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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 80
BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS
A RESOLUTION
To designate April 30, 2014, 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 seventy-
five 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-two
chapters throughout the state with nearly ten thousand members; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Louisiana House of Representatives recognize 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 House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate April 30, 2014, as "FFA Day" at the
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2013-2014 state FFA officers as follows:
Ralynn O'Brien, President; Brooke Townsend, Vice President, Area II; Chelsea Deculus,
Vice President, Area III; Logan Brumfield, Vice President, Area IV; Kayla Rachal,
Secretary; John Whittington, Treasurer; Emily Hartzog, Reporter; Maggie Beard, Sentinel;
and Todd Manuel, Parliamentarian.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the state president of the Louisiana chapter of the FFA organization.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES