95th State FFA Leadership Conference |
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The gavel will drop at 7:30 pm on June 6th for the first general session of the 95th State FFA Leadership Conference. We are excited to welcome more than 1,000 students, advisors, past State Officers, guests, and donors to Tucson!
The conference events will kick off earlier that day with the Career & Education Fair at the Westin La Paloma with more than 40 exhibitors. The Chapter Display contest will be taking place as well as several Leadership Development Contests over the 3-days of the conference.
National Officer, Kanyon Huntington, Central Region Vice President will be attending the conference to meet FFA members and present a few leadership workshops.
During the 3rd general session students will be recognized for their achievements through the Proficiency Award Program, Scholarships presented, Honorary Degrees awarded and more.
This year two new contests have been added to the State Conference. The Photo Contest and the Metal Art Contest. Stay tuned on June 6th when we open the Metal Art Silent Auction. There are seven metal art items created by FFA members that you will have an opportunity to bid on. The items will be mailed out through the Arizona Association FFA. Visit https://2024AZFFAConf.givesmart.com on June 6th when the auction launches. We will make an announcement on social media.
We are very grateful to the nine young ladies that served this past year as State FFA Officers. These young ladies spent a tremendous amount of hours this past year traveling across Arizona conducting chapter visits, presentation at chapter banquets, developing and conducting leadership workshops, serving as delegates at the National FFA Convention, representing the Arizona Association during industry events and much more. We thank them for their service and always keeping the FFA members at the top of their list. We wish them the best as they transition this year to focus on their education, careers and continuing to serve as FFA alumni.
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Seeking Program & Award Sponsors
for the 2024 Academic Year
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Contributions to the Arizona FFA Foundation help us support programs for the agriculture educators in Arizona and FFA award and leadership programs.
Donations can be made in many different forms to suit your giving style. Choose to support a specific award or program area, give an honor gift, memorial gift, support the scholarship program or consider setting up an endowment or planned gift.
The programs listed below are support opportunities currently available for the next academic year. We are working on securing the support before the end of June. Please reach out to learn more details about any of the opportunities listed to learn how you may be a part of making an impact! For more details about the specific programs, please email Foundation@azffafoundation.org. |
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Agriculture Teachers Association Programs
AATA Awards Program
Evaluation Instrument Program
Fall Conference Dinner
Ideas Unlimted
New Teacher Development Program
Professional Development Support
State Leadership Conference Programs
Chapter Display
Star Greenhand (Co-Sponsor)
National Chapter (Co-Sponsor)
Delegate Mixer
Stars Over Arizona
Chorus
FFA Career Development Events
Agriculture Communications
Agriscience Fair Awards
Agronomy Co-Sponsor
Aquaculture
Food Science and Technology
Forestry
Poultry
Range Management
Tool ID Advanced Division
Veterinary Science
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FFA Leadership Development Events
Conduct of Meetings (Co-Support)
Marketing Plan
Parliamentary Procedure (Co-Support)
Extemporaneous Public Speaking
FFA Proficiency Awards
Agriscience Research – Animal Systems
Agricultural Processing
Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance Entrepreneurship
Diversified Crop Placement
FFA Programs
FFA Membership Cards
State FFA Camp
State FFA Camp Yuma Bus
Regional Awards (8 available)
Chapter Banquet Supplies
Chapter Travel Grants (5 available)
SAE for ALL Program
Scholarships
State Officer Summit
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FFA Alumni Member Leads Local Landscape Architecture & Irrigation Consulting Company
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We are grateful for the opportunity to catch up with FFA Alumni Boyd Coleman. We asked him several questions regarding his FFA experience and how his time in FFA might have shaped where he is today.
Coleman was an active member and officer of the Willcox FFA Chapter while in high school. He was the Greenhand President, Chapter Sentinel, and Chapter Vice-President during his time as a Willcox FFA member. Coleman received his State FFA Degree, and his Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) was landscape maintenance and specialty animal production. After school and on weekends, he would mow and care for multiple lawns and gardens in Willcox.
Under the guidance of his father and grandfather, Jim and Tolbert Coleman, Coleman raised exotic parrots and other birds, including finches, parakeets, conures, cockatoos, and military and blue and gold macaws. After high school, Coleman graduated from the University of Arizona in 1996 with a degree in Agricultural Education. He taught Agricultural Education at Mayer High School for one year and then at Deer Valley High School for one year until the program was discontinued. At this point, Coleman shifted his career focus to the landscape industry where he became a landscape designer and eventually a landscape architect.
Coleman is the founder and President of Coleman Design Group, Landscape Architecture, and Irrigation Consulting (CDG). The firm was founded in 2001 and restarted in 2014 after recovery from the economic downturn of 2008. In 2017, CDG shifted its focus and mission to provide irrigation consulting and design services to other landscape architectural firms that do not provide irrigation design services in-house. Coleman stays involved with FFA by supporting the State FFA Foundation, funding an annual scholarship to a college student pursuing a degree in a landscape related field, supporting a state proficiency award, and by participating in the FFA Blue Jacket Legacy sponsorship program.
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We are pleased to announce the 2024 Seniors that have been honored in the 1928 Senior Society by a friend or family member for their hardwork, commitment and dedication to complete high school and all of their accomplishments.
1928 is a significant year when the National FFA Organization was founded. Each inductee will have received a Senior Society FFA decal and a letter sharing who honored them. They will be recognized during the State FFA Leadership Conference by having their name listed in our State FFA Leadership Conference app, recognized on screen with the Senior Society list during a conference session, and have been listed on the Foundation website.
We encourage you to consider honoring a 2025 Senior. Visit the website to process your submission. Deadline for 2025 senior recognition is May 1, 2025.
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Project CENTRL Recognizes Tom Jones |
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Tom Jones, Class 2, was recognized by Project CENTRL for his Civic Impact during the Class 32 Graduation on May 31, 2024 in Flagstaff.
Tom is the retired Chief Executive Officer at Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association. After completing his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Master of Science at the University of Arizona Tom went on to serve as Councilman and Mayor of the Town of Marana, AZ. Tom served on and has been honored by numerous committees, boards and organizations in Arizona. He has dedicated his life and career to making Arizona a better place.
Tom has blue and gold running through him as a long time FFA supporter of the Arizona FFA Foundation. He is very passionate about the Blue Jacket Legacy Program and sevaral other areas. He knows the importance of agriculture education and the impact it makes on the lives of youth and our agriculture educators.
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Real Country Magazine Monthly Feature |
We are thrilled to have a monthly feature in the 96.3 Real Country Magazine to highlight the Foundation and FFA in Arizona.
Special thank you to 96.3 Real Country for allowing the Arizona Agricultural Education/FFA Foundation to partner with them and sharing the FFA story!
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Estate plans often prompt some deep thinking from best-case to worst-case scenarios. A contingent bequest is a very flexible arrangement that directs a gift to us only if certain life events do not occur.
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