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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 18
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
A RESOLUTION
To designate April 27, 2017, as FFA Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and to commend the
state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association.
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 ninety-five
chapters throughout the state with over ten thousand members; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Louisiana Senate 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 Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate April 27, 2017, as FFA Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana also
recognizes and commends the 2016-2017 state FFA officers as follows: Gabe Patterson,
president; Bryce Franklin, vice president; Bayli Quick, vice president; Gabrielle Gobert, vice
president; Charlotte Streat, vice president; Layni LeBlanc, secretary; Ashlee Sebren,
treasurer; Holly Kay, reporter; Zac Little, sentinel; and Benjamin Hoover, parliamentarian.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Gabe Patterson, state president of the Louisiana FFA Association.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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