FFA holds annual Breakfast to kick off National FFA week

Columbia  FFA kicked off National FFA week with their annual Breakfast held at Hickman High School on Saturday, February 15, 2014. 130 members, family and friends were in attendance to help celebrate the accomplishments of the chapter. Guests were treated to a breakfast of scrambled eggs, homemade sausage, biscuits, gravy and fruit as they heard inspiration from Dr. Monty Kerley, University of Missouri professor of Animal Nutrition and parent to chapter president, Lainyn Kerley.
Chapter advisers are Chuck Miller, Larry Henneke, Kevin Duncan, Meridith Thornton and Sherie Rodekohr.

To view photos from the breakfast, click here.

An award ceremony recognized the newly conferred Greenhand and Chapter Degree candidates.

Greenhand Degree			Chapter Degree
Jesseca Alexander	Aaron  Mott		Emily Adams
Taylor Alexander	Madison Null		Bryce  Aldridge
Joshua Backman	Christian Ortmeyer		Carson Banks
Jacob Beck	Payton Oswalt		Samantha Benedict
Hazel Blaisdell	Nathan Parfitt		Jacob Biddle
Peter Boessen	Kyle Perry		Brenden Bremer
Joseph Brockert	Katy Putnam		Austin Crane
Lauren Brown	Justin Rhine		Maddie Culbertson
Emily Burhn	Taylor Roberts		Andrew Cunningham
Emma Coffman	Austin Robinson		Joe Ege
Kasys Crase	Blake Rosson		Seth Enochs
Danielle DeFelice	Caleb Rutter		Thomas Fenner
Olivia Desmit	Robert Schmidt		Justin Hammel
Gary Dietzel	Samantha See		Christina Marietta
Elizabeth Fenner	Justice Stoffer		Taylor McDannold
Ann Franklin	Dakota Stone		Jackson Nicoli
Austin Freitag	Samantha Strawn		Katelyn Pasley
Dakota Fudge	Virginia Tharpe		Carly Raetz
Cheyenne  Gardi	Tierra  Tindall		Jeremy Strawn
Devon Gates	Jacob Toler		Christopher Tennill
Natasha Gravitt	Kjia Underwood		Nick Voney
Natalia Hardesty	Rebecca Vega		Tye Wilson
Ida Jacaway	Joshua Wade
Rory James	Lauren Wankum
Ryan Johnston	Kayla Weaver
Kirstyn Kaster	Colby White
Katie King	Marshall Willingham
Asa Linneman	Brock Wilson
McKenzie Meyer

As part of the celebration of National FFA week, several activities are planned including:

• Sunday-FFA Sunday at Forum Christian Church
• Monday-Ice Skating at Washington Park in Jefferson City
• Tuesday-Battle of the Genders at CACC
• Wednesday-Pizza and Movie nigh at CACC
• Thursday-Bowling at Town and Country Lanes
• Friday-FFA dress day

The National FFA Organization is a national youth organization of 579,678 student members as part of 7,570 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the live of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.