The Galesburg FFA Chapter is celebrating National FFA Week with various activities planned throughout the week at Galesburg Senior High School. There are planned spirit days and activities offered during lunches by FFA club officers. The week-long celebration will conclude with a trip to Black Hawk East to tour the Veterinary Science Program.
National FFA Week always runs from Saturday to Saturday and encompasses Feb. 22, George Washington's birthday. This year, the week kicks off on Feb. 17 and culminates on Saturday, Feb. 24.
The National FFA Board of Directors designated the weeklong tradition, which began in 1948, recognizing Washington's legacy as an agriculturist and farmer. A group of young farmers founded FFA in 1928, and the organization has been influencing generations that agriculture is more than planting and harvesting — it involves science, business and more.
The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 945,000 student members as part of 9,163 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
