{"id":17,"date":"2010-11-04T04:26:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T04:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/?p=17"},"modified":"2010-11-04T04:27:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T04:27:48","slug":"collegiate-ffa-assists-with-ag-in-the-classrooms-annual-fall-harvest-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/2010\/11\/04\/collegiate-ffa-assists-with-ag-in-the-classrooms-annual-fall-harvest-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Collegiate FFA assists with Ag in the Classroom’s Annual Fall Harvest Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dressed in official black shirts and khaki pants, members of OSU\u2019s Collegiate FFA club were looking classy as they assisted at the Ag in the Classroom foundation\u2019s benefit dinner and auction held Oct. 16 at the Linn County Fairgrounds.\u00a0 The Fall Harvest Dinner, as it has come to be known, is a major service project that OSU\u2019s CFFA club proudly participates with annually.\u00a0 The program\u2019s founder, Tami Kerr, said, “Collegiate FFA has been an outstanding partner for our program.”<\/p>\n

CFFA Secretary and Junior in General Agriculture, Leslee Crawford, has attended the event for the past two years and thoroughly enjoys the experience. \u201cThe Ag in the Classroom Dinner is an incredible evening filled with great food and amazing people who are very willing to help the youth of today through this program,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In preparation for the event, several dedicated CFFA members showed up the afternoon of the Friday before to help set up the event hall with fall-themed decorations and Ag in the Classroom (AITC) paraphernalia.\u00a0 The tables, also set up the day before, were alternately adorned with warm colored floral centerpieces and submerged coral gladiolas.\u00a0 Free calendars displaying Ag-related art, drawn by Oregon students, as well as the program\u2019s textbooks entitled Get Oregonized<\/span>, were placed on the tables to highlight the influence that AITC has on Oregon schools.<\/p>\n

Saturday began with a great representation of 27 Collegiate FFA members showing up to help with preparations prior to the event. \u00a0Busy CFFAers filled water glasses, set up appetizer stations and sat ready at the door to check people in.\u00a0 Soon after nearly 300 guests arrived to socialize and take part in the silent auction.\u00a0 An amazing feast followed, with a menu of prime rib, turkey, ham, squash medley, green bean casserole, salad and many more delicious dishes.\u00a0 An address by Tami Kerr,<\/span> brought everyone\u2019s attention to the impact of Ag in the Classroom, which reached more than 106,000 students last year.\u00a0 She explained the many ways that AITC introduces basic concepts of agriculture into classroom settings.\u00a0 They strive to make connections that are easily recognizable\u00a0by children from any background. For example, asking a question like, \u201cWhere does your food and clothing come from?\u201d allows direct linkage between the children\u2019s lives and agriculture.\u00a0 In closing for the night, there was an oral auction, during which several CFFA members carried items around to display to bidders.<\/p>\n

In total, this year\u2019s Fall Harvest Dinner raised more than $37,000 to benefit Ag in the Classroom. Of the dinner\u2019s success, Kerr said, \u201cEach year I am overwhelmed, and frankly humbled, by the generosity shown to our program. We couldn’t do it without all the people and businesses that support us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dressed in official black shirts and khaki pants, members of OSU\u2019s Collegiate FFA club were looking classy as they assisted at the Ag in the Classroom foundation\u2019s benefit dinner and auction held Oct. 16 at the Linn County Fairgrounds.\u00a0 The Fall Harvest Dinner, as it has come to be known, is a major service project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2077,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2519,2520,2517,2518],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ag-in-the-classroom","tag-cffa","tag-collegiate-ffa","tag-ffa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}