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General FFA Facts

The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and careersuccess through agricultural education.

Today (04-05) there are 490,017 FFA members, aged 12-21 in 7,210 chapters in all 50 states.
This also includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
- 38% of FFA members are females; women hold more than 50% of state leadership positions.
- 77% of our membership is Caucasian; 17% is Hispanic and 4% is African American
- 89% of FFA members are in grades 9-12; 6% are in grades 7-8; 5% are high school graduates
- 27% of FFA members live in rural farm area; 39% the remainder live in rural non-farm;34% urban and suburban areas
- FFA Chapters are in 11 of 20 largest cities, includes New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
- The top five membership states are California, Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Ohio
- The 75th National FFA convention was host to 51,338 members, advisors, and supporters.

Lake Region FFA News
Crystal Meadows competed in the County Farm Bureau Speech Contest.
Crystal had to write a five minute speech on “How will the Global Market affect agriculture in the next five year?” Then she presented the speech in front of three judges. Crystal won first place and $50.00!
Now Crystal will go on to compete at Districts on September 6, 2007. For a chance to win $175.00!

Polk County Youth Fair.
Click HERE to for link to the rule book and print entry forms

2008 scholarship program

The 2008 scholarship program goes live December 1, 2007! For the first time, students will submit applications for collegiate scholarships online. We are asking for your help in passing this information along to each of your advisors so they know how the program will work.

Students will go to http://scholarships.ffa.org to register and fill out an online application. Once they submit the application, their advisor will receive an email notifying them a student has submitted an application for review. The email will have a link taking the advisor directly to the student's summary page. Advisors will review it, score the SAE on a scale of 1 to 5, add their statement and sign it electronically using a checkbox. Applications MUST be approved by advisors to be eligible. Once the advisor has signed off on the application, the student will receive an email directing them to print a signature page. We must receive a signed signature page mailed through the US Postal Service, postmarked no later than February 15, 2008 to complete the application.

Links

Polk County FFA www.pcsb.k12.FL.US/polkFFA
Florida FFA www.FlaFFA.org
National FFA www.FFA.org
Lake Region FFA Calendar HERE
Download your FFA field Trip Forms HERE
Check out this year's FFA Photos HERE
Polk County Youth Fair http://www.polk-fl.net/polkffa/home/youthfair.shtml