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DSA Award for Agriculture
We would like to nominate Denise Braukhoff for the Distinguished Service Award for Agriculture.
Denise has served on the Janesville FFA Alumni board for many years. She has helped many youth involved in FFA by serving as a chaperone on trips, helping to encourage members with their projects and activities and helping with the Food for America program. She chairs the food stand for the FFA career development event each year for the 500 FFA members attending the contest. She and her husband Dan attend the State FFA Alumni convention most years.
Denise has been a 4-H project leader and on the advisory board for the past 10 years. She has been a dairy leader, swine leader, and house plants leader. She has helped in the houseplant and vet science departments of the fair for many years. She also has served as a chairman for our club Adopt-a-Highway and Board Games at Huntington Place activities. She pretty much shows up to work at most of our 4-H activities. She's judged record books, presented awards at 4-H banquets, and helped to guide numerous 4-H members over the years. She spends countless hours before the fair and during the fair helping out youngsters with their projects. Denise has worked at the fair ever since she graduated out of 4-H back in the mid-80's. She currently serves on the Museum Committee of the Rock County 4-H fair.
Denise has been the driving force behind the “drive-up” at the Rock County Pork Fest each year serving over 2,000 customers.
After the death of Dan's dad, Denise and Dan took over the farm in addition to farming their own. Denise is always promoting agriculture to anyone she comes in contact with. She never misses any of the Dairy breakfasts, beef cookouts, or agricultural activities in Rock County.
Denise has also been helping at the Children's Christmas Benefit for Rock County for many years. She collects and organizes the cookies that are used, stays to help clean up, and works at the event. This benefit raises money to help rural families in Rock County.
Denise also helps out at her church and at school. At one time, she was very active in PTA at Washington Elementary School in Janesville. Her kids are now in high school, so she isn't active in PTA. She has always helped where needed and been involved with many different organizations.
For her many and varied contributions to the field of agriculture, we feel Denise Braukhoff is very deserving of the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award.
Respectively submitted,
Kathy Morton and Judy Shambow
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