What's New:

2012 Idaho FFA Foundation Tractor Raffle Scholarship Application is NOW AVAILABLE

14 - $1,000 Scholarships are available to 2012 Idaho FFA Seniors

Click Here for the application

Revised application posted 1/10/12. If you have any questions about the application, please send email to lwilder@idffafoundation .org or call 208-861-2467.

Click Here for the FFA Advisor informational letter

Click Here for the Scholarship Program flyer

February 15, 2012 Postmark Deadline

2012 Tractor Raffle is underway

We are now on:

Idaho FFA Foundation, Inc.

The Idaho FFA Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation established December 11, 1980. Foundation contributions fund Idaho FFA programs statewide helping meet educational and leadership training needs of Idaho FFA members.

Our Mission

To promote the FFA in Idaho and to provide strategic financial resources for Idaho FFA programs and activities that benefit agricultural education students and help them develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success.

2012 Tractor Raffle is Underway

The Idaho FFA Foundation is conducting its second statewide Tractor Raffle to benefit Idaho FFA members. Tickets are now being sold for $10 each for a chance at winning a beautifully restored classic 1952 John Deere B Tractor. The tractor includes a 55-gallon sprayer tank.

Canyon County farmer and former FFA member Sid Freeman came up with the idea for the raffle to raise funds for the Idaho FFA Foundation and for scholarships for Idaho FFA students for post-secondary education. He and his wife Pam started the program with the donation of a 1940 International Farmall B Tractor that was raffled off at the 2011 Idaho FFA State Leadership Conference raising $23,620 for Idaho FFA programs including 14-$1,000 scholarships that will be awarded to senior Idaho FFA members at the 2012 Idaho FFA State Leadership Conference.

“FFA has made such a difference in the lives of so many students and helped them go on to be strong leaders in our communities. I want to do my part to advance this outstanding organization and to help provide financial support to important FFA programs,” said Freeman.

“Our 2012 fundraising goal is $50,000,” Freeman added. “The funds raised will go toward scholarships and programs through the Idaho FFA Foundation that benefit students statewide, and the local FFA chapter designated on the winning ticket will also receive a portion of the ticket proceeds.”

Tickets may be purchased from any local Idaho FFA chapter or from the Idaho FFA Foundation by calling 208-861-2467 or emailing your ticket request to lwilder@idffafoundation.org until April 5. Tickets will be sold at the Idaho FFA State Leadership Conference in Twin Falls April 11-13, and the winning ticket will be drawn during the conference on April 13. The winner need not be present to win.

Click here for copy of 2012 Tractor Raffle Flyer.

The Idaho FFA Foundation would like to thank the Idaho FFA Alumni who are assisting with this project and the scholarship selection process, as well as the following generous businesses and individuals who donated resources, materials and time to make the project possible:

View article on Idaho FFA Foundation and Idaho FFA Alumni partnership on the Tractor Raffle Project: Click Here

Wes Freeman a former member of the Middleton, Idaho FFA chapter delivers the tractor to the Canyon County Fair in Caldwell for its debut appearance at the Canyon County Farm Bureau's "Ag Country" tent during the last week in July.

View D & B Supply Blog article on Tractor Raffle. Click Here

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Congratulations to Tanner Bergquist - 2011 Tractor Raffle Winner!

Winning Ticket Number: 4994

Congratulations to the Weiser FFA Chapter for selling the winning ticket!

Thank you tractor donors Sid & Pam Freeman for making this project possible.

Winner of the tractor is Tanner Bergquist, third from left, pictured with his son Remington and wife Melia. Tractor donors Sid and Pam Freeman along with son Wes are pictured to Tanner's right. Photo credit: Becky O'Meara, Middleton Gazette.

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for the 2011 Raffle

$23,620 was raised for Idaho FFA!

Middleton Gazette Article on the Tractor Raffle Project and Winner

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