Each year NW District and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire-Up Conferences for FFA members in the NW District. Northwestern College in Orange City welcomed FFA chapters from all over the NW District.
While at Northwestern College, district and state officers lead four interactive workshops for first year high school FFA members, also known as Greenhands, for the annual Greenhand Fire-Up Conference.
The workshops facilitated were leadership focused with an emphasis on the experiences that occur in
the lives of beginning high school students.
Iowa FFA President, Mickayla McGill, stated, “Greenhand Fire-Up provides a chance for first-year high school members to get a sneak peek of the opportunities that FFA holds, and is a conference for members to meet and interact with state and district officers.”
The officers prepared and facilitated workshops of: Authenticity, Balancing Priorities, Communication,
and FFA Opportunities – in order to provide the first-year FFA members with skills they would use both within and outside of FFA. The goal was to engage FFA members in learning about the tools that would allow them to be successful in anything they are part of through high school and beyond.
“Understandably, the majority of our FFA events have either been cancelled or postponed this school
year. This conference was postponed from October, so It was great to finally get a few of our new
members involved in a FFA activity outside of our regular chapter activities.” stated South O’Brien FFA
Advisor, Eric Kumm.
Greenhand Fire-Up is made possible with support from the Iowa FFA Foundation.