COLUMBUS – On May 1st and 2nd, Mississinawa Valley FFA was in Columbus, Ohio, along with over 10,000 other FFA members and guests. Thirty-three chapter members, along with their advisor, Gwen Bergman and chaperone, Drew Walker, departed the school at 7 am on May 1st and headed towards the Ohio State Fairgrounds.
Upon arrival, they attended the opening session of the convention and Aldon Edger accepted the Charitable Giving recognition on behalf of the chapter. Members then walked around the expo center and met up again at 2 pm to attend the beginning of the second session, which was led by MV’s own, and the 2024-2025 Ohio FFA State Reporter, Daniel Hartzell. After that, members attended a pre-vet tour at OSU and spent the evening at Scene-75.
For day 2, members attended the fourth and fifth sessions of the state convention. In the fourth session, three members received awards for gold-rated officer books. Brennan Manning received a gold-rated secretary, Matalin Meyer received a gold-rated reporter and Emma Brock received a gold-rated treasurer. In the fifth session, two individuals in the Mississinawa Valley FFA received their state degrees. These recipients were Harley Hanes and Matalin Meyer.
Congratulations to all who received an award at this convention and thank you for your hard work and dedication to this chapter! Another successful state convention in the books!