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03-11-2010 Tulsa National Leadership Conference Hosts Eight
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Nevada Young Farmers & Ranchers attending the American Farm
Bureau National YF&R Leadership Conference in Tulsa, OK Feb. 19-
22 were L to R Lacey Sproul, Nathan Whipple, Hannah Hardy, Jamie
& Grant Perkins, Jimmy Lotspeich, Dann Mathews and Ashlee
Diamond. Photo provided by Stephanie Licht YF&R Coordinator
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HOSTS EIGHT NEVADA
YOUNG FARMERS & RANCHERS
Press Release
March 9, 2010
Eight Nevada Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) recently traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend the American Farm Bureau YF&R Leadership Conference to network with 757 other members from across the nation and to learn more about how Nevada’s YF&R state Committee can be more effective.
Nevada’s entrant in the national Collegiate Discussion Meet this year was Jimmy Lotspeich of Deeth, NV whose trip to nationals was sponsored by COUNTRY Financial. Jimmy competed against 39 contestants from colleges in 45 states.
Other Conference highlights included a “Harvest for All” service project in a Tulsa, Oklahoma food bank, the city hosting this year’s event. The “Harvest for All” projects partner state YF&R committees, who collect the food and monetary donations, with the “Feeding America” organization to help feed America’s hungry. Additionally national cash awards are given during the Conference to those state YF&R Committees that collected the most food, collected the most money in contributions, logged the most volunteer hours and carried out the most innovative annual campaign during the preceding year. The national cash awards are then taken back into the winning state and go back into the Feeding America food bank programs.
This Conference also carried a wide variety of personal and professional development workshops, many opportunities for Nevadans to interact with YF&R members from other states and many different agricultural enterprises across the U S, followed by one day of Oklahoma agricultural tours, all interspersed with plenty of socially interactive family fun!
Jamie Perkins has served as the Nevada State YF&R Committee Chair since 2007 and has pioneered the statewide Agricultural Literacy project getting over 130 Accurate Ag Books into elementary schools across the state. Jamie also assisted Lee Mathews, Nevada’s 2009 “Harvest For All” campaign chair, with summer food drives and has been active in helping Clark County Farm Bureau set up their YF&R County Committee.
To find out more about getting connected to the Nevada YF&R program contact Jamie Perkins at (775) 728-4642, by email (jamie@nvfb.org), on FaceBook or through YF&R Coordinator Stephanie Licht (775) 753-6993 slicht@nvfb.org.
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