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The G.A.S. Station
Fueling Your Chapter for Success
Is your chapter looking to drive itself to further success? Be sure to stop by
the G.A.S. Station to fuel up. This Guide to the Activities of the State was
designed to help chapters share ideas for activities in four main areas, membership
recruitment, fundraising, community service and promotional ideas. The following
are examples or ideas which your chapter can utilize to take itself to the next level.
Membership Recruitment:
Professional and Semi-pro Games Submitted By: Mr. Schroeder
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Description: We take a trip to a Timber Rattlers game and invite all incoming freshman along with current and past FFA members.
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Packer Tailgate Party Submitted By: Sevastopol
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Description: Sunday afternoon game. Start with hotdogs and brats. Give them tickets for joining and paying dues as well as attending events from September 1st to game day. Then give away a big screen TV and other door prizes.
Special supplies: food for game and door prizes
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Alumni Sponsored Dues Submitted By: Kim Pruss, Ripon
Middle School Fliers Submitted By: Columbus
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Description: Go to middle school one day at lunch with information and fliers
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Floats on Friday Submitted By: Tim Heeg, Marshfield FFA
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Description: Offered on a Friday late in September, where we prepared and serve root beer floats to everybody that has their dues paid by that date.
Special supplies: Root beer, ice cream and other float supplies
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Pancake Feed Submitted By: Tim Heeg, Marshfield FFA
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Description: We hold a pancake feed for students enrolled in Ag classes, early in the school year. We also invite school teachers and staff. We feed them pancakes, sausages, cheese curds and milk. It helps promote membership and helps with PR with teachers. It’s also helpful in preparing our members to make pancakes and sausages for our June Dairy Breakfast.
Special supplies: Pancake batter, syrup, sausages, pancake grills, milk
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Big Buck Win a T.V. Contest Submitted By: Matt Reinders, Loyal FFA
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Description: Purchase a TV for about $200 and all they have to do is sign up on a sheet to enter. No entry fee, but they have to be an FFA member. Biggest rack with the Boon and Crockett system wins the TV.
Special supplies: Scoring system for the antler rack. A TV to give away
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Floating on the Grant River
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Description: Canoe trip on the Grant River during summer activities
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FFA Fun Night Submitted By: Bret Iverson
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Description: Two hours of fun, leadership stations and food. High school officers, state officers and high school advisors put on the program
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Monthly Recreation Events
Freshman Orientation Presentation
Skating
Sledding
Noah’s Ark Trip
Christmas party
Ice Cream Party
Incentive Raffle
Wagon Ride
Officer Presentations
Posters
Membership Night/ Pizza Party
Paintballing
Exploratory Junior High Classes
Halloween Night
Information Flier
Lunchroom Food Contests
Canadian Fishing Trip for Seniors
Rush During First Two weeks of School
Lock-Ins
Fun Nights
Free FFA Merchandise
Free Food
Local Speaking Contests
8th Grade Recruitment Week
Fundraising:
Maple Syruping Submitted By: Glenwood City FFA
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Special supplies: The students tap trees, boil down the sap and sell it under the FFAs title. It is a good way for the students to learn work tactics and leadership qualities
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Best Seat in the House
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Description: Sell tickets for sofa/recliner at Basketball game. They get to invite a friend and get pizza at half-time.
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Worker Auction Submitted By: Thorp FFA
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Description: Selling students for 8 hours of service – 25% to student, 25% to Alumni, 50% to chapter
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Wildlife/Gun Raffle Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
Gas Pumping Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
Alumni Toy Show Submitted By: Kim Pruss, Ripon FFA
Wisconsin Foods Cooperative Submitted By: Bret Iverson
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Description: FFA sells Wisconsin Food Products and uses funds for school and community
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Horticulture Sales Submitted By: Roberta Windus
Dunk Tank
Magazine Sale
Bake Sales
Onion-Potato Sale
Concession Stand Sales
Steak Sandwich Fry
Land Plot
Toy/Craft Show
Milk Machine
Peanut Sales
Sponsorship Collection
FFA Pig Roast
Cheese Sales
Popcorn Sales
Fruit Sales
Meat Sales
Seed Corn Sales
Community Service:
Christmas in February Submitted By: Nina Fields, Lancaster FFA
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Description: During National FFA Week, we sponsor a food drive for everyone in our school. For every food item that people bring in they get to put their name into a container. At the end of the week FFA Advisors and Officers will draw names for the amount of prizes that we have. The people that are picked, get to pick their prize in order.
