The most significant personal decision anyone can make is what to do with their life. That decision came quickly to me due to the family support I had growing up, the lineage of what my family had done before me, and the outcome will be more than grand when I achieve personal success. A job occupation, while meant to be for monetary gain, is no fun and will never achieve happiness if no sliver of interest exists. This is why we start young and ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. Even though I stumbled through the word at a young age, my answer to that question was always the same. I want to help animals by becoming a veterinarian and furthering the future of Agriculture. The most significant, life-altering decision is what you choose to do with your life. From continuing education, joining the military, workforce, or entrepreneurship, the rest of your life will be judged on happiness or monetary value. Lucky for me, I have found one that will gain both. My family lives in a secluded area, and as sad as this world has gotten, throwing animals out and abandoning them is very common. In my lifetime, I have had many people drop litter of kittens off at my house. While we can pay for food, medical care is costly. I have nursed many abandoned kittens back to health-most which are inside cats now. Now, I "nurse" cows along with chickens and goats. Fortunately, I have gained a job at a vet clinic ten minutes away from my house. I have obtained knowledge or experience even without attending vet school, although I still plan to get my doctorate. Becoming a veterinarian is the most crucial decision in my life because it will provide me with not just basic needs, and self-fulfillment. While I have decided this is what I will do to impact the world, I still need to complete my journey. For now, this decision gives me a chance to share my story and how the world is fed, and it gives me hope for future generations. Through career event days at many elementary schools, I have taught kids the importance of agriculture, and livestock show has allowed me to open the door of curiosity for the younger generations. However, in the future with my degree, I will have the platform to help others with scarce means like I have had people for me. This major personal decision has affected how I act and whom I invest time with, and it will create the stable environment I hope to give my family one day.

At my high school, I have kept alive a food program. In this program, food is donated then I check the date, organize it and put it away. When it is time to send the boxes out, which is every month to about 15-30 families, I hand pick the item for the box, set up a station to allow others to help if they wish to, and then deliver all of the boxes to the teacher who volunteered to help. During this program, I can easily spend 5-10 hours a week on it and in weeks where I send out boxes I complete 15-20 hours. Keeping this program alive has been hard it has taught me persistence, given me confidence in what I was doing and filled my heart with joy that I could help someone in need. My mom is the primary provider for my family and lost her job due to covid in 2020. After she spent a year searching for a job, she found one. Then we discovered that our family of five was becoming six, and suddenly the new funds from the current position were being spread out as much as we could. I applied to work at Villanow Animal Clinic to provide myself with gas and any extra events I wished to attend. However, two terms for my Bachelor's in animal science will be ten grand. So, I have applied for as many scholarships as I can to lessen my workload for when I have to work while I work as I attend classes. However, I have never had to worry about food insecurity, and hate that anyone else has to feel that way. This program is sponsored by my FFA Chapter and my home away from home agriculture. Through career event days, I have taught kids the importance of agriculture, and livestock showing has allowed me to open the door of curiosity for the younger generations. However, in the future, I will have the platform to help others at the bottom of the ladder like I have had people for me. This major personal decision has affected how I act and whom I invest time with, and it will create the stable environment I hope to give my family one day. Overall this scholarship would be extremely helpful to further my long-term goal to become a large animal veterinarian. Currently, I am accepted to Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College to get my Bachelor and then I will transfer to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. I tend to animals ranging in size from chickens to cows but I enjoy the larger animals more. My passion for large animals has grown tremendously as I get older. I currently have chickens, ducks, a cow, and goats. I compete with my local dairy men’s heifers in competition to have the best-looking heifer and show her to the best of my ability. This scholarship will help me to further my education and invest in my future as a college student as well as the rest of my life. Thank you.

It all starts in a large classroom downstairs at Northwest Whitfield High School in the basement, as we liked to call it. A lady nicknamed the bug lady and rumored to be a hundred and six years old will teach us about a beautiful world named Agriculture. Each student receives a free pass to become an FFA Member, along with the wonderfully off-topic lectures and homelike atmosphere. Education has always been more fun with random lessons about exciting topics. Dissection and food labs had never been introduced in standard classes, and the first-year students were drawn in. After completing the first day of paperwork and meeting all the new classmates, the year could finally start. The first lesson in this class is the background of FFA. It starts way back when and tells you the history up to the modern day. It explains the history of the blue jacket and how many lives it has touched. The blue jacket is a symbol of not only the agricultural industry flourishing but it's seen as the camaraderie between kids from different locations. Each chapter works at a different pace, but they make up a large population. So in the first year, students first step into the basement classroom, and the hope is that the first feeling they feel is a brotherhood. Through my years at FFA, I have grown as a person. I have made many friends from different countries and strengthened relationships in my school. This past year I was granted the honor of being the president of my chapter. I was teamed up with many great kids to benefit my chapter's success. I have completed my year of service these past weeks and could not be prouder of the following officer team. It saddens me to have to leave this wonderful world behind. The overnight trips, long bus rides, many fast-food restaurants stops, and crowded hotel rooms have been a blessing. I am sincere when I say the Northwest Whitfield FFA has been a blessing. It was always my home away from home and a haven for kids who needed it. When you say Northwest Whitfield FFA, you mean the most cheerful, bustling, and welcoming place in the entire school. Northwest Whitfield FFA means a place to hide from the storm or to have a loving teacher who brightens your day. Above all, it means the continuation of our society to create the world's next leaders, and it all starts with the blue corduroy jacket.

