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New Ulm FFA Chapter is fourth top FFA supporter with Corn Drive

NEW ULM -New Ulm FFA is an outstanding supporter of True Friends Camp Courage with their annual corn drive.

This past school year the FFA Chapter collected $9,800 which will help provide scholarships and program support for kids and adults with disabilities to attend camp. Seventy-two FFA Chapters participated in a corn drive for camp this school year, and among those, New Ulm FFA raised the fourth highest amount.

The corn drive tradition began in 1953 after a large storm passed through the area, Freeborn FFA Advisor, Lee Asche, had the idea to gather the corn that fell to the ground and sell it to the elevator. They took the money raised from this effort, $90, and donated it to Camp Courage, which allowed one Freeborn resident with Polio to attend summer camp. Since then the corn drive has raised over $5.5M for Camp Courage and True Friends.

Today, over 60 chapters participate in the corn drive each year to help support campers while they have a blast tubing, fishing, horseback riding and even zip lining at camp! Just in time for summer camp, we built a brand new state-of-the-art ropes course at Camp Courage. This course is one-of-a-kind because it is completely wheelchair accessible. Campers will have independent control of deciding when they would like to ascend and descend rather than relying on staff. This is one of many examples of True Friends carrying out our mission of providing life-changing experiences and adventures that enhance independence and self-esteem for children and adults with disabilities.

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