Brown Wins Trip to Washington, D.C.

June 20, 2003

Ashley Brown of the Eads FFA Chapter was named the Arkansas Valley FFA District’s Washington Leadership Conference scholarship recipient at the 75th Colorado FFA Convention June 4-6 in Burlington. Brown received a certificate and a cash award in recognition of her accomplishments.

Brown will attend the National FFA Organization’s Washington Leadership Conference later this summer. The conference is designed to build leadership skills through interactive, hands-on sessions. Participants from across the United States come together to learn, tour the nation’s capital, visit with their members of Congress and develop skills that will last a lifetime.

The Washington Leadership Conference scholarship is sponsored by Tri-State Generation and Transmission of Denver and the Bent County Farm Bureau as a special project of the Colorado FFA Foundation.

"Unlocking Your Potential" was the convention theme. More than 1,500 FFA members, advisors, supporters and guests attended the convention at the Burlington High School campus.

FFA is a national organization with more than 460,000 members preparing for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture. The organization has 7,308 local chapters located throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. The Colorado FFA Association has more than 3,800 members in 91 chapters. FFA’ s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Local, state and national activities and award programs provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom.