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NFL Draft Reporter

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A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to the NFL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee! I was the Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Reporter, and got to go on the red carpet and interview some of the draftees! It wa...

Training for the Olympics

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Recently I had the honor of interviewing and watching two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields train for her upcoming match, and just by watching her I was in awe. While I was watching her train I was h...

Fuel Up to Play 60: The Impact on MY LIFE!

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Fuel Up to Play 60 has been on my side for nearly 3 years, and it all started in elementary school. When I first heard of the Fuel Up to Play 60 program on my school’s PA announcement, I didn’t know what it me...

Thank You Iowa Dairy Farmers!

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All of your hard work has given me the opportunity to go to an NFL game. I was super excited when I found out that I was going to a Minnesota football game. At this game, I was able to be on the field about a ...

Top Point Earner!

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Last month, I had the amazing opportunity of going to Green Bay, Wisconsin where I received a two-night hotel stay, two tickets to the December 2nd Green Bay Packers game, and two sideline passes. I earned all...

Teens & Sleep

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This fall, I was given the amazing opportunity to participate in GENYOUth’s Press Event surrounding the Teens and Sleep Survey as a student voice representative! Prior to the event, not only did I participate i...

Meeting The Cheese Lady

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During the 2018 State Fair I had the chance to meet “The Cheese Lady.” Her real name is Sarah Kaufmann. She has two studios, one in Ohio and one in California, and she travels back and forth between both homes....

Thank You, Dairy Farmers!

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Did you know U.S. dairy farms produce roughly 21 billion gallons of milk annually? Or did you know dairy farmers begin their day before almost all of us, at 4 o’clock in the morning? How about this one: Did you...

National Farmer’s Day

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October 12 is National Farmer’s Day, and I would like to thank the Jersey Barnyard and the Frerich family for everything that they do for our community. The Jersey Barnyard is located a few miles east of La Gra...

Celebrating Iowa Farmers

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I live in the middle of the Heartland where corn and soybeans farms are plentiful. My extended family members are farmers and grow corn and have beef cattle and hogs.  Farmers work hard long days to produce foo...

Recap: 2018 #FUTP60Summit!

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The 2018 Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Ambassador Summit. No one can stop talking about. All of the attendees truly had an amazing time and learned so much to bring back to their schools. I would like to share wha...

Note from an FUTP 60 Graduate

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The year was 2010 when I first found out about Fuel Up to Play 60, the most life changing organization I was proud to call mine. Although the dashboard is super high tech today and the playbook is filled with m...