The Western Christian FFA had an opportunity as a chapter to raise money for the Van Surksums and Rozebooms. Both familes have experienced the lose of a husband and father and are near and dear to the Western community. 

To raise money, we sold strawberries in the month of January and donated all profits to these individuals. As a chapter we sold over 100 flats of strawberries, which was over $1,300 in profits.

During FFA week we hosted a change war for our Kiss the Pig Challenge. The student body voted between three people using their spare change to see who would Kiss the Pig after Ag Olympics on Friday of FFA Week. After a week of the change war Josh Petit, a senior at Western, was the champion of the war. He got to hold and kiss a weaned pig in front of the student body. 

The change war raised over $1000 in total. In the end we were able to write a $500 check to the Van Surksums and a $500 check to the Rosenbooms to help with the additional costs of bills.