Highlights for the Animal and Botanical Science Academy and the Freehold FFA

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Our Chapter Officers: Our officers for the 2015-2016 school year are President Allie Haggar, Vice President Kayleigh Piccolo, Secretary Allison Finn, Treasurer Samantha Blitzer, Reporter Karen Reyes, Sentinel Amanda Chudkowski and Parliamentarian Masooma Moosavi.

 

Summer Highlights: The summer before the new school year started, officers met together for the much anticipated Freehold Chapter Officer Training, which was facilitated by alumni Sydney Gavinelli and Brenda Reyes. There, the officers not only learned how to effectively be a leader, but they also established their theme for the upcoming year. They were proud to present that the chapter theme would be “Discover”, modeled after Disney.

Later in the summer, members of the chapter volunteered at the Monmouth County Fair. Together, alongside the Farmers Against Hunger Association, members raised agricultural awareness to all interested fair-goers and raised funds for the chapters..

 

Hunger Banquet: When the school year began, juniors in the program decided on their year volunteer project. Juniors will host a hunger banquet to be held on  Wednesday, February 24th. The purpose of the banquet is to make our community more aware of families that live with food insecurity. These people, in our community and around the globe, go day by day not knowing where their next meal will come from. It’s a tragic reality not many people think about, but the junior class hopes to promote change and action through awareness. They look forward to see you attend!

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Fall Career Development Events: The Fall CDEs hosted by the State FFA at Rutgers were on November 19th. This year the Fruits and Vegetables team consisting of: Alyssa Granito (who came in 5th place individually in the HO Sampson division); Narjis Moosavi; Arielle Yu; and Hadel Darwish, won 5th place. The Land Judging team, consisting of Taylor Sauter, Angela Costello, Masooma Moosavi, and Sruthi Boddapti, came in 5th place. The Turf Management team, including Karen Reyes, Aly Petruch, Andrew Landis, and Allie Haggar, came in 6th place. The Milk and Dairy team, including Allison Finn (who came in 5th place individually); Kristen Giordano; Leiona Islam; and Amanda Chudkowski, came in 9th place. Congratulations to all the teams and all of their hard work!

 

Member of the Month: The Freehold FFA chapter would like to congratulate Allison Finn and Amanda Chudkowski who won the title of NJ State FFA Member of the Month for November and December respectively. This means that that they are allowed to apply for Member of the Year, which will be announced this May at State Convention. Keep making our chapter proud!