Special supplies: Door prizes, container for names, and plenty of scrap paper!!
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Recycling Projects and collections Submitted By: Sandy Piechowski Cordes
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Description: -Recycle Cell phones (for cash, donate to civic organizations)
-Recycle paper at school-Collect pop tabs (Ronald McDonald House)
-Collect white pants (for dairy exhibitors)
-Collect eye glasses (for Lion’s Club)
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Donate Plants to State Park Submitted By: West DePere FFA
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Description: Excess bedding plants are given to the Heritage Hill State Park. Students plant the round-about and care for it during the spring and fall. Students also maintain and improve the landscape around the school campus. Students also grow the plants for the school
Special supplies: Greenhouse
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Farm Service Day Submitted By: borrowed from Ag and Food Science Academy
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Description: Chapter members volunteer at local farms. Students perform various chores to help farmers finish projects. Students gain a “hands on” farm experience.
Special supplies: Field trip permission from you administrator
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Project X-mas Submitted By: Thorp FFA
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Description: Work with businesses to raise money by selling presents that
members have made. Use money for local needy
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Tree Sorting for Land Conservation Committee Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello
Day on the Farm Submitted By: Linda Burton, Laconia FFA
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Description: Host over 600 elementary students grades 2nd, 3rd and 4th from local schools visit a local dairy farm. It’s a 2 day event that Laconia FFA organizes.
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Cancer Walk Submitted By: Tri-County
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Description: We do the “Flamingo Flocking” as a fundraiser for our cancer walk. It is advertised in the paper prior to the event and it helps involve the entire community.
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Rural Youth Safety Day Submitted By: Tri-County
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Description: The FFA partners with others to hold a rural safety day at the Hancock UW Research Station (for 4th graders from 10 area schools). It has allowed us to be very visible in the community.
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Holiday Cheer Submitted By: Fort Atkinson FFA
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Description: Students collect small items and letters. These are fixed and shipped to servicemen overseas. Also sent to individuals if we know addresses.
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CWD Sample Collection Submitted By: Steve Stoppelmoor
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Description: We collected Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) samples for the DNR. The FFA members were eager to help because so many of our members are hunters. These members set up stations to obtain samples and were able to make it fun. It was very beneficial to our community and the students felt like they did something very important
Special supplies: Tools to obtain samples – sharp instruments
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Raking-a-Difference Submitted By: Bret Iverson
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Description: Rake lawns for handicap and seniors
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Safety Expo
Nursing Home Bingo
Thank You’s for Troops
Pet Safety
Pumpkin Picking
Holiday Gift Bags
Food Drive
Rabies clinic
River Clean-up
Christmas Bell Ringing
Food Pantry Cleaning
Lion’s Club Haunted Hayride
Children’s Day Fair
Fair Set-up and Clean up
Plant Ornamentals at nursing home
Tree Planting Projects
Community Garden
Dairy Breakfast
Free Carwash
Haunted School Forest Trail
Public Petting Zoo
Random Acts of Kindness Days
Relay for Life Fundraising
Clothes War for Needy
Penny War for Cancer
Adopt-a-Highway
Road Clean-up
PALS
Volunteer at Nature Center
Salvation Army Bell ringing
Wrap Presents
Lunch with Santa
Easter Egg Hunt
Promotional Ideas:
FFA Week/Ag Week elementary poster contest
Banquet Supplies
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Description: Have cups, coasters, mugs and stickers with chapter pride on it.
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Ag Day for Elementary Submitted By: Sevastopol
FFA Billboard Submitted By: River Ridge FFA
Horseback Riding with Junior High Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
School Wide Blaze Orange Day Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
Pedal Pull during Homecoming Week Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
Weekly Safety Articles in Local Paper Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
Trap Shoot Submitted By: Liz Dahlke, Montello FFA
Brat Cookout for staff and FFA members
Gift Certificates
Junk Food Relays
Prize stickers on milk
Membership Buttons
FFA Dodgeball Tournament
Donkey Basketball
Dairy Breakfast
Newspaper Articles
Sponsorship Calendar with FFA activities
Amazing Race
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Description: A race for Junior High at the school forest.
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Quarterly Newsletter
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FFA makes a positive
difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier
leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
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of Public Instruction does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race,
religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental
status,
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