Committee of the Year Spotlight

Committee of the Year

Deadline: January 16, 2010
Do you think your committee has what it takes? Applications will be available soon.

Star YF&R Award

Deadline: January 16, 2010
Nominate a YF&R who has gone above and beyond to be honored at the 2010 Leadership Conference. Applications will be available soon.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the 2008 Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee of the Year, the Stanislaus Young Farmers & Ranchers!

Stanislaus YF&R Annual Luau Fundraiser

This annual award recognizes YF&R County Committees that are active in promoting Farm Bureau, and continually working to support the goals and policies of both the county and state organization.

The Stanislaus YF&R is composed of 200 members. They had 14 people attend the 2008 Leadership Conference, four members serving on commodity committees and a participant in each YF&R competition, taking home three awards!

The Stanislaus YF&R held their Annual Luau Fundraiser teaming up with individual businesses and the Berryhill Family to raise over $5000 for the committee. The event, located at Berryhill Island provided an evening of dinner, drinks & dancing. This year they maxed out the island with nearly 200 in attendance. Proceeds fund travel to the Leadership Conference and other educational events.

Community outreach was executed by members collecting canned foods at five different Save Mart locations during Food Check Out Week. In addition to collecting the canned goods they handed out educational materials on agriculture and were able to speak to locals about how affordable, safe and reliable American food is. At each meeting canned food is also collected. This year they donated 100 pounds of food to Feeding America (formally America’s 2nd Harvest) in support of Harvest For All Program.

Stanislaus Young Farmers & Ranchers

The Committee of the Year award goes to the county who makes the most of participating in their organization. It is granted to those who support state level activities, but also to those who are creative and innovative with their educational, social, and fundraising efforts on the home front. Steal some of the great ideas Stanislaus has to offer and come up with your own for next year!

Check back soon for details and an application for the 2009 Contest.