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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
COMMENDATIONS. Designates May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature and
commends the state officers of FFA.
A RESOLUTION1
To designate May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature and to commend the state2
officers of FFA.3
WHEREAS, the national Future Farmers of America (FFA) organization prepares4
and trains students for leadership and professions in the science, business, and technology5
of agriculture in public schools throughout our nation; and6
WHEREAS, the mission of the FFA organization is to make a positive difference in7
the lives of young people by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal8
growth, and career success through agricultural education; and9
WHEREAS, the motto of the FFA organization, "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn,10
Earning to Live, Living to Serve", gives members words to live by as they experience the11
opportunities of the organization; and12
WHEREAS, the national FFA organization consists of over five hundred fifty-seven13
thousand members in the fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and14
WHEREAS, the Louisiana membership of the FFA organization continues to be15
strongly represented by agricultural students in approximately one hundred eighty-six16
chapters throughout the state with nearly ten thousand members; and17
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes the importance18 SR NO. 3
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of agriculture to the economy of this state, as well as the importance of the education and1
training students receive through agricultural education programs that develop competent2
and assertive agricultural leadership.3
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana4
does hereby designate May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature.5
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana also6
recognizes and commends the 2012-2013 state FFA officers as follows: Nicholas Adams,7
President; Katie Whitehead, Vice President, Area I; Gregory Simmons, Vice President, Area8
II; Gabriel Fontenot, Vice President, Area III; William Mayfield, Vice President, Area IV;9
Aaron Babers, Secretary; Victoria Novitsky, Treasurer; and Camille Mouton, Sentinel.10
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the11
state president of the Louisiana chapter of the FFA organization.12
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Johnson.
DIGEST
Thompson SR No. 3
Designates May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature and commends the state officers
of FFA.