FFA Chapters Receive Sweepstakes Award

Thirty four FFA Chapters recently received the Illinois FFA Sweepstakes Award at the 84th Annual Illinois FFA Convention held June 12-14, 2012, at the Prairie Capital Convention Center, Springfield.


The Sweepstakes Award recognizes those chapters who satisfactorily complete the three divisions of the National Chapter Award Program, Form I of the Heritage and Cooperative Activities Applications and collect $750.00 or more in the annual FFA Foundation collection drive.

This is the thirty first year of recognizing chapters for developing a complete well-rounded program of activities by the presentation of the Illinois FFA Sweepstakes Award.

More than 3,500 Illinois FFA members and guests attended the three-day convention where chapters and individuals were recognized for their achievements of the past year.

Chapters receiving the award were:



A-C Central

Ashton-Franklin Center

Carrollton

Cissna Park

Cuba

Eldorado

Galva

Gillespie

Goreville

Greenville

Hillsboro

Hinckley-Big Rock

Kewanee

Liberty

Litchfield

Midland

Milford

Mt. Vernon

Newark

Oblong

Odin

Olney

Oregon

Paris

Paxton-Buckley-Loda

ROWVA

Seneca

Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich

St. Elmo

Stillman Valley

Taylorville

West Central

Western

Winchester