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The G.A.S. Station
Fueling Your Chapter for Success
Membership Recruitment:
Recruitment and Retention Ideas from SLW Submitted By: Various FFA Members and Chapters
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Description: Barron FFA- Host an Ag Olympics for all of the FFA members to participated in.
Black Hawk FFA- Host Food for America for 4th graders, allowing members to promote the importance of agriculture to younger students.
Black River Falls FFA - Have a bonfire for the entire chapter.
Bloomer FFA- Take the members to the Worlds Toughest Rodeo in St. Paul, MN for a trip.
Brookwood FFA -Delivering fruit to the elderly for a community service project.
Cashton FFA -Have an Alumni Picnic to get parents of FFA members involved in the alumni. Host card part for members to come and have a good time.
Coleman FFA-Ice Cream Social for all of the members after a meeting.
Columbus FFA- Have your chapter make a float for homecoming parade.
Darlington FFA- Have a petting zoo during FFA week and have members bring in the animals.
Darlington FFA- Host a lock-in for incoming freshmen or new members.
Desoto FFA - Have a party for no reason.
Elmwood FFA -Take the chapter paint balling.
Flambeau FFA - Have a scavenger hunt in the hay during FFA week.
Freedom FFA -(Liz Schwalbach)- Have a corn roast after school or on a weekend to get members together.
G-E-T FFA -Kiss a farm animal to raise money for the Humane Society. Ask teachers to participate. Put their names and picture on buckets. Whichever teacher has the most money in their bucket has to kiss the farm animal.
Gillett FFA-Host a steak fry during school.
Hartford FFA -Bring your tractor to school for FFA week. Have open gym for FFA members once a month to play dodge ball, basketball, and other activities.
Hillsboro FFA -(Marissa Clark)- Have a Jell-O Wresting Contest during FFA week.
Holmen FFA -Have a contest to see which class can get every student in their class to be a FFA member. Reward the class with a pizza party. Another way to promote getting good grades is to host a steak and bean meal for everyone who raises their GPA.
Iowa-Grant FFA-Take the members on a ski trip.
Janesville Craig FFA -Take student on a trip to any agriculture businesses allowing them to see where they can work in the future.
Johnson Creek FFA -Have a bowling nigh with alumni. This is a great way to promote FFA members to join the alumni after graduation.
Kiel FFA - (Jessica Cook)-Have an ice cream social to help FFA members meet other FFA members.
Lancaster FFA- Go to the Badger Hockey for a trip.
Manawa FFA -Have FFA dances with a cool themes and a custom contests.
Manawa FFA -Have your chapter participate in Jump Rope for Heart.
Melrose FFA -Mindoro-Have your chapter have a Big Buck Contest in October.
Milton FFA- Take members fishing.
Monticello FFA-Host a Pancake Breakfast during school for the members.
New Richmond FFA -Take the members camping. Host a movie night after football games, with karaoke and a drawing contest.
Oshkosh North FFA- Host a movie night.
Pulaski FFA -Have a hayride, but every member needs to bring a friend or sibling.
Seymour FFA - Have a family night, with games and food for everyone.
Slinger FFA - Do turkey bowling during the holidays.
Sparta FFA - Go on a Junior and Senior trip.
Spooner FFA - Host Oil Recycling Day and clean the Hwy. Reward the students that help with a pizza party.
Suring FFA- Host a demo derby, haunted forest, and tailgate party for high school games like football, volleyball, basketball, and other sports.
Waupaca FFA- Host an 8th Grade Career Day to get FFA members involved.
White Hall FFA- Host a corn maze. Take the members on ATV Trips.
Memorial FFA-Take FFA members on an Ag Road Trip by visiting farms, dairy factors, or other agriculture companies, then finish the trip by going to a Brewers game.
Winneconne FFA-Invite middle school students to your first meeting. If members sign up by a certain time they are invited to a pizza party.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood-Host donkey basketball for the community.
If your chapter all ready does some of these activities, maybe call up those chapters and share ideas.
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Recruitment and Retention Ideas from SLW Submitted By: SLW Participants
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Description: Alumni Basket Ball
Pumpkin Craving
Alumni Scholarship
Arts and Crafts
Barbeque
Barn Ball
Board Game Day
Bowling
Brewers Game
Bring a friend to Bowling, Pizza Party
Campfire
Car Wash
Card Party
Chili Feed
Christmas party
Comedy Night
Dances
Dinner (Go for Dinner)
Donut Dash
Educational Day
FFA Sprit Week
Field Trips
Fishing/hunting
Food
Fun trips
Give away t-shirt, and other raffles
Hayride
Hockey Games
Karaoke
Learn how to do Food Field Plots
Malt Sales
Mini Golf
Miniature Golf
Monday Night Football
Movie Night
Mystery Trip
New Member Picnic
Open Gym
Paint Balling
Pig Roast
Pig wrestling
Piρata party
Pool party
Put on your own Chapter Leadership Workshop
Road Side Clean Up
Shoot Clay Pigeons
Sledding
Snowmobiling
Swimming
Tractor Pull
Turkey Bowling
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Professional and Semi-pro Games Submitted By: Mr. Schroeder
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Description: We take a trip to a Timber Rattlers game and invite all incoming freshman along with current and past FFA members.
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Packer Tailgate Party Submitted By: Sevastopol
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Description: Sunday afternoon game. Start with hotdogs and brats. Give them tickets for joining and paying dues as well as attending events from September 1st to game day. Then give away a big screen TV and other door prizes.
Special supplies: food for game and door prizes
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Alumni Sponsored Dues Submitted By: Kim Pruss, Ripon
Middle School Fliers Submitted By: Columbus
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Description: Go to middle school one day at lunch with information and fliers
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Floats on Friday Submitted By: Tim Heeg, Marshfield FFA
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Description: Offered on a Friday late in September, where we prepared and serve root beer floats to everybody that has their dues paid by that date.
Special supplies: Root beer, ice cream and other float supplies
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Pancake Feed Submitted By: Tim Heeg, Marshfield FFA
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Description: We hold a pancake feed for students enrolled in Ag classes, early in the school year. We also invite school teachers and staff. We feed them pancakes, sausages, cheese curds and milk. It helps promote membership and helps with PR with teachers. Its also helpful in preparing our members to make pancakes and sausages for our June Dairy Breakfast.
Special supplies: Pancake batter, syrup, sausages, pancake grills, milk
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Big Buck Win a T.V. Contest Submitted By: Matt Reinders, Loyal FFA
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Description: Purchase a TV for about $200 and all they have to do is sign up on a sheet to enter. No entry fee, but they have to be an FFA member. Biggest rack with the Boon and Crockett system wins the TV.
Special supplies: Scoring system for the antler rack. A TV to give away
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Floating on the Grant River
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Description: Canoe trip on the Grant River during summer activities
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FFA Fun Night Submitted By: Bret Iverson
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Description: Two hours of fun, leadership stations and food. High school officers, state officers and high school advisors put on the program
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Monthly Recreation Events
Freshman Orientation Presentation
Skating
Sledding
Noahs Ark Trip
Christmas party
Ice Cream Party
Incentive Raffle
Wagon Ride
Officer Presentations
Posters
Membership Night/ Pizza Party
Paintballing
Exploratory Junior High Classes
Halloween Night
Information Flier
Lunchroom Food Contests
Canadian Fishing Trip for Seniors
Rush During First Two weeks of School
Lock-Ins
Fun Nights
Free FFA Merchandise
Free Food
Local Speaking Contests
8th Grade Recruitment Week
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FFA makes a positive
difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier
leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
The Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race,
religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental
status,
sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.
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