ENROLLED 2015 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 20 BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS A RESOLUTION To designate April 28, 2015, 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 more than six hundred thousand members in the United 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-five 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 28, 2015, as FFA Day at the legislature. Page 1 of 2 HR NO. 20 ENROLLED BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2014-2015 state FFA officers as follows: Christen Wall, president; Barrett Moore, vice president; Callie Crain, vice president; Taylor Ashworth, vice president; Kaleb Danos, vice president; Ashley Gotreaux, secretary; Maizy Rabalais, treasurer; Richard "Bubby" Mathis, reporter; Andrew Badeaux, sentinel; and Nikki Roofner, 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 REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2