Ansonia Officers pose with guest speakers, Matthew Klopfenstein and Mary Buehler, at their annual Leadership Night. Those included are: Matthew Klopfenstein, Nick Mayo, Skyler Marker, John Fischer, Megan Bergman, Madison Evers, Amber Bergman, Robert Christman, and Mary Buehler (left to right).
Ansonia FFA Hosts a Leadership Night
On December 14th the Ansonia FFA chapter hosted a Leadership Night. Members from other schools that attended include: Tri- Village, Franklin Monroe, Versailles, and Greenville. At this meeting State President, Matthew Klopfenstein, visited the school once more to help host the event, and was accompanied by State Vice President, Mary Buehler. This year’s meeting was all about service opportunities, and how we can donate ourselves and our time to help benefit the community. The main problem our speakers tried to get us to donate our service and thoughts to was the issue of hunger. After a short meet and greet and lecture on the purpose of the meeting, members were split into groups so as to further prove the importance of community service. First these groups were given the task to describe what service meant them, and after this they were asked the hard question on how they can serve in both a personal and worldly way. As inspiration to get their ideas flowing for these tough questions, members were asked to read short stories on how other people have served in both these areas. Once everyone was given a chance to share their ideas, the groups’ minds were put to the test as they unscrambled a series of shocking facts about poverty and hunger in the world. These facts were then discussed and organized from the most important to the least. To finish the night our groups were shuffled about into schools, and each FFA chapter was given the task on how their chapter could donate their time to help overcome hunger in our community. Members then joined together for pizza, and were given a great opportunity to mingle with others from other schools.