FILL Conference

This weekend, I was in Annandale for the FILL Conference. This was only the second year of this conference's existence and is focused at chapter members who have already been to a leadership conference. Over ninety attendees made the weekend a huge success. Derek and Caitlin spent Friday night at Camp Friendship while Pete, Sydney, and I camped out for night two on Saturday. The conference was presented by Mark Jewell and Angela Fredericks but we, unfortunately, didn't get to see much of them. As they led the participants through exciting challenges like creating their own communities, we worked on different pieces of convention like our RA's with Ms. Lavyne Rada, the Hutchinson FFA advisor. On Saturday night, we kicked it up with a dance, open gym, ping pong, and even Twilight. Even though it was probably my last time doing the FFA dance as a state officer, it was sure a good time teaching it to a whole new group of people. After a short reflections program, we delivered cookies to the cabins and even had the pleasure of watching Austin Sheehan proudly represent the Marshall chapter by eating a dead box elder bug for $5. After a short night sleep in some really interesting beds, we had breakfast where I was serenaded by the lovely ladies of region 8 to commemorate my nineteenth birthday and headed back to the U.