Minnesota FFA Foundation Executive Sponsors Board

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Minnesota FFA FoundationExecutive Sponsors Board

• Inver Grove Heights, MN
• December 19, 2006

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Minnesota FFA Foundation MISSION
To provide resources that promote and enhance
premier leadership, personal growth, and career
success for Minnesota youth enrolled in
agricultural education.
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9,000
Young Minnesotans are FFA Members
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• Minnesota FFA
• Members
• Earned 3.3 million through their Supervised
  Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs
• Invested 2.4 million in their
• SAE programs
• Competed in 24 Career Development Events- earning
  8,600 in scholarships
• 71 members earned the
• American FFA Degree
• 2 members named National Proficiency Award
  winners

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Opportunities

• 339 School Districts in Minnesota
• -186 of these districts have agricultural
  education programs
• 23,100 students enrolled in Agricultural
  education programs
• Ag industry generated nearly
• 1/5 of the states overall economic activities
• 52,000 annual job openings for new graduates
  during 2005-2010

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More than
330,000
MN FFA students have benefited from MN FFA
Foundation contributions.
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• The Minnesota FFA
• Foundation Supports
• Minnesota State FFA Convention
• Leadership Camps Conferences
• State Officer Training
• Scholarships
• FFA Day at the Capitol
• Proficiency Awards Recognition

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• MN FFA State Convention based on 2950 average
  attendance

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• Greenhand and Leadership Camp Scholarships 91
  awarded, 100 available requires safety project
  by Chapter or individual

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• Star Power Conference 70 members attended

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• State Officer Training
• Blast Off Conference for new State Officer team
  100 covered (251/ officer)
• National Leadership Conference for State Officer
  team100 covered (264/officer)

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• Scholarships
• MN FFA Foundation provided 16,600 dollars
  through 29 scholarships in 2005

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• The Foundations BHAG
• (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)
• The Minnesota FFA Foundation will leave NO
  valuable FFA or agricultural education program
  unfunded.

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• The Need

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• Local program support continues to decrease
• Impact
• -Reduced participation in FFA events
• -Funds for advisor and student travel reduced
• -Less funding available for substitute teachers
• -Program resources reduced

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• Extended contracts for Agricultural Education
  Instructors
• Impact
• -reduced chapter participation in State
  Regional FFA programs
• -increased need for program support
• -additional resources/means needed to
  communicate with FFA members

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• Minnesota State FFA Convention costs increase
  annually
• Impact
• -cost prohibited for some members to attend
• -additional funds needed to cover transportation,
  materials, support and facility charges

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• Washington Leadership Conference
• Impact
• -cost of registration and travel has increased
• -attendance has decreased from 150 Minnesota
  members to 19 members in attendance
• -increased need for scholarships

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• Annual cost of college tuition in Minnesota
  continues to increase
• Per year tuition costs for Undergraduate
• student in Minnesota
• Impact
• -increased need for scholarships

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• Lend your time and talents
• Make a personal contribution
• Promote and Attend foundation-sponsored events
• Encourage corporate contributions

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TIMOTHY F. MCNAMARA

• FFA develops leadership skills
• in its members that will bring
• value to their future employers.
• Businesses who support the
• MN FFA Foundation and
• its efforts are making a sound
• investment in their own
• future success.
• AgriBusiness Capital
• Vice President
• AgStar Financial Services, ACA

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KAYLA PEARSON

• I firmly believe in
• the Minnesota FFA
• organizations power
• to build the future
• leaders of our country.
• FFA has made me the
• person that I am today.
• MN FFA President
• Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
• FFA Chapter

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