Corn Drive with GFW!

Q: What did the ear of corn say when he got complimented ?

A: Awww, shucks!

Ok, so that joke was a little corny. (haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) Ok, I'm done.

Last week on Wednesday, after an exam, I drove down to Fairfax, MN to meet two friends from SLCCL- Ed and Connor . Earlier that week, I was invited my Ed to attend the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) FFA Chapter Corn Drive for Camp Courage. Being in college, and quite a distance from my chapter, I still wanted to remain connected to one of the biggest service projects within our state.

It was a good time as we shared some funny stories, learned more about each other and of course, went off-roading to meet farmers in their combines to ask for their donations.

Connor is a sophomore and is on the football team THAT JUST MADE IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT! He would like to go to school for film directing and writing.

Ed, a senior, is looking to attend college next year for engineering. He took us to his home farm and we went in one of their 5- 1,000 finish hog barns. Even though I've grown up with agriculture and on a farm, I never grew up on a hog farm, so being in one of those large barns was pretty cool.

After a good day to driving around, getting Ed's truck plastered with mud and shoveling corn- it was time to add it all up. Ed told me later that our team placed 3rd overall in raising money for Camp Courage from GFW. Ed , Connor & I ended up collecting over $800 . The top group gathered over $1,700 !

Still fine tuning the 10 second timer on cameras...

GFW has a pretty rich history in the FFA Corn Drive because they currently are the top chapter in the state for the highest cumulative amount of money raised. I'm not sure which is the correct figure, but they have either raised $160,000 total or 160,000 bushels total. Anyone know?

I hope that every chapter had a safe, successful and fun CORN DRIVE !

For those of you who may not know, for over 50 years, FFA Corn Drives have helped to sponsor children and adults with physical disabilities who attend one of two Camp Courage residential camps in central and northern Minn. A large portion of the Minnesota FFA Corn Drive profits are used to support camp needs; including, camper sponsorship, buildings and equipment.

Even if you may not be a crop farmer, you can still show your support for Camp Courage by donating money and giving to your local FFA Chapter!

Thanks Ed & Connor for letting me come with.