From left to right - Sam Garrison, vice president
of Princeton Agriculture Association and New Jersey
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; Marissa Cardona,
Piscataway FFA Chapter; Luke G. McDade, South Hunterdon
FFA Chapter; Gary Hoten, Howell Living History Farm,
accepting for Laura Cooper, Hunterdon Central FFA
Chapter; and Dr. Richard Ilnicki, president of Princeton
Agriculture Association.
Three
FFA members were honored on June 24 by the Princeton
Agriculture Association for their leadership activities
in agricultural education and the FFA organization.
Each received a $50 savings bond in the Association's
first "FFA Recognition Program." The Princeton Agriculture
Association is a 132-year-old association that strives
to encourage youth to pursue agricultural careers
and to spread knowledge of new and better concepts
of promoting agriculture.
Dr.
Richard Ilnicki, president of the Princeton Agriculture
Association, presented the awards to Marissa Cardona
of Perth Amboy, a member of the Piscataway FFA Chapter;
Luke G. McDade of Stockton, a member of the South
Hunterdon FFA Chapter; and Laura Cooper of Lambertville,
a member of the Hunterdon Central FFA Chapter.
"This
was a leadership-focused award. Each contestant had
to write three essays on the development of their
leadership skills, their agricultural education activities
as well as how local FFA activities can impact the
agriculture industry positively," Association vice-president
Sam Garrison noted. "The Princeton Agriculture Association
compliments these young people for the leadership
roles they have played and for their interest in
agriculture." |
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