Mead FFA Volunteers at County Fair
by Jamie Larsen
People from all over Saunders County enjoyed the County fair
this summer. During the week of July 26th, Mead FFA members
dedicated many hours of volunteer work at the Saunders County Fair.
While some were there to show their own animals, such as Moriah
Nygren did with her sheep, others were helping with setting up for
the hog show, announcing the placing of contestants at the rabbit
show, writing the placing of contestants on their cards, and many
other things. Some of the members that helped out a lot with the
fair were Allison Hough, who volunteered around 22 hours and Amanda
Ruhe, who volunteered four days at the fair. Amanda Ruhe claimed
that "Getting to watch the horse show" was her favorite part of the
fair.
On Thursday, members met at one o'clock to begin putting the float
together for the Saunders County Parade. Our theme was that FFA is
a party and we used a combination of Hawaiian and Mardi Gra to show
this. We decorated the float with palm trees and balloons and signs
that said 'Bead it up for Mead FFA'. To spread our Mardi Gra theme,
we handed out beads during the parade. The fair gave members a good
opportunity to help out our community and represent our school.
