Youth Activities
Houston County Farm Bureau Scholarship
Houston County Farm Bureau's scholarship program is meant to
extend educational opportunities for area youth and to promote Farm Bureau
in the community. Click here for more information and an application.
The 2007 scholarship recipients pose with their parents:
Megan Kendrick, Regan Hopson, Carey Messer, Julie Lawrence and Katelyn Lenderman.
Annual Youth Leadership Conference
One of the many youth sponsorships includes the annual TFB Youth Leadership Conference. Applications for this year's conference can be picked up from the county office, with a May 2 deadline.
Farm Bureau Youth Contests
Houston County Farm Bureau held their annual Miss Houston County Farm Bureau Contest and the Talent Find Contest on June 30, 2007 at the Lovelady Elementary Auditorium. There were numerous entries in both contests.
Dana Ellis of Crockett was named Miss Houston County Farm Bureau and also won the district contest.
Ashley Sullivan won the Talent Find Contest for Houston CFB and was runner-up at the district contest held in Broaddus.
The winning entry in each contest was awarded a $250 book scholarship and represented Houston County in the District contest on July 21, 2007 in Broaddus. The runners-up in each contest received a $175 book scholarship.
The 2008 youth contests are currently being planned. Contact Jodie Smith Goff at jgoff@txfb.org for more information.
Purchases/Donations for Youth Causes
Besides scholarships and youth contests, Houston County Farm Bureau also:
• Sponsored a "Cabbage Patch" for third grade students in Grapeland. Bonnie Plant Farm donated the plants through their Cabbage Program (bonnieplants.com) and HCFB volunteered labor to create garden and helped students plant and care for the cabbages. At the end of the growing period, HCFB sponsored an ice cream party for the class and the student with the biggest cabbage received a prize.
• Donated book covers to all the schools in the county.
• Donated Ag In The Classroom Curriculum to schools that requested the information.
• Purchased projects at the Houston County Fair and at the Lovelady Steer Show.
