"Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve."
- The FFA Motto
The FFA is a national youth organization with over 500,000 members and 7,000 chapters in all 50 United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The Future Farmers of America was formed in 1928 as a vocational agriculture training program. The FFA Mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
Our Chapter History
TheMarais des Cygnes ValleyFFA Chapter was established in 1981 with 16 members, all of which were young men. Today, the membership has grown to an average of 45 members with around 50% of them being female. This year we expect to be at our average membership numbers. Like agriculture, our chapter has changed with the times. Although, we have fewer members coming from farm families, the members have not allowed that to stop them from learning about agriculture and the FFA Leadership that they experience. We have had members take advantage of the leadership skills taught at Marais des Cygnes Valley FFA and the chapter has been blessed to have had five Kansas State FFA Officers; Emily Harsch, Jennifer Burkdoll, Jason Lacey, Jill Casten, and Lori Alexander, as well as thirteen East Central District Officers; Susan Gish, Becky Clemons, Emily Harsch, Jennifer Burkdoll, Steve Lichtenauer, Mindy White, Jennifer Casten, Jason Lacey, Jill Casten, Lori Alexander, Janae Casten, Jarah Casten, and Ashley Phelon. More than 669,989 FFA members across the nation engage themselves in a wide range of agriculture education activities, leading to over 300 career opportunities in the agriculture science , food, fiber, and natural resources industry.
Our chapter stays incredibly busy during the course of the year. Please follow us on the website and local newspapers to see what the MdCV FFA Chapter has been up to and will be doing.
Helpful Links
Our chapter now utilizes The AET for our record book keeping for our SAE programs. JudgingCard hosts all of our CDE results. Check out our calendar to see upcoming events and activities.
Where we are located: 508 S Main St, Melvern, KS 66510