AFR Company News - August 2015

Women's Cooperative Holds "Paint Your Path" Conference

Posted Tue, 08/25/2015 - 10:28am

We like to have fun and socialize while we learn valuable information about how to better help our communities and grow our businesses. In August the Women's Cooperative did all of these things during the 2015 AFR Women's Conference "Paint Your Path."

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71st Annual Speech Contest

Posted Tue, 08/25/2015 - 9:34am

This popular event is held in the fall of each year and is available to members and non-members. Students in grades 4-12 compete in their respective category at District contests held around the state. First and second place winners in each of the categories advance to the State Speech Contest held in Stillwater on the campus of Oklahoma State University.

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AFR/OFU Youth Program Helps Children in Need

Posted Wed, 08/19/2015 - 2:24pm

More than 130 American Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union (AFR/OFU) 2015 Leadership Summit attendees once again teamed up with Kids Against Hunger to help fight hunger in the United States and abroad. Kids Against Hunger is a humanitarian food-aid organization with a mission to significantly reduce the number of hungry children in the U.S. and to feed starving children throughout the world.

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AFR/OFU Leadership Summit Focuses on Life Goals

Posted Wed, 08/19/2015 - 2:14pm

American Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union (AFR/OFU) hosted its 2015 Leadership Summit July 26 – August 1. More than 160 students participated in leadership development activities that will benefit them far into the future.

This year marks the second year for the summit to be held at Big Cedars Camp near Wanette, Okla. The central location has made the AFR/OFU Leadership Summit equally accessible to both sides of Oklahoma.