About FFA & 4H

FFA 
The FFA motto gives members twelve short words to live by as they experience the opportunities in the organization. Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.To accomplish its mission, FFA:

  • Develops competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
  • Increases awareness of the global and technological importance of agriculture and its contribution to our well-being.
  • Strengthens the confidence of agriculture students in themselves and their work.
  • Promotes the intelligent choice and establishment of an agricultural career.
  • Encourages achievement in supervised agricultural experience programs.
  • Encourages wise management of economic, environmental and human resources of the community.Develops interpersonal skills in teamwork, communications, human relations and social interaction.
  • Builds character and promotes citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism.
  • Promotes cooperation and cooperative attitudes among all people.
  • Promotes healthy lifestyles.
  • Encourages excellence in scholarship

  4-H Mission
To provide knowledge, expertise and demonstration programs that will help youth develop into responsible, self directed and productive members of the global society; and through the use of non-formal experiential education,to improve their well being and the well being of their families and community.4-H Purpose
The purpose of 4-H is to:

  • Provide youth with learn-by-doing educational experiences
  • Strengthen families and communities
  • Foster leadership and volunteerism in youth and adults
  • Use research-based knowledge from the land-grant university system

4-H Club Goals
The goals of 4-H are to help young people:

  • Develop skills that benefit youth throughout life
  • Acquire knowledge and skills and explore careers
  • Develop initiative and assume responsibility
  • Achieve satisfaction from work and accomplishment
  • Develop leadership and be of service to others
  • Choose from alternatives and plan satisfying lives
  • Develop the ability to live and work cooperatively with others
  • Develop positive self images