Hawaii FFA State Convention

Hawaii was an amazing opportunity to broaden our horizons concerning other association’s state conventions. We had a blast and were able to take part in an extremely fun state convention down in Hawaii. The Hawaii FFA Association has around 300 members with about 100 of them attending the state convention. Chapters from four different islands came together on the Big Island for the convention in Hilo. For two and a half days, state convention activities took place all over the University of Hawaii at Hilo, activities that allowed the students to have a blast, learn all about FFA, and think about their future. We were also able to work with the state officers a lot, especially with their retiring addresses. We had a great time with all of the state officers and quickly bonded. Traven was able to meet a great friend that he will be going to college with next year while Mya was able to meet an awesome visiting state officer candidate from Idaho. We both learned a lot of stuff to incorporate into our own state convention, a favorite of Mya's was a game called Gimmie Gimmie. This game got members up and moving and a lot of the Hawaii FFA members got into the game. There was a lot of activity both before and after the state convention as well. We were able to tour half of the big island with the Pahoa chapter, a chapter native to the island and on the tour we were able to tour the Mauna Loa macadamia nut plant, see a sea turtle, and visit an amazing candy store. On another outing, we were able to visit a black sand beach and we saw a turtle get flipped on its back on the reef. It was unable to escape and so a lady went out to try and rescue it but the turtle was too heavy and wedged in the rocks. Traven went out to help and with their combined effort, they were able to save the sea turtle.  Overall, everything in Hawaii was a blast and we are so glad we were able to attend.

Mya & Traven