Four Northern Bedford FFA Chapter members will receive their Keystone Degrees at the Mid-Winter FFA Convention on Jan. 8 during the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
The 2022-2023 FFA state officers have had the pleasure of serving Pennsylvania throughout their year, having been blessed with hundreds of opportunities.
For the first time, a member of the Mason-Dixon Chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA) has risen to become a state officer.
Greg Gipe, a 2020 Fairfield High School graduate, was elected vice president of the Pennsylvania Association of FFA during an organizational summit in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on June 11.
âIâm excited to get to meet the over 13,000 FFA members in the state of Pennsylvania, and getting to interact with them,â he said. âI believe in what Iâm doing so much. This year will be amazing, and a great opportunity.â
To serve his 363-day term, Gipe will take a year off from his education at Delaware Valley University where he is working toward an agricultural education degree. The lengthy schedule and vast number of responsibilities required of Pennsylvania officers forces each to take a gap year, Gipe said.