The holidays are right around the corner, and we have a great opportunity to add a little fun to your holiday gifts! The decorative socks are great stocking stuffers and gifts for; friends, colleagues, teachers, employees, youth and secret Santa gifts!

This is the perfect gift for the holiday season, that supports a great cause! Be a part of our Holiday Sock Campaign!

The socks are made in the USA, using American grown cotton. Contents of the socks include: Contents - 76% Combed Cotton, 22% Nylon, 2% Lycra. One Size Fits Most and the socks are knit with reduced cross stretch for a better fit!

We invite you to visit the Sock Store and check out 15 designs from holiday, FFA, 4H, agriculture themes and more! The online store is open until November 21, 2024.

Grab your tickets for a chance to win a John Deere 1023E Sub-Compact Utility Tractor valued at $20,000 or a $20,000 credit to any Stotz Equipment store in Arizona. Can you imagine working with the Stotz Equipment staff to arrange for the prize if you select the Compact Tractor or go shopping with a store credit of $20,000? Take a chance and, at the same time, know that your contribution is going towards supporting agriculture education and FFA in Arizona!

Tickets are 1 for $100 or 3 for $275 and may be purchased online at www.blueandgoldgala.org or in stores at Bales Hay in Buckeye, Maid Rite Feeds in Willcox or one of the 5 Olsen’s Grain Stores in northern Arizona, located in Prescott, Dewey, Verde Valley, Chino Valley and Flagstaff.

In-store ticket sales will close January 20, 2025. Online tickets are being sold through January 31, 2025. The winning ticket will be drawn on February 1, 2025 at the 9^th Annual Blue & Gold Gala!

We are incredibly grateful to Stotz Equipment for supporting the raffle for past the nine years! Grab your tickets today and be a part of supporting agriculture education and FFA in Arizona! Take a chance on winning this amazing prize!

Only 4 Tables Remaining

Take a glimpse of the 2024 Gala!

The tickets are going quickly for the 9th annual Blue & Gold Gala! We invite you to join us on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa for the "Biggest Night in Arizona Agriculture". This event will bring together 750 attendees to celebrate agriculture education and the FFA. This event makes an incredible impact for our youth and agriculture educators by providing leadership experiences, professional development, chapter travel grants, and much more. The night will be filled with time to catch up with friends and colleages, an amazing silent auction, a delicious dinner, fantastic live auction, award recognition and an after-party.

Each year we recognize the Blue & Gold Honoree awarded by the Foundation and the Agriculturalist of the Year that is presented by the Arizona Association FFA. This year we are thrilled to recognize Ron and Heather Rayner as the Blue & Gold Honorees and David Auza as the Agriculturalist of the Year!

Limited accommodations are available at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa. The deadline to book your room is December 27, 2024, however we have sold out early in prior years, so do not wait to make your reservation. Rooms can be booked through this link: Hotel Reservations. If you have any challenges booking a room, please contact us.

Now is a great time to plan a night out. Pick up a few tickets or gather some friends, family and colleagues, to secure a table sponsorship for the premier social event of the year! We have 710 tickets already secured, so don't delay! This event historically sells out!

Register today through the link below. If you have any questions, please contact us at Foundation@azffafoundation.org.

Be a Part of the Impact

Be a part of the impact through the Blue & Gold Gala. 'The Biggest Night in Arizona Agriculture' will bring everyone together to engage in an evening that will raise funds to help us continue to move foward in providing funding to support FFA and agriculture educators in Arizona. Funds last year provided professional developement for agriculture educators, a new teacher development program, and award recognition programs for our educators. Through FFA, we were able to fund travel grants for FFA Chapters to attend State events, banquet supply grants, and the Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) for All training program. We fully funded the Career and Leadership Development Events and proficiency awards. To assist teachers in their first few years, we were able to provide support to the University of Arizona, Agriculture Education, Technology and Innovation Department, to support the position to outreach and engage with teachers and we provided funding for the Teach Ag Academy.

We have sponsorship opportunities available from $500 to $10,000. We hope you will take a minute to review the list and see how you can engage. This is a chance to also expose your company to hundreds of attendees and those that we are reaching online.

We invite you to reach out if you have any questions. Please contact our Executive Director, Rochell at rochell@azffafoundation.org or our Gala Chair, Farrah Smith at farrah@azffafoundation.org

Administrative and Development Assistant Position Open

The Arizona Agricultural Education/FFA Foundation is growing our team and searching for a full-time Administrative and Development Assistant to support the Foundation. We are based in Glendale, AZ and looking for someone in the west/northwest valley area. This position will work closely with the Foundation staff and Board of Trustees to meet the goals of the organization. Our ideal team member will have administrative and development skills, and experience with database management. The individual should be highly motivated, a self-starter, very organized, detail oriented, enjoys engaging with people, passionate about our mission, and is customer service oriented. The Administrative and Development Assistant will serve as an essential member of a small team. We are looking for a person who will bring new ideas, enthusiasm, and professionalism to our mission of supporting the agriculture education and FFA in Arizona.

To learn more about the position, click on the link button below.

Arizona FFA Members to Lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the Upcoming Hondo Rodeo Fest

The Hondo Rodeo Fest is coming to town November 7-9, 2024, at Chase FIeld in downtown Phoenix.

We are very excited to have an FFA group leading the Pledge of Allegiance each night of the performance, with Buckeye FFA on November 7th, Dobson FFA on November 8th and the State FFA Officers on November 9th. We hope you will plan an evening out for this incredible rodeo which includes an amazing concert with top artists each night and be in the audience to support our FFA members. We are grateful to the Hondo Rodeo Fest Team for including Arizona FFA members in this event!

Here are the links for each night to provide a discount on tickets.

Thursday, November 7, 2024 https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/19006055DF313D81?did=discou

Friday, November 8, 2024

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/19006055DF3A3D8F/?did=discou



Saturday, November 9, 2024 https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/19006055DF423D93?did=discou

Support Arizona FFA with each order through Walmart.com or the Walmart app, by making the Arizona FFA Foundation your preferred charity, when signed into your account. Then just check the "round up" box with each order at checkout.

The Foundation is an approved charity for the Fry's Community Rewards Program. If you do not already have a charity tied to your rewards card, or do not have a rewards card set up, it is easy to establish.

Visit https://www.frysfood.com. Once logged into your Fry's account, you can search for The Arizona Agricultural Education FFA Foundation, either by name or RS160, and then click enroll. New users will need to create an account, which requires some basic information, a valid email address, and a rewards card. Each time you shop using your Fry's Rewards card, after you have attached us as your charity, then we will receive benefits.