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Good news from Lake
County
We held
an Installation Dinner of Officers in January 2008. We had a tremendous show of supporters. We have rejuvenated
the group and have had several new members join. We are still receiving inquiries on how to become a new member
since Farm Bureau published the Installed officers in February.
We have
met with our current board and set dates for future meetings with the board as well as the general membership. Our Board will
meet every third Wednesday of the month, and a General meeting has been set for April at President Joann Van Eck's
house.
We most
recently have been nominated as Agriculture of the Year by an anonymous person for the upcoming Lakeport Chamber of Commerce Stars
Program. Awards will be voted on and decided by the end of the month.
We are currently working
with the Farm Bureau to establish a collaborative agriculture group in our efforts to educate our youth in the classroom
about AG in our community and state. We are uniting other AG groups such as the Pear Festival Committee,
School Faculty, Farmers Finest, the Grape Commission, Cattlemen's Etc. Our hope is to form such a group that enables
us to utilize the hardworking individuals in all of these groups to take on any Ag issues that may arise. The
Ag in the Classroom program is one of the issues. Thus, making it
easier on all Ag groups, rather
than taking on such tasks in smaller numbers or individual groups. As we know such tasks can be difficult or
even non-excitant due to our busy schedules and ongoing changes in our lives. Working with other Ag groups allows for
a larger number of persons able to work on the task alleviating stress and the difficulty of working with smaller numbers. Working
together shows the community we are serious and here to make a difference.
One of our goals is
to form such an alliance and work with the schools and teachers to bring back a fun yet educational program to allow
students to go to several different Ag stations on their own blacktop or school grounds, one station at a time learning
different pieces of material about Agriculture. All the while we will be utilizing handouts, hands on, and our different
expertise to educate the students. We hope to be able to take off some pressure of the ongoing guidelines
that teachers must meet and give us the opportunity to work with the students and still fulfill the guidelines
they need to be met.
The North Bay Update
The
North Bay Chapter is busy creating a new display and booth for the local Ag Days. The
theme will be food and nutrition related with some hands on activities for the children.
We will be participating in the Ag Days at Marin County in March
and Sonoma County in April.
The
chapter is also making plans for the Statewide meeting to be held in Sonoma County in November.
Each
year, the North Bay Chapter awards a scholarship to a young lady that will be pursuing a career in Agriculture. Scholarship applications have been distributed to all of the local high schools in our area.
Sweet Success from
Northern Sacramento Valley
The Northern Sacramento
Chapter of CWA (NSV) hosted our annual Steak and Prawn Dinner and Dessert Auction Fundraiser on Saturday March 1 in Durham. The tropical evening with a “Surf and Turf” theme offered good food, drink, a silent auction and a chance
to catch up with friends and neighbors. More than 300 people enjoyed a wonderful beef entrée prepared by the Butte County
Cattleman who has supported CWA for many years. The highlight of the evening was the annual auction of luscious and decadent
desserts prepared by members of the chapter. Thirteen desserts sold to various local businesses and farming entities and averaged
$630 each.
Next up the NSV Chapter,
a Membership Tea and Luncheon will be held at the end of March. Current members have been charged with extending personal
hand written invitations to possible new members. The event is scheduled to take place in the rose garden of the CSU Chico
School Farm.
Currently the NSV Chapter is seeking applicants to our annual scholarship drive and is also monitoring the progress
of our livestock loan program participants. Also in the planning stages is the upcoming 2009 CWA State Convention in Chico.
Exciting things from
Sacramento Valley
The
Sacramento Valley Chapter is working on a very exciting renewal period! On January, 25, 2008, Co-Presidents Amy Wolfe and Erin Field organized a chapter officer retreat where
officers spent two hours reevaluating the methodology of the chapter. Following
the retreat, the chapter has decided to move to an every other month meeting schedule with incorporation of networking/social
events in the months chapter business meetings are not held.
The
next chapter meeting is scheduled for lunch time on Friday, March 21 and the chapter will be discussing its new “It”
event. Exciting things to come!
The Northern District Report is prepared with the submission of articles from Chapter Presidents
and compiled by Colleen Aguiar, Northern District Director. If a chapter update is missing from the report, the chapter did
not make a submission in time for printing.
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