Source: Indiana Agriculture Leadership Institute

The National FFA Convention is right around the corner. Indianapolis will be hosting this great event for the 2nd year on October 24-27, 2007. The success of this great convention lies in the hard work of many, many volunteers. It take many judges, coordinators, and hospitality teams to help these 55,000 students from across the US feel welcome in Indianapolis and our great state of Indiana. Many of you were once FFA members and can remember your conventions in Kansas City or Louisville.

FFA is going to need well over 600 individuals to serve in volunteer roles that include hospitality roles, tour guides, information desks, loading buses, and so much more. You can go to the volunteer registration web site to sign up for these shifts....http://www.ffaindy.com

Please encourage those in your networks to do so as well. If you belong to civic organizations, church groups, bowling leagues, whatever your networks...please encourage them to volunteer their time. As you know they will be richer for the experience..having the opportunity to interact with these great kids is always an uplifting experience. This convention offers all of us in agriculture the opportunity to connect our non-ag colleagues to a very wonderful exposure of what this industry is all about and the individuals who will be leading it in the not too distant future.