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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 71
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates April 30, 2014, as "FFA Day" at the legislature
and commends the state officers of FFA.
A RESOLUTION1
To designate April 30, 2014, 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 seventy-13
five 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-two16
chapters throughout the state with nearly ten thousand members; and17
WHEREAS, the members of the Louisiana Senate recognize the importance of18 SR NO. 71
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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 April 30, 2014, as "FFA Day" at the legislature.5
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana also6
recognizes and commends the 2013-2014 state FFA officers as follows: Ralynn O'Brien,7
President; Brooke Townsend, Vice President, Area II; Chelsea Deculus, Vice President, Area8
III; Logan Brumfield, Vice President, Area IV; Kayla Rachal, Secretary; John Whittington,9
Treasurer; Emily Hartzog, Reporter; Maggie Beard, Sentinel; and Todd Manuel,10
Parliamentarian.11
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the12
state president of the Louisiana chapter of the FFA organization.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Johnson.
DIGEST
Thompson SR No. 71
Designates April 30, 2014, as "FFA Day" at the legislature and to commend the state officers
of FFA.