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Kent Boggs Receives Distinguished Service Award from Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:58:08 CST
Oklahoma Farm Bureau honored Kent Boggs, Executive Director of the Oklahoma FFA, during its 68th annual meeting in Oklahoma City with their Distinguished Service Awards for service to Oklahoma agriculture.
The picture shows Boggs accepting the award from Mike Spradling, President of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
Boggs was presented with the Distinguished Service to Oklahoma Agriculture Award while Wilson received the Distinguished Service to Oklahoma Farm Bureau Award.
Boggs has served agriculture for more than 30 years as an educator and motivator for young people.
He began his career as an agricultural education instructor at Elgin Public Schools, where he spent eight years molding his students into successful competitors and leaders by helping them realize their potential.
In 1985, he was named Oklahoma FFA's executive secretary. He has served in that capacity ever since by working tirelessly and closely with all happenings of the Oklahoma FFA Association.
Under his leadership, Oklahoma FFA has grown to the fifth largest in the nation with 355 chapters and some 24,000 members.
Boggs is solely responsible for coordinating the Oklahoma FFA Convention, which is one of the largest and most impressive youth events in the state. He also manages all FFA Career Development Events, FFA Alumni Leadership Camp, and activities of the state officer team.
He has led and advised 25 state officer teams during his tenure, helping to develop those young people into successful business men and women.
In addition to his responsibilities as executive secretary, he also spends much of his time working at the Oklahoma Youth Expo and the Tulsa State Fair. He also is an active member of the Sirloin Club and Southwest American Livestock Foundation.
"It is difficult to gather and put into writing all of the accomplishments of Kent Boggs," said his nomination form. "He is professional in every sense of the word and exudes the highest standards of morality and integrity possible. Simply put, Kent Boggs has dedicated his life to agriculture and preparing young people to be its future leaders."
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