40 membersBrillion, WisconsinCalumet County
Tell us about your chapter. We are a rural school in northeastern Wisconsin. Erica Eickert, our advisor, came back to agriculture in Brillion this year, so we are in a growth phase in the chapter. Our goal for this year is to get students actively involved with all the opportunities FFA has to offer. We have 341 students enrolled at the high school and offer a wide variety of courses in agriculture to our students. Students will grow and manage our school greenhouse this year, have business and industry professionals come in to talk about potential career opportunities, grow lettuce and other produce via our hydroponics and aquaponics systems, and spend time in our school forest learning about our natural resources.
How does your chapter volunteer in the community throughout the year? Each year around the holidays, our chapter “adopts” local families in need to help them have a joy-filled season. We also host “Thank-a-Farmer” day at our local Culvers and provide educational materials and activities to the public while visiting Culvers. We do highway clean-ups and are currently working on planning an agriculture day for younger students in our district…