STORIES OF THE YEAR 16 * NATIONAL <strong>FFA</strong> FOUNDATION 56267_<strong>FFA</strong>_2010_<strong>Annual</strong><strong>Report</strong>_Opt15.indd 16 8/29/11 9:43 AM
EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS <strong>FFA</strong> members are able to grow through skills and leadership activities regionally and nationally – in large part because of the help of sponsors. Even with sponsor support, however, many students have no funding to help them participate. Individual donors help fill that gap. “Not every career development event (CDE) or supervised agricultural experience (SAE) project or event gets a sponsorship, yet those students in areas without sponsors put in the same amount of work as any <strong>FFA</strong> member,” said Ryan Gallagher, director of individual and major gifts. “We need individuals to donate so all students can get the recognition they so richly deserve and have worked so hard to achieve.” Every year, individuals help fund SAEs, CDEs, scholarships, Stars of America and more. “Donors can make a difference in so many ways,” Gallagher said. “By pooling those individual donations, we fill in the gaps that corporate America can’t fill.” In 2010, for example, individual donors helped fund eight CDEs, 12 proficiencies and 38 scholarships. Donors can give in many different ways. Unrestricted donations allow <strong>FFA</strong> to put pooled dollars where they’re most needed. Other donations are directed to particular programs. “We give individuals an opportunity to make gifts in honor or memory of family members or advisors, or to support programs they are particularly interested in, such as scholarships. Having donors who believe in what we do is absolutely critical,” Gallagher said. One donation option is the Blue Jacket program. With a gift of $2,500, donors can give a blue jacket to the <strong>FFA</strong> chapter of their choice, which receives the jacket and a gift of $500. “This connects people back to their home chapter,” Gallagher said. Chapters often use the jacket for a member who needs it, for recognition, or as a chapter jacket available to any student going to a competition. Jack Pitzer is a retired <strong>FFA</strong> staff member who worked on the <strong>FFA</strong> magazine from 1965 to 1998. Today, he is a donor and a member of the individual giving council – and he came to be a donor in a unique way. “In Virginia, I was the keeper of the archives,” Pitzer said. “I learned that the current archives keepers had a dream or wish that they could scan all the magazines–every page– from the first <strong>National</strong> Future Farmer magazine to today.” CREATING BRIGHT FUTURES Pitzer had been holding on to a collection of every <strong>FFA</strong> magazine, wondering who could eventually use them. When he learned of the archivists’ dream, he shipped them his magazines so they could cut them apart and scan each page. “My wife and I decided to help fund the scanning so it could happen,” he said. “Now you can go in there and type a search word and search through all the magazines.” Pitzer’s efforts are one example of how a donor can direct giving in unique and meaningful ways. “Most of what donors dream about is helping students, and we can help them make that connection,” Gallagher said. “Individuals make a lot of things happen that just wouldn’t happen otherwise.” 17 * NATIONAL <strong>FFA</strong> FOUNDATION 56267_<strong>FFA</strong>_2010_<strong>Annual</strong><strong>Report</strong>_Opt15.indd 17 8/29/11 9:43 AM
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- Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 - ANNUAL LETTER
- Page 7 and 8: 2010 NATIONAL FFA FOUNDATION BOARD
- Page 9 and 10: Kay Kuenker Vice President, New Bus
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