To the editor:
We, the officer team for the Caribou FFA, the Student Organization for Agriculture Education (formerly Future Farmers of America) want to thank all Maine citizens who have purchased the agriculture license plate. We want to let you know what your support for this program has meant to our local FFA Chapter.
Over the last three years, the Caribou FFA has sought and received $3,000 in grants from the Maine Ag in the Classroom program to help us improve leadership in this high school organization. Maine Ag in the Classroom is the administrator of the agriculture license plate funds.
Caribou FFA members have taught over 450 third-grade students the basics of where their food comes from through our immensely popular Food For America Day. Elementary students from around the Caribou area come to the Ag Education Department at Caribou Tech Center where they learn about plants, animals and food production.
In addition, FFA members have been able to travel to Washington, D.C. to the Washington Leadership Conference, attend regional leadership workshops as well as participate in the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The National Convention draws over 54,000 FFA members from all across the United States.
Caribou FFA members would like you to consider choosing the “ag plates” when it comes time to renew your car or truck registration. You are investing in people like us. Thank you.
Sara Huston, president
Jeremy Miller, vice president
Tyler Raymond, secretary
Dylan Greenier, treasurer
Tim Shaw, reporter
Cindy Ketch, PR director
Thomas Hale, FFA adviser
