Riley on the Run! - Delaware Experience State

Howdy all,

I hope you all are staying warm. The past few weeks have been jam packed! Recently we traveled to Delaware. We spent the week practicing our state convention keynotes and workshops. The entire week was an awesome experience! We toured every county of the state, experience Scrapple for the first time, and had our first Wawa experience! Wawa is a convenience store in the Northeast that has basically anything you can think of! My personal favorite was their milkshakes. We got to travel with Brittany, Sam B., Sam S., Lori, Jena, and Justin, a crazy group of state officers. I wish to thank each of them for making the week a wonderful experience.

Also during the week, we were joined by the New York state officer team. My teammates and I presented enrichment training for the NY and DE state officer teams. Thanks to both teams for being amazing!

On our final day in Delaware we stopped at Milford High School, where they were making a huge contribution to the Toyota Million Can Challenge Program. Thanks Milford! We also stopped and toured a tilapia farm! This place was huge! One this one location, there were about 250,000 fish! That is a lot of sushi!

Experience week in Delaware was a week of new experiences, and trying new things. As we approach FFA Week in February, think about how you can Step Up in your school, and help your FFA chapter Stand Out. What can you do, to being the message of FFA, and agriculture to your school administrators, and community? We have an amazing opportunity to showcase the talents and success of FFA members during FFA week, let’s all try something new!

I hope your New Year is going well.

-Riley