Stronger together

January 2025

By Amelia Eddy, CR-B publications student

As the Crusaders reflect back on the first semester, the FFA and student council organizations have served others in many different ways. Elementary and middle school students have interacted with upperclassmen and one of these group’s efforts even extended outside of the school.

“This year, our FFA officer team participated in Feed the Farmers,” senior Jayna Hoffman said. “We partnered with POET for this event. We planned, cooked, delivered, and served the food to the farmers during harvest. During this, we got to interact with farmers from around the area. Overall, we really enjoyed helping others out during the harvest season.”

Another FFA member, Kassidy Olson, discussed how they are trying to strengthen the middle school FFA program.

“We are having several FFA meetings with the middle schoolers to not only teach them all FFA has to offer but also do a bunch of bonding and leadership activities with them,” she said. “This has impacted the student body by teaching middle and high school students to step out of their comfort zone and try new things, as well as gaining tremendous leadership skills.” 

CR-B student council representatives have proven that even the simplest of actions, like serving the Thanksgiving lunch to elementary students, can have a lasting impact.

“I just liked helping out,” said senior Lucas Obert. “It’s not everyday you get to go down to the elementary. I was down there at one point. When you are their age, it’s nice having an older person to look up to.”

“It was awesome to see how grateful the elementary students were for serving them,” continued junior Maddy Mason. “I really enjoyed helping out and just feeling useful.”

Many more CR-B clubs and organizations, including Crusaders for Christ and National Honor Society, have impacted others through raking leaves and “stuffing the bus” with non-perishable food items for the Coon Rapids food pantry.