FFA-2024 NY State Chapter of the Year!
Mrs. Bossard's Assistant-Mr. Chappell
The Penn Yan FFA Chapter is an organization, determined to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
2024-2025 Officers:
Lizzie Lilyea-President
Colt Walters-Vice President
Claire Sandstrom-Secretary
Lillian Hoke-Naylor-Treasurer
Rachel Dann-Reporter
Lucas Smart-Sentinel
Bailey Kennedy-Historian
Zoe Zeigler-Student Advisor
The Penn Yan FFA is one of the top FFA chapters in the state. For several years they have been recognized as a National Chapter Award winner at both the State and National levels. This includes activities that help grow leaders, build communities, and strengthen agriculture. Some annual events hosted by the Penn Yan FFA include:
- 2023 The Homecoming Chicken BBQ (Sept.)
- 2023 Cider Day with the Elementary School
- 2023 The Annual Fruit and Cheese Sale (Nov)
- 2023 Lights on Wheels parade as part of Starshine (Dec.)
- 2024 Annual SOUPer Bowl (Feb.)
- 2024 The Seneca Farm Toy Show and Auction (March)
- 2024 2nd Annual Ag. Safety Day
- 2024 Community Garden Service Project
- New York State FFA Convention (May)
- National FFA Convention (Oct.)
- 2024 Annual FFA Banquet (June)
The chapter also participates in several volunteer opportunities throughout the year including adopting a 2 mile section of State Route 54, volunteering with the Izaak Walton League, the "Souper" Bowl Food Drive and Red Cross Blood Drives.
Members of the FFA have the chance for personal growth through agriculture classes and FFA activities, leadership opportunities with contests and conferences, and career success through Supervised Agriculture Experiences (SAEs/Work Based Learning) and Career Development Events (CDE/contests).
The Penn Yan FFA has had many top individuals and teams the past few years competing in CDE contests including the 1st place Agricultural Mechanics team and 2nd place Floriculture team at the 2023 NY State FFA convention. Many alumni of the Penn Yan FFA have gone on to receive their State (Empire) Degree and National (American) Degree which less than 1% of the FFA membership ever achieves.
The Penn Yan FFA also had a Nationally winning Proficiency Award winner in 2022 with Clark Simmons winning the Fruit Production Proficiency award with his work on his family's vineyard. The chapter also won the first ever #speakAg State Showcase video contest in 2022.
Like the Penn Yan Agriculture and FFA Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pyagandffa/
The FFA motto gives members twelve short words to live by as they experience the opportunities in the organization.
"Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve."
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