West Snyder FFA Receives ‘Three-Star’ Emblem At FFA Convention
West Snyder FFA officers earn national “Three-Star”
rating. From right, James Wright, chapter president and
Heather Hollenbach, vice president, received the National
Three Star Award from the National FFA officers, far left, in
Louisville, Ky. at the 73rd National FFA Convention.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. After
ranking first of Pennsylvania’s
149 FFA chapters in the Na
tional Chapter Award program,
the West Snyder FFA applica
tion was forwarded to the Na
tional FFA Center for ranking
on a national level.
West Snyder FFA chapter re
ceived a national “three-star”
gold emblem at the 73rd Na
tional FFA Convention in Louis
ville, Ky., for its efforts in this
program.
The three-star award is the
highest level of achievement the
National FFA bestows upon a
chapter. Only the top 100 chap
ters of the nations 7,264 FFA
chapters received this award.
Accepting the award for the
chapter was James Wright,
chapter president and Heather
Hollenbach, vice president of
student development.
The National Chapter Award
program is designed to improve
the chapter’s program of activi
ties, assist chapters in evaluating
their accomplishments, and
reward chapters for providing
educational experiences for the
entire membership. This pro
gram has the highest percent of
participation of any program or
event offered by the National
FFA Organization.
While at the National FFA
West Snyder FFA members at the National FFA Conven
tion in Louisville. From left, row 1, Hannah Etzler, Heather
Hollenbach, Melissa McWilliams, Daphne Wagner, and
Heidi Good. Row 2, Maria Trego, Derek Fetterolf, James
Wright, Lance Herman, and Chuck Kessler. Absent from
picture was Phaedra Wray.
Convention, West Snyder mem
bers heard motivational
speeches and presentations from
Deborah Norville, anchor of
“Inside Edition”; John Alston,
author; Dr. Guy Doud, U.S.
teacher of the year; and Carolyn
Peck, WNBA coach. The mem
bers also attended a concert with
country stars Toby Keith and
the Wilkinsons. They toured
Churchill Downs where they
saw the Thoroughbred horses
practice for the upcoming
Breeder’s Cup Race and toured
the Louisville Slugger Baseball
Member ED.I.C.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25, 2000-A23
tary students from the Louisville
area and 500 volunteer FFA
members from across the nation.
West Snyder FFA members conducted
PALS presentations on agricultural literacy
and team building skills. The first event was
making “ice cream in a bag.” West Snyder
member Phaedra Wray dressed in a cow cos
tume and distributed ice cream stickers while
the students ate their ice cream. They also
played “Foodo,” a bingo style game which
teaches the players about the basic four food
groups.
West Snyder FFA distributed milk promo
tion erasers, pencils, stickers, and activity
books sponsored by the American Dairy As
sociation. Louisville elementary students also
enjoyed playing “Peanut Butler River” with
the West Snyder FFA members. This event
requires a team building effort among its
players. After a morning of mentoring with
the FFA members, the Louisville elementary
students departed for their schools.
The nine West Snyder FFA members were
accompanied on the trip by Cynthia Shaffer,
chapter adviser, and Dale and Teresa Wright,
parents of James Wright, chapter president.
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In a related activity, Heather
Hollenbach, James Wright, Me
lissa McWilliams, Chuck Kes
sler, Lance Herman, Phaedra
Wray, Derek Fetterolf, Hannah
Etzler, and Daphne Wagner
conducted two pre-convention
workshops on the PALS (Part
ners in Active Learning Sup
port) program. This program
was conducted with 500 elemen-