Wednesday, February 12, 2014

National FFA Week - Public Relations Tools

Are you excited for National FFA Week? Are you excited to celebrate this great organization that you are a supporter of? Share your love for the FFA and let your community know that it is National FFA Week. These public relations tools will help your chapter get the word out about FFA and build community support for your program.

Share this press release for National FFA Week with your local newspapers and publications. 
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. – The Minnesota FFA Association will celebrate National FFA Week from February 15-22. With over 10,000 members in Minnesota and nearly 600,000 across the country, FFA is the largest student organization in the United States.

Based around agriculture and previously an acronym for the Future Farmers of America, FFA changed its name to the National FFA Organization in 1988 to reflect the growing diversity of careers in agriculture. Students are now able to learn about research, technology, business, management, communications, the economy, and a variety of other careers in agriculture.
Middle school and high school students have the opportunity to prepare for career success in any field through events that develop future career skills such as public speaking, communication, leadership, and hands-on job experience. Agricultural education provides a unique opportunity for students to learn about a field that is relevant to their everyday lives.
Local agricultural education programs around the state of Minnesota will participate in various activities throughout the week. Through meetings with government representatives, appreciation meals for the community, high school dress-up days, agriculture awareness events, and many more fun activities, local FFA chapters will celebrate the motto of our organization.

“Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.”

FFA is just one component of 190 agricultural education programs in Minnesota, working towards premier leadership, personal growth, and career success for all students. National FFA Week will precede the Minnesota FFA Convention, which will be held April 27-29 at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus for nearly 4,000 members, guests, parents, alumni, faculty, and supporters of agricultural education.
This year’s Minnesota FFA theme is, “Fuel Your Fire.” Students at state convention will learn how to develop their own skills so that they can contribute to the success of others whether it is through a career objective, personal encounter, or friendly experience.

Interested in celebrating National FFA Week with your community? Contact your local FFA chapter and visit www.mnffa.org for more information.

Share these 30 second and 60 second public service announcements for your local radio broadcast stations or create your own!

Public Service Announcement #1 (60 seconds)

With over 10,000 members in Minnesota and nearly 600,000 across the country, the National FFA Organization is the largest student organization in the United States. The Minnesota FFA Association would like to extend a warm welcome to everybody in Minnesota to participate in National FFA Week from February 15th to the 22nd.

Local agricultural education programs around the state of Minnesota will participate in various activities throughout the week. Through meetings with government representatives, appreciation meals for the community, dress-up days, agriculture awareness events, and many more fun activities, local FFA chapters will celebrate the mission of our organization.

Contact your local FFA chapter to learn how you can celebrate National FFA Week!

FFA is just one component of 190 agricultural education programs in Minnesota, working towards premier leadership, personal growth, and career success for all students.

Public Service Announcement #2 (30 seconds)

With over 10,000 members in Minnesota and nearly 600,000 across the country, the National FFA Organization is the largest student organization in the United States. The Minnesota FFA Association would like to extend a warm welcome to everybody in Minnesota to participate in National FFA Week from February 15th to the 22nd.

Local FFA chapters in Minnesota will participate in various activities throughout the week and celebrate the mission of our organization -- developing student potential for premier leadership personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

Contact your local FFA chapter to learn how you celebrate National FFA Week!

Be sure to share the message of National FFA Week with your community. Doing something specific in your own FFA chapter that you want to add in? No problem, just make a couple of changes to the sentences and put your own personal twist into these public relations materials.

It's important that we share our key message as FFA members who have been impacted by agricultural education.

How do the activities that you participate in during National FFA Week continue to "Fuel Your Fire"? How do they fuel the fire of others? How do you fuel the fire of your community and give back? Keep these questions in mind as you think about National FFA Week and share the story of agricultural education with others.

Fuel Your Fire--

Stationed by the Flag,
Brandon