FAYETTEVILLE, NC – The Farm Credit Associations of NC are proud to announce the recipients of the second AgYouth Leadership Program awards. These awards were set up to honor students who excel in the classroom and community as leaders in their FFA chapters and 4-H clubs.
The recipients are:
Chloe Allen, Garner, NC Megan Amend, Wake Forest, NC Alex Arrowood, Lexington, NC Olivia Barnes, Elizabethtown, NC Jensen Barwick, Seven Springs, NC Alyson Biddix, Marion, NC Steven Bradley, Rocky Mount, NC Chandler Bryant, Bailey, NC Sara Carone, Wallace, NC Rylie Daniels, Newland, NC Brook Davis, Autryville, NC Brianna Diaz, West End, NC Reily Dumproff, Southport, NC Hannah Ellis, Old Fort, NC Anna Faulk, Cerro Gordo, NC Luke Fuller, Hertford, NC Peyton Gardner, Princeton, NC Alicia Greer, Lexington, NC Daniel Haggitt, Eure, NC Abigail Hamilton, Jackson Springs, NC Makenzie Harden, Pleasant Garden, NC Mason Hardison, Williamston, NC Emily Holland, Olin, NC Kaitlyn Howard, Richlands, NC Riley Jarman, Jacksonville, NC Lance Johnson, Statesville, NC | Miria Jones, Newland, NC Lucille Ketterer, Louisburg, NC Emily Kornegay, Goldsboro, NC Danielle Kuykendall, Mills River, NC. Callie Lewis, Bladenboro, NC Taylor Low, Burlington, NC Kaylee Lowery, Elizabeth City, NC Hannah Mayo, Smithfield, NC Milosh McAdoo, Efland, NC Harrison McLamb, Roseboro, NC Lisandra Mejia, Zionville, NC Regan Mitchem, Vale, NC Christopher Shatley, Fayetteville, NC Lauren Shell, China Grove, NC Avery Shelton, Raleigh, NC Dalton Sides, Rougemont, NC Meredith Simpson, New London, NC. Noah Summerlin, Mt. Olive, NC Zannah Tyndall, Clinton, NC Brittany Vadiford, Gaston, NC Carley Williams, Chocowinity, NC Abigail Zentmeyer, Kannapolis, NC |
The AgYouth Leadership Program is open to any senior student in good standing with his/her high school and FFA or 4-H program. The goals of the AgYouth Leadership Program are:
- To raise the profile of outstanding junior and senior FFA and 4-H leaders by recognizing their accomplishments.
- To recognize these winners in various association publications, social media, and Farm Credit Association of NC websites.
- To create scholarship opportunities that will help graduating seniors.
NC FFA advisors and 4-H leaders selected students to submit applications for the AgYouth Leadership Program. The AgYouth Leadership Committee reviewed and selected recipients. Award winners will be invited to the local Farm Credit branch office to receive a certificate and to have their photograph taken for use in various Farm Credit publications. All winners will be eligible for scholarships awarded in May.
In all, over 110 applications were received for this program.
The Farm Credit Associations of NC are AgCarolina Farm Credit, Cape Fear Farm Credit, and Carolina Farm Credit. They are farmer owned financial cooperatives with headquarters in Raleigh, Fayetteville, and Statesville respectively. They are the leading provider of credit to farmers in North Carolina. The Associations have over $3.5 billion in loans and commitments outstanding to over 14,500 North Carolina farmers. Loans are made to finance land, homes, farm buildings, operating expenses, livestock and equipment, as well as other purposes. Appraisal services, and leasing are also available through the Farm Credit Associations of NC.
About Cape Fear Farm Credit
Cape Fear Farm Credit is an agricultural lending cooperative owned by its member-borrowers. It provides farm loans for land, equipment, livestock and production as well as rural home mortgages. Cape Fear Farm Credit has branches serving Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Hoke, Pender, Robeson, Sampson, and Scotland counties. It is part of the national Farm Credit System, a network of financial cooperatives established in 1916 to provide a dependable source of credit to farmers and rural America. To locate a branch near you, visit www.capefearfc.com or call 1-800-368-5819.
–Janna Bass, Cape Fear Farm Credit