Arizona Agricultural Education/FFA Foundation

AZ FFA students can apply for a jacket today! The Arizona Agricultural Education/FFA Foundation Jacket Grant Program is open to any Arizona FFA member in good standing and that has not previously been awarded a jacket through the Blue Jacket Legacy Program! Scan this QR code or connect with your FFA advisor to receive the link to apply. The application deadline is October 1st.

Read about Mylea McBride-Grover's involvement, awards and takeaways in this week's 'Where Are They Now?'

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https://bit.ly/WhereAreTheyNowFFA

We want to thank Arizona Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Financial Services for being the Title Sponsors for the 9th Annual Blue & Gold Gala!

Today we are highlighting Cassandra Davis! Her favorite about being an AZ FFA Member is "The community and the endless opportunities in agriculture. I truly enjoy being apart of something that works so hard to keep agriculture alive."

Taytum Stuhr of Buckeye FFA Chapter is the 2024 State Star in Agricultural Production! Read more about Taytum and the Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) that won her this award in our new blog post.

Use this link to read the full blog:
https://azffafoundation.org/blog-1/f/2024-state-star-in-agricultural-production

Congratulations to all of the 2024 Arizona Agricultural Teachers Association Award recipients!

We are 7 days away from announcing something BIG! Be sure to check back on Thursday, August 15th to see what it is.

This Wednesday, we are featuring Faith Nichols! Read all about Faith's involvement in the Gilbert FFA Chapter.

Use this link to fill out the form for a chance to be highlighted on our social media!
https://bit.ly/WhereAreTheyNowFFA

The August issue of Real Country Magazine is available now! Check out page 54 to read the Foundation's column. Use this link to read the full article:
https://arizonarealcountry.com/AugFlipbook2024/ /1

A special thank you to the Arizona FFA Foundation Executive Committee for their time and leadership this past weekend participating in the Executive Committee Retreat. The group took a deep dive into many aspects of the Foundation to prepare for this upcoming year. The Executive Committee is preparing for the upcoming strategic planning meeting to be held in September with the full Board of Trustees. We are very grateful for our entire Board of volunteers that lead our organization.
Pictured left to right in back row: Scott Pilchard, Brinton Colburn, Mike Olsen, Doug Norton and Steve Goucher. Front Row left to right: Jacque Cook and Farrah Smith.

Today we are highlighting Samuel Frazier! Samuel is the 2024-2025 Arizona FFA’s State Treasurer. He has been an active FFA member for 4 years and enjoys the friendships he gets to make at Leadership Events and CDE Competitions.

There are many opportunities to invest in agriculture education and FFA. Don't forget to take a look at the different ways to support. There are opportunities as low as $300! Please contact us if you have any questions at [email protected].

Use this link for more details:
https://bit.ly/2024FFAProgramsandAwards

The Monthly Newsletter is here! Read about the Arizona FFA Foundation Awards AATA Grant, the 9th Annual Blue & Gold Gala, FFA Program Support Opportunities & much more in this month's newsletter here: https://conta.cc/4fmaC7f

Kiriah Opichka is being featured this week! Read all about her involvement, awards, and biggest takeaway from being an AZ FFA member.

Use this link to fill out the form for a chance to be highlighted on our social media!
https://bit.ly/WhereAreTheyNowFFA

Today and every day we are thankful for the friendships that we have! Always remember to appreciate those who are there for you.

Today we are featuring Victoria Gonzalez! Victoria is the current AZ FFA State Vice President! Vicotria said "My favorite part of being an AZ FFA member is having the opportunity to meet new people from all across the great state of Arizona and share our passion for agriculture!"

Brandon Price is the 2024 State Star in Agribusiness! Brandon is a member of the Duncan FFA Chapter and has worked diligently on starting a business in the fence building market. Read the full article here: https://azffafoundation.org/blog-1/f/2024-state-star-in-agribusiness

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This week we are highlighting Blake Hammond! Read all about his involvement in AZ FFA as well as what advise he has for future members.

Use this link to fill out the form for a chance to be highlighted on our social media!
https://bit.ly/WhereAreTheyNowFFA

We are kicking off the 2024-2025 academic year! There are many opportunities to invest in agriculture education and FFA. We invite you to browse the list to see how you can support an award or program. There are opportunities as low as $300. Help us kick off the year to make sure the awards and programs are supported! Please contact us if you have any questions at [email protected].

https://bit.ly/2024FFAProgramsandAwards

This week we are featuring Adrianna Erwin!

Adrianna wrote "I am going into my fourth and final year of showing sheep.
I have enjoyed all the memories and friend I have made through FFA. From going to Nationals in Indiana to becoming and officer in my high schools FFA program, FFA has given me so many opportunities to do new things and meet new people and for that I am truly thankful. FFA is an extraordinary organization and has made me into the person I am today."

Read all about the 2024 State Star in Ag Placement winner, Jaqueline Ashburner. Congratulations Jacqueline on this huge achievement in your FFA career!
Read the blog article here: https://azffafoundation.org/blog-1/f/2024-star-in-ag-production

The Arizona FFA Foundation was honored recently to receive a grant from the West Valley Mavericks Foundation for $17,500 to support the FFA. This grant will provide support for the Estrella Region Career Development Events in the coming school year, FFA Chapters in the West Valley received support to send two students to the State FFA Leadership Camp this past month, FFA jacket support and professional development funds for the FFA Advisors. Following the award announcement, we were also very excited to have been selected by one of West Valley Mavericks golf tournament winners, Fertizona, to receive an additional grant for $4,000 to support FFA. We are very grateful for the years of support the West Valley Mavericks have provided the Arizona FFA Foundation and the impact they are making not only on the FFA members but all charities they support!

Read all about Taylor Van Why in this week's feature of 'Where Are They Now?'

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https://bit.ly/WhereAreTheyNowFFA

The Arizona Agricultural Education/FFA Foundation is proud to present the Arizona Agriculture Teachers Association with this grant for $72,885. We are grateful for Tom and Diana Jones, iCEV, Doug Daley, The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation and the Arizona FFA Foundation for making this grant possible for AATA.

This Grant will support Professional Development, Ideas Unlimited, Awards Program, Teacher Evaluation Program, All Conference Dinner, Summer Conference Social, and other areas to support the association.

We would also like to recognize our Executive Director, Rochell Planty, for receiving the AATA Advocacy Award at the Fall Conference Dinner.

For our first Member Monday, we are featuring Konner Hatch. He is a part of the Snowflake FFA Chapter and was chosen as the 2024 Star Greenhand Award Winner. Konner has 4 SAE projects which are Beef Cattle, Loading Hay, Grain Sales and Farm Machinery Maintenace.

Please help us congratulate the new Arizona Agricultural Education/FFA Foundation Executive Committee!

The Monthly Newsletter is here! Read about the State FFA Leadership Camp, the 2024-2025 State Officer Team, the 9th Annual Blue & Gold Gala & much more in this month's newsletter here: https://conta.cc/4bA1AQP

We are thrilled to announce the addition of 4 new board members! Please help us welcome Chris Dobson, Frank Santiago, Buck Pruit, and Alicia Owen!