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WHAT A WEEK.
FFA members from across the state gathered together at
Deep Portage in Hackensack to
GET ANIMATED
during a week of premier leadership, personal growth, and career success
at the 2010 State Leadership Conference for Chapter Leaders.
FFA members from across the state gathered together at
Deep Portage in Hackensack to
GET ANIMATED
during a week of premier leadership, personal growth, and career success
at the 2010 State Leadership Conference for Chapter Leaders.
MONDAY.
FFA members began to arrive around 10 AM on Monday morning and all were assembled by 12:30 PM (ahem, Region VIII bus :)).
HIGHLIGHTS...- Getting to know small group members through "Me-In-A-Box" and playing the first rounds of an AWESOME volleyball tournament
- Singing various cartoon theme songs
- Learning a proper handshake
- Taking the tower hike and viewing beautiful Deep Portage reserve from 100+ feet!
- Cabin chatting.
All about personal growth. On Tuesday, chapter leaders discussed how to use their personal leadership styles to best work with our teams, manage our time, create a personal mission statement, and various opportunities available to us as individuals through FFA.
HIGHLIGHTS...
- Canoeing and hitting the rock wall for the first time during rec
- Power walking during TEAM CHALLENGES to prevent a 3 minute time delay for running
- Watching the State Officer's version of "California Gurls", complete with plungers!
- Winning some cash during the "Farming is Risky Business" break out session sponsored by the USDA
- Reflecting on our first full day.
WEDNESDAY.
What makes a chapter good? This was the topic of discussion Wednesday as FFA members explored a career in Agricultural Education, learned stages of team development, and talked about ways to support our chapters through partnership.
HIGHLIGHTS...
- Watching the "Morning News" and finding out we could take ninja lessons from our favorite Ninja Turtles
- Meeting Ms. Seibert, a former State Officer, who is just beginning her career in Agricultural Education as the new teacher at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
- Teaching each other the five stages of team development through hilarious skits
- Being surprised by Katie Zenk, the Minnesota National Officer Candidate, who spent two days of camp with us
- Learning the Watermelon Crawl, watching the girls totally dominate the boys in watermelon eating contest, and chowing down on a favorite fruit.
"Living to serve", a key phrase in the FFA motto, was brought to life Thursday as we began to explore how we could impact our world through service.
HIGHLIGHTS...
- Laying woodchips, painting picnic tables, controlling invasive species, staining decks, and cleaning up hiking trails during EPIC service projects with Deep Portage staff
- WHAT ABOUT NOW?
- Spending time with our chapters making plans for the coming year
- Watching side-splittingly funny banquet skits, amazing talent acts, and "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
- A final evening with our new friends, laughing about the week and hearing great stories
Looking back, the week seemed to have flown by for all of us. After some evaluating and letter writing, FFA members loaded vans, buses, and cars to head home. Going home with lots of new knowledge and even more friends, SLCCL 2010 was definitely a success.
On behalf of the entire State Officer Team, I would like to thank you ALL for making this camp such a great experience. FFA members, you kept us on our toes and laughing all week; we most certainly had a blast and we hope you did, too!
Keep enjoying the sunshine and time with your chapters this summer. Stay in touch - we would love to hear what you are up to!
Stationed by the plow,
LIZ
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