FFA and FCCLA Earn State Farm Grant
$25,000 check comes with important pledge of safe driving
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
Ginger Voegel wasn’t told to keep the news secret until after screaming from her classroom a few weeks ago. The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America advisor at SHS had just received a phone call from State Farm’s public affairs rep. Jim Sloven, informing her that the school would be receiving a $25,000 grant, just one of 100 schools nationwide.
“It was a good thing I didn’t have any kids in my room, because then he said I had to keep it quiet,” recalled Voegel. “I said, ‘Are you serious? Are you serious?’ I was not expecting a phone call.”
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