Friends of Heyworth FFA

06/12/2026

What an amazing ending to a great year for Heyworth FFA! Congratulations Jeffery on your State Degree! Can't wait to see what the next year brings! It's a great day to be a Heyworth FFA Hornet!

06/10/2026

Have a great State Convention Heyworth FFA Chapter ! Thank you to the Heyworth Community for all your support of the canned food drive that helped earn the Harvest for All Award! Thank you to all the Heyworth FFA Supporters for providing the opportunity for so many members to attend this year! Look for more highlights this week and to honor Jeffery Klawitter when he is officially awarded his State Degree!

04/24/2026

The plant sale information! Check out Heyworth FFA Chapter for pictures and tours of the greenhouse!

04/24/2026

We have had some recent inquiries about our signs!
Current inventory
Slow Down - Sold out, can order more
Start Seeing -2 left
Proud Supporter -19 left
Personalized - will order

All signs are $15, except personalized ones ($20).
Karen Gebhardt Maharas has them and will happily meet/deliver!

She will try to have some FCFS at the FFA Plant sale this weekend. We will share that Heyworth FFA Chapter post in our thread!

03/09/2026

We have a winner! We dropped off the board and had the FFA members draw a name today!
Congratulations to Breelyn Marie and Mike Corzine for winning the Gun Safe!

We greatly appreciate each and every person and business that donates their time, talents, and money to support the Heyworth FFA Chapter!! Thank you for helping to make the FFA experience accessible, affordable, and fun for our members! Thank you for investing in the future of agriculture and building connections with our students!

03/07/2026

WE HAVE OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT OF SQUARES!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

We need to coordinate to enter the names into the last of the squares. We will video the drawing and post here Monday (3/9) evening. We will contact the winner and coordinate pickup/delivery of the safe!

Thank you!

03/06/2026

Congratulations to Advisor Barling! She's crushing it!

We are excited to wrap up a week of celebrating outstanding faculty, staff, and alumni from the Illinois State University Department of Agriculture with one more incredible recognition.

Congratulations to Ag Department alumna Kara Barling on being named a recipient of the Redbird Educator Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award. Kara is an exceptional agricultural educator, mentor, and leader who continues to invest in her students, her colleagues, and the next generation of agriculture teachers.

We are proud to call Kara one of our own. Well deserved!

Go, You Redbirds!

03/06/2026

Spring is on the horizon! Gear up for the spring planting season with a yard sign!
Limited quantities on hand of all signs. Order open until March 13, 2026!

https://forms.gle/zG5hwLuGxRAxim8R6

Payments and delivery are being handled by Karen Gebhardt Maharas . Please reach out to her with any questions!

03/05/2026

Congratulations to Emma and Matthew on advancing to State!

You all have worked so hard! Congratulations on your achievements!

HEYWORTH FFA IS STATE BOUND!🥇

Emma Quinton ADVANCED in Equine Entrepreneurship 🐴🐴

Matthew Hodel ADVANCED in Service Learning🤝

Jolee Maharas also competed in Vegetable Production 🥒🍅🫑 as a District Finalist.

We are so proud of them all for their hard work and dedication to their SAE projects!

03/05/2026

Best of luck to Emma, Matthew, and Jolee at District Proficiency tonight! We are so proud of each of you!

For perspective, this is the equivalent of Regionals/Sectionals in the sports world. These students work on their SAE all year and even multiple years and keep detailed records. They presented their record books at Section 9 (our "conference") competition in early February. These 3 placed first to advance to District Level competition!
And many FFA members have more than one record book that maintain!