FFA SENTINEL
Making Lemonade
Making the Best of a Difficult Situation
Brianna Payne teaching a lesson to a pre-K class before COVID-19.
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hen life gives you lemons what do you do with them? 2020 was full of lemons and we are still getting them in 2021. The fact is, it was a crazy year for everyone, from virtual competitions and conventions to canceled events and quarantine. The way FFA works may have been altered but our mission is still the same: To promote the agriculture industry. Lincoln FFA has been striving to make a difference in the lives of members in hopes that we would soon get back to a sense of normalcy. Our chapter has held a membership drive, helped run a horse show through COHA, run in-person meetings, and held a voter registration drive all during the first semester. Last year, I created an ag literacy program at Lincoln Elementary school for preschool to fifth-grade students where I create lessons and activities to teach the kids. This year the program has worked a little differently, so instead of teaching the lesson myself, I began sending the lesson plan complete with all the materials to the teachers for them to show to their kids since I wasn’t able to go to the school myself due to COVID-19 regulations. Before school let out for Christmas break, I decided I wanted to move 28
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Brianna conducting a chapter visit with Spring Garden FFA.
