2012 Raffle Winners Announced

Prize #1 -  Hunting Rifle with Scope (donated by Young Farmers) : Mr. Rob Pringle of Glasgow

Prize #2 - John Deer Peddle Tractor (donated by Bruce Holden) : Mr. Larry Black of Lexington

Prize #3 - P. Buckley Moss Framed Print (donated by Smith Farms) : Ms. Carol Truslow of Buena Vista

Prize #4 - Linda Patrick Framed Print (donated by Smith Farms) : Mr. Bo Camden of Buena Vista

Prize #5 - 50 bails of Hay (donated by Smith Farms) or $200  or check from YFA: Ms. Dot Romano of Glasgow , chose the $200.

Prize #6 - Mystery Gift Basket with $50 Gift Card (donated by Friends of Young Farmers) : Mr. Troy Nelson of Covington

Prize #7 - Hand Made Pen & Pencil Set (donated by Rockbridge FFA) : Ms. Carolyn Roberts of Buena Vista

Thank you to everyone who supported our 2012 Raffle. 

The monies collected are used to provide scholarships to area youth who are planning to continue their college education in an agriculture related field.

June 2012 Meeting

The Rockbridge Young Farmer’s have been meeting on the second Thursday of the month rather than the first Thursday.

The June meeting will be this Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Salerno’s on Jefferson Street in Lexington. The raffle must be finalized at this meeting so that tickets can be printed. We hope to have a gun to raffle off along with a P. Buckley Moss print, a Linda Patrick print and some cash and other prizes.

We plan to sell tickets at the county fair in July and the Community Festival in August. We are also planning the Redneck Olympics and a meal for the livestock exhibitors at the fair as well as the Kid’s Pedal Pull.

March 2012 Meeting

The Rockbridge Young Farmer's will meet on THURSDAY, March 8, upstairs at Salerno's on Jefferson Street in Lexington. Dutch Treat dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will start at 7 p.m.

We will continue to discuss fund raising, event participation and membership. Please be prepared to share your ideas.

Hope to see you there!

February 2012 Meeting

The Rockbridge Young Farmer’s will meet this week on Thursday, February 2 at the Pink Cadillac Restaurant. Dutch Treat dinner will begin at 6:30 and the meeting will start at 7 p.m.

The agenda includes the election of the 2012 officers and discussion about how to grow our membership.
The proposed slate of officers are:

President: Tim Goodbar
Vice-President: Angel Candelaria
Secretary: Bobbi Loudermilk
Treasurer: Ann Smith

Please plan to attend and bring ideas for how to grow our membership and any fundraising ideas you may have.

Hope to see you there!

2011 Christmas Dinner

The Rockbridge Young Farmer’s annual Christmas Dinner and Dirty Santa party will be held Friday night, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Just Kay’s in Rockbridge Baths. Please bring a gift valued between $5 and $10 if you wish to participate in our ever popular Dirty Santa gift exchange. We will be ordering from the menu and the Friday night specials include:

Steamed Shrimp, baked potato, tossed salad
Belly Buster Fish, French fries or baked potato, cole slaw
Pork Tenderloin, mashed potatoes, Broccoli

These are priced $10.95 - $12.95

Just Kay’s is located at 15 Maury Hills Drive in Rockbridge Baths.

Hope to see everyone there!

November Meeting

The November meeting of the Rockbridge Young Farmers Association will take place Thursday, November 10 at 7 p.m. at the Pink Cadillac Diner.

Hope to see you there! Bring a friend.

May Meeting

It is time for our May meeting and good news it involves free food!!!

We will be having a joint picnic with the FFA , Ag Advisory Committee, and Young Farmers.

The FFA has graciously offered to provide the food for this event.

It will be held this Thursday May 5th at 6:30 pm at the RCHS Ag Dept.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!