By Brian Sterling – Special to the Sydenham Current
The Essex-Kent Junior Farmers have started 2018 off stronger than ever.
Elections were held and this years President is Annemarie Struhar, Vice President- Meaghan McLean, Treasurer- Alex Richardson, Secretary- Kris Rivard, Provincial Director- Brian Sterling and Assistant PD- Jake Janosik.
Other enthusiastic members include: Matthew Sterling, Nic Willemsma, Matthew Clark, and Katrina Wagner.
Several ideas were shared and many goals were set for this year as members plan on being very active in their community.
The club held a social practice night on February 3 in Essex in preparation for the annual provincial event called “Winter Games”, held this year in Prince Edward County just outside of Belleville, Ontario.
Essex-Kent was one of over 17 teams attending.
This year’s theme was “Hockey night in Canada”, with each club being delegated a NHL hockey team.
The club was selected to represent the Boston Bruins for their team as they competed against clubs from across Ontario on the weekend of February 10.
The club did very well and had a lot of fun at this event.
Junior Farmers participates in a wide variety of activities within the community as well as across the province.
They compete in sports, agricultural and social events, fundraise for charities, take road trips and have opportunities for travel exchanges abroad. Clubs are also given the chance to host international exchange delegates which provides a great opportunity to showcase their county/communities, learn from them and them from us.
Junior Farmers welcomes everyone from the ages of 15 through 29. Clubs are generally made up of rural youth, but contrary to the name, many are not farmers at all. Anyone is welcome to join.
If interested in joining your local Essex-Kent club or have any questions please check us out at jfao.on.ca or email at:
essexkentjf@gmail.com
