Paris FFA receives Top Chapter Award

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COLUMBIA, Mo., April 17, 2024—The Missouri FFA Association awarded the Paris FFA Chapter a Gold Emblem and a Top Chapter Award. Paris placed ninth out of 362 chapters. Only 10 percent of state chapters receive a top chapter designation annually.

The National Chapter Award Program is designed to recognize FFA chapters that actively implement the organization’s mission and strategies. Chapters improve operations using the National Quality Chapter Standards and a Program of Activities emphasizing growing leaders, building communities, and strengthening agriculture. Chapters are rewarded for providing educational experiences for the entire membership. FCS Financial sponsors this award. The Paris FFA advisors are Madison Monnig and Josh Bondy.

The Paris FFA hosted events including Monster Math Night, where members invited elementary students and families for an evening of math enrichment and dinner; Stakeholder Breakfast, where community members heard about updates on the construction of the Paris Ag Building; and 2nd Grade Ag Expo, where members partnered up with a second grader to research an agricultural topic, write a report and prepare a presentation for the expo.

The top chapters in Missouri will compete for the National FFA Chapter Award. Winners will be announced this fall at the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis.

The Missouri FFA has 26,830 members representing 362 chapters. The national organization has more than 945,000 members representing 9,163 chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

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