ENROLLED 2021 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 124 BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND A RESOLUTION To designate Tuesday, May 25, 2021, as FFA Day at the state capitol and to commend the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association. 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 seven hundred twenty thousand members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and WHEREAS, FFA membership in Louisiana continues to be strong and includes over eleven thousand agricultural students in two hundred and four 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. Page 1 of 2 HR NO. 124 ENROLLED THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, May 25, 2021, as FFA Day at the state capitol. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2020-2021 state FFA officers as follows: Kaleb LeMoine, president; Elizabeth Richwine, vice president (Area II); Sydni Walker, vice president (Area III); Sadie Foster, vice president (Area IV); Emmerson Lyons, secretary; Haley Faciane, treasurer; Megan Chiasson, reporter; Faith Thibodeaux, sentinel; and Bryson Johnson, parliamentarian. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the executive secretary of the Louisiana Association of the National FFA Organization. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2