s markets this summer.
Many of our members enjoy helping out at events such as this. One of our members and
horticulture students, Mishayla Lambott, states, “I like helping out with the plant sale because it gives
money to our chapter so that we can go places like Washington D.C. It also helps earn money for other
fundraisers and banquets that we put on to give back to the community.”
1st Monthly Chapter Meeting:
On May 16th, 2023, our chapter held our first monthly meeting! Our lunch was pulled pork
sandwiches and cookies supplied by the FFA Alumni. Called to order by our president, our newly
installed officers completed our first opening ceremonies. We had 14 members present and 0 guests. The
agenda consisted of Ag Day committee reports, our Member of the Month (Hunter Borror), an awards
banquet report, and new business consisting of sponsorships and the Ag Opportunities Tour. We also
received announcements on scheduling our SAE visits, plant sales, farmers markets, upcoming meetings,
the officer retreat, and our welcome back barbecue to be held on August 15th. While we may have
adjourned the meeting, we didn’t adjourn our involvement in FFA, as we have many exciting events
planned over the entire summer.
Ag Day:
Once again, our chapter held our annual Ag Days at the fairgrounds on May 25th, 2023. This
included many fun and educational activities/workshops conducted by the following:
Archery: Ross MacDonald
FCCLA: Kenzie Knaub *Assistant: Kaitlyn Noyes
Dairy Cattle: Kayla Kraft
Chickens: Grace Kroeger
Ag Bingo: Amanda Pesiscka, Cassidy Flynn, Maddy Schritz.
Pigs: Spencer Braaten
Forge: Lane Santi
Bees: Hunter Borror
Equipment: Aiden Kitto
Each of these workshops helped further younger kids' knowledge of things agriculturally related,
which may prove to persuade them to get involved with agriculture and FFA when they get older! Kenzie,
who was in charge of the FCCLA workshop says, “I enjoyed the realization that I was once one of those
little kids excited to do the project that was set before us, and now I have the opportunity to teach those
kids and that is something that I really enjoy.”
Additionally, our advisor Jemma Loughery states, “Seeing students take the teacher role is fun to
watch. They share their excitement and knowledge and there is no greater way to get the kids involved.”
Over the years, this tradition has been ever-growing in popularity and our chapter looks forward
to continuing it for many years to come.
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PhotoCredit: Kaitlyn Noyes, Mishayla Lambott
Image 1 Caption: Plant Sales
Image 2 Caption: Member of the Month - Hunter Borrer
Image 3 Caption: Kenzie Knaub leading her FCCLA Booth
