On Monday, November 16th, Marysville FFA held a leadership night called “Leading the Herd”. FFA Members from, Felicity Franklin, Felicity Schools, Knox County Career Center, Wapakoneta, Fairbanks, Ansonia, Laura RG Orange and Marysville. Making a total of about 65-70 participants. Ohio State FFA officers Robby Thiel and Haley Wilson conducted an inspirational leadership activity leading into a general livestock judging knowledge and competition course. Judges for the general livestock contest included; Kevin Wendt judging pigs, Tracy Dellinger judging sheep, Levi Criswell judging goats and Jake Osborn with cattle. Overall, the new approach of a FFA Leadership Night was a great success.
The leadership activity got members engaged in how their chapter can help people in poverty or who do not have enough or healthy food resources available. For example, a topic we discussed was, one in every five children suffer from poverty. In terms of the general livestock judging course, judges were asked to give questions, rank each of the four animals in each animal species and then give tips as to why the ranked each animal in that specific ranking. Marysville FFA’s goal was to create a new and different approach on Leadership Night by incorporating a potential Career Development Event contest, General Livestock Judging, in which FFA members could participate in. In the end, members left with more knowledge on proper livestock judging and more leadership knowledge.
Leighann Shanklin
Marysville FFA Reporter
The leadership activity got members engaged in how their chapter can help people in poverty or who do not have enough or healthy food resources available. For example, a topic we discussed was, one in every five children suffer from poverty. In terms of the general livestock judging course, judges were asked to give questions, rank each of the four animals in each animal species and then give tips as to why the ranked each animal in that specific ranking. Marysville FFA’s goal was to create a new and different approach on Leadership Night by incorporating a potential Career Development Event contest, General Livestock Judging, in which FFA members could participate in. In the end, members left with more knowledge on proper livestock judging and more leadership knowledge.
Leighann Shanklin
Marysville FFA Reporter