2014-2015 FFA Chapter Officers: (Top L to R) Briar Peterson, Austin White, Becca Holland, Isaac Wente, Carly Maanum, Trent Wulf; (bottom L to R) Ashlee Koehl, Matt Munsterman, Joanna Moser.
2014-15 Junior Officers: (top L to R) Jacob Just, Hallie Watzke, Autumn Wente; (bottom L to R) Savannah Aanerud, Maria White, Anna Mahoney; not pictured Shayla Kill.
State Convention (right) Morris FFA members competing at the 2014 State Convention last spring. Morris Area FFA has one of the largest delegations earning Career Development Event Team event participation at last year’s conference. Many teams placed in the top 10 at the convention last year with Savannah Aanerud making it to National competition in Creed Speaking.
National Convention attendees (left) During the 2014 National Convention, Morris FFA members visited Churchill Downs among other tours. They also attended the National Convention Career and College Expo and many different leadership events and excellent speakers. (Right) MAHS celebrated the election of Brady Wulf as State FFA Treasurer. The process for election is rigorous, taking months of planning and study. The Nominating Committee process includes hours of interviews and interaction. Brady has served the Minnesota State FFA in numerous capacities this year including testifying at the capital, organization and implementation of State Leadership Conferences for members, and representing the State of Minnesota at National FFA Convention. Brady Wulf is also currently a freshman at SDSU in Brookings, S.D.
2014-2015 Morris Area FFA chapter members
FFA Mission Statement: FFA is a youth organization designed to develop leadership and agriscience skills. FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
The FFA Creed I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds– achievements won by present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us through the struggles of former years. I believe that to live and work on a good farm, or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits, is pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life and hold an inborn fondness for these associations which, even in hours of discouragement, I cannot deny. I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly, with such knowledge and skill as I can secure, and in the ability of progressive agriculturists to serve our own and the public interest in producing and marketing the product of our toil. I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in bargaining; in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to make it so—for others as well as myself; in less need for charity and more of it when needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness depends upon me. I believe that American agriculture can and will hold true to the best traditions of our national life and that I can exert an influence in my home and community that will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.