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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature and to commend the state
officers of FFA.
WHEREAS, the national Future Farmers of America (FFA) organization prepares
and trains students for leadership and professions in the science, business, and technology
of agriculture in public schools throughout our nation; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the FFA organization is to make a positive difference in
the lives of young people by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal
growth, and career success through agricultural education; and
WHEREAS, the motto of the FFA organization, "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn,
Earning to Live, Living to Serve", gives members words to live by as they experience the
opportunities of the organization; and
WHEREAS, the national FFA organization consists of over five hundred fifty-seven
thousand members in the fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana membership of the FFA organization continues to be
strongly represented by agricultural students in approximately one hundred eighty-six
chapters throughout the state with nearly ten thousand members; and
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes the importance
of agriculture to the economy of this state, as well as the importance of the education and
training students receive through agricultural education programs that develop competent
and assertive agricultural leadership.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature. SR NO. 3 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana also
recognizes and commends the 2012-2013 state FFA officers as follows: Nicholas Adams,
President; Katie Whitehead, Vice President, Area I; Gregory Simmons, Vice President, Area
II; Gabriel Fontenot, Vice President, Area III; William Mayfield, Vice President, Area IV;
Aaron Babers, Secretary; Victoria Novitsky, Treasurer; and Camille Mouton, Sentinel.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
state president of the Louisiana chapter of the FFA organization.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE