ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 110
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
A RESOLUTION
To designate Thursday, May 9, 2019, as FFA Day at the state capitol and to commend the
state officers of FFA.
WHEREAS, the National 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
seventy thousand members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and
WHEREAS, FFA membership in Louisiana continues to be strong and includes
nearly eleven thousand agricultural students in one hundred ninety-nine chapters throughout
the state; 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 in the state 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 Thursday, May 9, 2019, as FFA Day at the
state capitol.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2018-2019 state FFA officers as follows:
Brooklyn Hampton, president; Kerington Bass, vice president; Sara Toal, vice president;
William Gaspard, vice president; Lane Degenhardt, vice president; Katie Mestayer,
secretary; Madison Sittig, treasurer; Taylor Perrodin, reporter; Zachary Mayfield, sentinel;
and Makayla Caswell, parliamentarian.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
state president of the Louisiana Association of the National FFA Organization.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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