Lone Tree FFA members attend Greenhand Fire Up

By Bridget Mahoney
Posted 2/4/21

Each year Southeast District and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire Up Conferences for FFA members in the Southeast District. Clear Creek Amana welcomed FFA chapters from all over …

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Lone Tree FFA members attend Greenhand Fire Up

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Each year Southeast District and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire Up Conferences for FFA members in the Southeast District. Clear Creek Amana welcomed FFA chapters from all over the Southeast district on Jan. 18.  Lone Tree had three members attend this event: Kelly Marshek, Bailey McGrew and William Rockafellow.

While at Clear Creek Amana, district and state officers lead four interactive workshops for first year high school FFA members, also known as Greenhands, for the annual Greenhand Fire Up Conference. The workshops facilitated were leadership focused with an emphasis on the experiences that occur in the lives of beginning high school students.

“Greenhand Fire Up provides a chance for first-year high school members to get a sneak peek of the opportunities that FFA holds, and is a conference for members to meet and interact with state and district officers,” said Iowa FFA President Mickayla McGill.

The officers prepared and facilitated workshops of authenticity, balancing priorities, communication and FFA opportunities in order to provide the first-year FFA members with skills they would use both within and outside of FFA. The goal was to engage FFA members in learning about the tools that would allow them to be successful in anything they are part of through high school and beyond.

Greenhand Fire Up is made possible with support from the Iowa FFA Foundation.