Poirier In National FFA Magazine

WAITSBURG - The National FFA Organization's motto is: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.

This is also a motto practiced by Christy Poirier. Poirier is currently the Waitsburg FFA Chapter President and the District IV FFA Reporter. Aside from serving as an officer, Poirier is also dedicated to her personal activities in the FFA.

This year she is competing in several CDE's (Career Development Event) including Job Interview, Agriculture Sales and Service, and Prepared Public Speaking. More noticeably, you will find her name in the February issue of the National FFA Magazine "New Horizons."

Page four highlights Poirier with five other FFA members across the United States. All FFA members have had a copy mailed home, and you can also find a copy on www.FFA.org.

I am very proud of Poirier. She has had to make some choices and sacrifices her senior year to put FFA first on her list of extracurricular activities.

This year Poirier's goal is to become a State FFA Officer. She will run for this position in May at the State FFA Convention.

Her choices throughout the year have put her in an excellent position to reach her goals. Currently, she is busy working on scholarships as she has been accepted to Washington State University where she plans to study agriculture education with an emphasis in communications.

For now, you will find her writing scholarship essays, memorizing her prepared speech, and getting ready to interview for a state officer position while completing her senior project.

Poirier's passion and dedication is a great example for the rest of the FFA members.