Membership Volunteers Earn
Farm Bureau Proud Club Status
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Trayton Greenfield
Karyn Schauf
Kelly Oudenhoven
Joe Bragger DECEMBER | JANUARY 2020-2021
ith the close of the Farm Bureau membership year on Sept. 30, WFBF reported its 13th consecutive year of membership growth. A driving force behind this string of success has been the membership outreach efforts of Farm Bureau volunteers around the state who are committed to helping the organization meet its goals. This dedicated group of volunteer membership workers who invited their friends and neighbors to join the organization helped add more than 470 new members to WFBF's membership rolls during the 2020 membership year. For more than 35 years, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation has honored a select group of volunteer membership workers who sign at least five new Farm Bureau members during the membership year, which begins on Oct. 1 and ends on Sept. 30. Known as the Farm Bureau Proud Club, this group included 38 membership workers from 24 counties in 2020. With the WFBF Annual Meeting being held virtually this year due to COVID-19, the traditional Farm Bureau Proud Banquet honoring these membership workers could not be held. However, each member of the Farm Bureau Proud Club was presented with a special thank you gift in November. The Farm Bureau Proud gift boxes contain a variety of items, most of which are proudly produced and marketed by Farm Bureau members throughout Wisconsin. "It's great to see the commitment of our membership workers year after year," said Bob Leege, Wisconsin Farm Bureau's Executive Director of Member Relations. "This group takes a lot of pride in bringing new faces into our organization and helping to build Farm Bureau's influence. We look forward to bringing the group together again in future years recognize them and honor their work in front of the entire delegation at the WFBF Annual Meeting." Once again, Fond du Lac County Membership Chair Trayton Greenfield led the way among all membership volunteers with 30 new members signed. Other top 10 membership workers included Joe Bragger (20), Scott Breitrick (15), Monica Schwittay (14), Mike Harms (9), Al Klapoetke (9), Reuben Hopp, Scott Schreffler and Randy Wokatsch (8 each) and Eunice Yanke (7).
Dean Bergseng
Sue Thelen
Rob Wirth
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