Monthly Foundation Update: September & October 2022

The ND FFA Foundation received $2,500 from the SCHEELS Giving Campaign! THANK YOU to everyone who nominated the Foundation to receive these funds and thank you to SCHEELS for supporting ND nonprofits with this fun campaign!

Central Cass FFA members attended the Grand Farm groundbreaking event. Grand Farm, located just outside Casselton, aims to be the world’s first fully autonomous farm. Read AgWeek’s article about the event and Grand Farm here.

Annual Reports were dispersed across the state, reaching over 9,000 homes.

 

The FFA Leadership Conference was held September 17th-18th at the Bismarck Event Center; 1,000 FFA members attended. Trans Canada donated $10,000 to the FFA Leadership Conference. The ND FFA Foundation held a drawing for 10 FFA jackets

 

State FFA Range Judging was held in Medina.
Top Individual: Elijah Gietzen, Glen Ullin FFA Chapter
Top Team: Beulah
Sponsors: ND Stockmen’s Association & BNI Energy

 

Beth and Kayla attended a speaker panel held at ND
REC in Mandan.

 

Beth met with several potential and current sponsors.
Presented to the ND Soybean Council and attended KY
FFA Foundation Gala.

 

Blue Jacket Bright Future applications were due November 1st. 360 applications were submitted.
We awarded $16,238 to 21 entities for Ag in the Classroom Grants

Kayla attended Sanford Medical Center’s appreciation supper in Fargo.

National FFA Convention was held in Indianapolis, IL.
2022 National FFA Convention Results

Honorary Recipients: Brooke Thiel, Brooks Hetle,
Troy Enga, Paul Berg
This 11/29, celebrate Giving Tuesday by helping us raise $1,129! Click here to make a donation of just $11.29 to help us meet our goal.
District Leadership meetings will be held across the state December 5th – 8th
State Leadership will be held at the Bismarck Event Center, December 13th; good luck to all teams.