Over 91,500 Trees Planted in State-Wide FFA Service Project

An effort by the Wisconsin State FFA Officer team to get area chapters around the state to plant up to 80,000 trees this spring has exceeded expectations. During the State FFA Convention in Madison on Tuesday, State FFA Vice President BJ Chrisler announced that participating chapters have pledged to plant 91,509 trees.

"This is a great accomplishment," Chrisler told student delegates at the convention. "Not only are we beautifying our communities with these trees, they will also make Wisconsin a better place to live by creating oxygen, improving erosion rates, and saving energy."

Chrisler says the campaign was started as a way for the organization to celebrate its 80th anniversary this year.

Creating ambitious service projects is beginning to become a tradition for state FFA officers. Last year, the team set a goal to collect one million cans of perishable food items to help feed hungry families. The year prior, officers launched an initiative to collect thousands of pairs of shoes that were sent to children in Iraq.


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