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Busy summer for Bleckley FFA officers.
By Information submitted by FFA Reporter Lizzy Parks
Aug 30, 2016, 22:41

It was a busy summer for the officers of Bleckley FFA. One toured Washington, D.C., then he and the other officers attended a retreat to plan for 2016-17.

Tucker Felkins, son of Tim and Cindy Felkins, and a rising Junior at BCHS was selected by Ocmulgee EMC to represent the district on the annual Washington Youth Tour. Done by electric cooperatives in Georgia, participants join over 1,400 other students from across the nation on an all expenses paid trip to our nation's capital.

The tour includes meetings with state and national leaders, leadership training, as well as visits to all the major sights in DC. Felkins went June 9-16.

Bleckley FFA officers at the leadership retreat held at Camp John Hope.


On July 27-29, Felkins (Vice President) along with LeAnn Hearn (President),  Sydney Googe (Secretary), Evan Thomas (Treasurer),Lizzy Parks (Reporter), Phillip Hobbs (Sentinel), and Hunter Harper(Parliamentarian), attended a leadership retreat at Camp John Hope in Fort Valley. The retreat was organized by advisors Doyle Floyd and Walt Parks.

The officer team valuable leadership skills, planned out the year’s activities, and participated in team building activities. They bonded over things like meals, swimming, and fishing. The team also set goals for the year, developed the chapter calendar and program of activities, designed the chapter T-Shirts, as well as planned what community service projects the chapter would undertake.

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