WSHS Junior Wins Highly Competitive National FFA Grant, For Second Year In A Row
Wessington Springs High School (WSHS) junior, Mercedes Jones (right), was awarded a $1,000 grant from National FFA, for the second time in a row. She will use the funds to further her eduction in various aspects of flower care. She is shown above earlier this year at her family’s Jerauld County flower farm during a “Dahlias and Donuts” event.
Wessington Springs High School (WSHS) junior, Mercedes Jones, is making a four-figure business investment into her family’s flower farm thanks to being awarded a $1,000 grant from National FFA, for the second time in a row. Aimed at helping FFA members start or expand their supervised agricultural experience (SAE), the highly competitive grant awards were announced last week. The grant was sponsor…
