This FFA student’s simple school supply drive has turned into a full-blown store!

Each year, the National FFA Organization hosts the Washington Leadership Conference, where thousands of FFA members gather in our nation’s Capitol to learn how to be changemakers in their home communities, and they do it by creating a “Living to Serve” plan.

Seven years after attending WLC, this Diamond Trail FFA alumnus from Iowa’s service project is still going strong.

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