I plan to make the world a better place by always making sure people have food in their bellies. If someone does not have food in their stomach the first thought of any human is to fix that need then shelter and so on. Currently, I am achieving that dream! I currently run an organization at my high school that supplies food for families in my community. I have food brought to me through churches and donations. Then I date to check all of the food to make sure it is safe to eat. After that is accomplished the food can be separated into what it is and put away. This is my second year in charge of the program and I am happy to say that our number of families has nearly been cut in half. While this program was started by a group three years ahead of me this program has run through troubling times. The original group started it during covid and it has continued. While I only have a few months left to be in charge of this program, I have still been leaving large footprints. Instead of eyeballing our numbers, we have up-to-date information on all of the food. We have a constant flow of food in and one box out each month! Now. after I graduate it will no longer be in my care but in the care of one of the girls below me. I know this program was almost discontinued but I can not wait to see where it goes from here! After I graduate I will no longer be a person running the boxes but I will donate to help the food continue to come in. I know what it's like to have a hard time with money and no individual should have to choose food over any other necessity. Overall this scholarship would be extremely helpful to further my long-term goal to become a large animal veterinarian. Currently, I am accepted to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and then I will transfer to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. I tend to animals ranging in size from chickens to cows but I enjoy the larger animals more. My passion for large animals has grown tremendously as I get older. I currently have chickens, goldfish, a cow, and goats. I compete in competitions to have the best-looking heifer and show her to the best of my ability. These scholarships will help me to further my education and invest in my future as a college student as well as the rest of my life. Thank you for your consideration.

I developed Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis on my spring break in 8th grade. I laid in agony on my couch only able to wear night gowns and other clothes that would not touch my skin. I had large blister-like sores on all of my joints that itched but burned every time they were touched. My cream was nearly three hundred dollars. Needless to say, it was way out of my family's price range. So, the pharmacist told my mom to mix certain creams to get my sores under control. Now, I understand my autoimmune disease can avoid instances where I have to sacrifice my health for it. Yes, it can be hard at work when they have parties. However, I find myself surrounded by people who help me find things I can eat. I have many people around me that I have found out have this disease as well. Me having had a few years under my belt I can help them with gluten-free food that tastes better or almost the same as regular food. I run a food box program for people in need in my community. I had the pleasure of helping a family in need but with this allergy, it can be very hard to have good meals. I am now living the dream with gluten-free Oreos and homemade meals! You never understand anyone with an allergy until you have one yourself. Then it all comes into perspective! Overall this scholarship would be extremely helpful to further my long-term goal to become a large animal veterinarian. I have worked very hard to complete my first year of college early as a senior in high school by using dual enrollment. Currently, I am accepted to Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College as a sophomore and then I will transfer to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. I tend to animals ranging in size from chickens to cows but I enjoy the larger animals more. My passion for large animals has grown tremendously as I get older. I currently have chickens, ducks, a cow, and goats. I compete with my local dairy men’s heifers in competition to have the best-looking heifer and show her to the best of my ability. This scholarship will help me to further my education and invest in my future as a college student as well as the rest of my life. Thank you for your consideration!

Ever since I started middle school, I have dreamed about becoming a veterinarian. And recently, I have evolved one step closer. I have been gaining college credit as a high schooler and working at my local clinic. The more I work there, the more I am sure about my future career. One of my favorite hobbies is when I show dairy heifers. Each year I can care for a heifer for a couple of months, and I learn more about cattle each year. Also, I have been blessed with the opportunity to care for thirty-five chickens and two ducks. All these opportunities have inspired me to continue pursuing my dream of becoming a veterinarian. Overall, I have a strange set of animals I look forward to caring for. Some of them are exotic animals such as birds or lizards. Others are chickens and the typical dogs and cats. But I would love to get to work with horses. My uncle across the street had adopted an old racehorse, and I was there daily. I cared for his health, and his death was a hard time for me. So, I have applied for this scholarship to ease the financial burden of education will be.

One piece of technology that has inspired me and that has made the world a better place is blood machines. I work at a vet's office, and we use this machine at least thirty times daily. This machine is fantastic. It breaks down all the little components in a patient's blood drop. Based on the readings, it can then tell us what could potentially be wrong with the patient. I have seen this machine save lives. Many dogs can come in with deficiencies, or their organs could be failing. This is where the world is changing. The more we know, the easier it is to save the lives of the little fur-balls that run around our homes that many call family.