GORHAM â Cheyenne Berube is the winner of this year s White Mountain Rotary Speech Contest.
Berube, a student at Gorham High School, was selected by a panel of Rotarians following recent virtual presentations and awarded $100.
This year s topic was, How can you and your local Rotary Clubs work together to improve your community and open new opportunities for you and other students?
Participants were asked to prepare and deliver a five-minute speech on that topic and how it relates to teamwork and the Rotary values.
Berube also took first prize in the second round of the competition, held April 14, against winners from other area Rotary Clubs.
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Chicken poop and all
The National FFA Organization plays an integral role in providing youth with opportunities in career and leadership growth, said local chapter advisor Kristi Holum via Facebook messenger Friday.
“FFA gives students so many tools to be successful in their futures, agriculture is just the vehicle we use to teach those skills. I have yet to have a student who was involved in four years of FFA and Agriculture Education that didn’t leave high school with all the skills they needed to conquer the world,” Holum said.
In 1988, FFA changed its name to the National FFA Organization from Future Farmers of America to reflect the growing diversity in agriculture, and the organization realized that FFA was a tool to drive students to be good consumers and citizens, not just good producers, hence the name change, Holum noted.