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The leaders of the Young Farmers and Rancher Program of the United States Department of Agriculture Confederation used backpacks to reach out to families and veterans living in cars and parks in Oregon this weekend.

At the Fall Conference in Portland, National Committee leaders collaborated with Easterseals Oregon, an organization that serves disabled children and adults, veterans, and mature job seekers. Easterseals Oregon’s vision is to create and provide disability services and workforce development and housing programs so that community participants are 100% involved and authorized.

With funding from Americares, Easterseals Oregon was able to work with the Young Farmers & Ranchers committee to fill 250 drawstring backpacks with high-protein snacks, including tuna, granola, beef jerky, peanut butter, pepperoni, cheese and biscuits, etc. . The bags will be distributed to homeless men, women and children in Salem, Oregon throughout November.

"We are very grateful to the YF&R team. Their faces are full of smiles and energetic. In less than 90 minutes, they immediately jumped in and filled all 250 bags. Wow!" Easterseals Oregon's executive administrative assistant Pam Moreland Say. "The 90 minutes this group of people spend on bagging will have an incredible impact on Salem's homeless community."

YF&R committee members seize every opportunity to share their time, energy and resources to help others, YF&R vice chairman Jocelyn Anderson explained, California farmers.

"Giving back to the local community is very important for YF&R. As a strong leader, we emphasize that we must contribute our time to help those in need. YF&R is very grateful for the opportunities provided to us and ensure that we express our gratitude through community service Love," Anderson said.

Also this fall, at a party in California, the retired YF&R committee leaders participated in a morning community service, which included making and donating tie blankets, providing socks for homeless shelters, and nursing home staff Provide lunch, create four boxes of school teacher supplies, and write thank you letters to veterans.

"The Farm Bureau has always been giving back to the community. When we left the farm, this did not stop. In every AFBF YF&R event, we will find a way to give back to the community we are visiting. That's why I am proud to be a farm Members of the Bureau, because our strength as an organization comes from building a strong community," said Greg Corcoran of Ohio, Vice Chairman of YF&R 2020-2021.

Members of the group also decorated lunch bags to be donated to Meals on Wheels, and made and provided San Diego residents with "goodwill/thank you for everything" bags.

Many YF&R members, such as Morgan Norris from Florida and the 2020-2021 committee chair, appreciate the opportunity to give back to things outside the community.

"There is nothing better than being able to give back and bless others; when our YF&R committee can bring this "on the road" dedication to our meetings, it will bring meaning to our meetings Recall. The YF&R plan sees the importance of having an impact on the communities we visit in meetings and conferences. We believe that blessing the needy is an important legacy. Whether we are making blankets for homeless shelters, We can all express our gratitude in this way whether medical staff donate food or send classroom packages to teachers. We see you and we care about your community," Norris said.

The Young Farmers and Rancher Program of the American Farm Bureau Federation includes men and women aged 18-35. The goal of the Young Farmers and Rancher Program is to discover and train young members of the Farm Bureau, and provide them with opportunities and experience to strengthen their leadership and ensure that the Farm Bureau is effective.

One of YF&R's iconic programs is Harvest for All. Through the annual program Harvest for All launched in 2002, members of the Farm Bureau collected 376 million pounds of food, recorded more than 215,000 hours of volunteer service, and raised $9.8 million in donations.

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