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Activities throughout the Course of the Year
Recruiting Team (All Year) Students
make periodic visits to area schools for recruiting and good will.
Fundraising (All Year) Sell meat products,
pecans, poinsettias for funding club projects and activities.
Farm Management (Everyday) Assist instructor
and ranch foreman in maintaining, organizing, and implementing management practices.
Carlisle Junior Livestock Show (January)
Open to any classification of student to show cattle, swine, sheep, goats. Serve as arena assistants, assist superintendents,
etc., announcers.
Area FFA Convention (February) Hosted
2001, 2000, 1999, 1995 (Over 900 in attendance)
Overton-New London Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet (February)
Assist with meal preparation and serving.
Livestock Judging Clinic (March) Practice
judging for 4H and FFA Livestock Judging teams.
Rusk County Youth Project Show (March)
Serve as announcer, ring stewards, arena assistants.
Kilgore FFA Project Show (April)
Serve as announcer, ring stewards, arena assistants.
Soil, Plant Identification, and Woodlands Judging (April)
Host Rusk County and Smith County contests; members grade, tabulate, serve as group leaders, etc.
TJCAA Convention (April) Participate
in leadership and academic contests, awards, officer elections.
Advantages to being a member of the Texas Junior College Agriculture Association
Click here to view the official website of the Texas Junior Colleges Agriculture Association
Award's Banquet (May) Honor guests
and dignitaries who have assisted club during year.
Kiddie Day (May) Annually host 650+
preschoolers for livestock exhibits and farm tours.
Texas 4-H Roundup (June) Assist exhibit
booth for TJCAA recruitment
Texas FFA Convention (July) Exhibit
booth for student recruitment.
Area VI Longview District Agri-Science Teacher Meeting (August)
Host agscience teaching from 30 area high schools in four counties.
Bull Test Center (August through February)
Assist with weigh periods, sonograms.
Rusk County PRCA Rodeo (September)
Ushers, ticket sales, concession stand workers.
Show Team (September - March) Exhibit
Angus cattle at various major livestock shows (East Texas State, State Fair of Texas, Houston Livestock Show and For Worth
Stock Show).
Harvest Festival Livestock Judging Contest (October)
Organize, administer, grade, tabulate, contest.
Waskom FFA Leadership Contest (November)
Members and advisor judge creed speaking contest.
Christmas Parade (end of November, beginning of December)
Organize, plan, and build award-winning floats with educational and agricultural theme for Kilgore, Henderson, Overton Christmas
Parades.
Club Christmas Party (December) Collect
gifts for underprivileged children; games, exchange gifts, fellowship.
FFA Dances (Occasionally) Sponsored
FFA, 4-H dances at Rusk County Ag Center for area youth.
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