Gillespie High School FFA Chapter

08/24/2026

Chapter meeting today, Monday, August 24th at 7pm!

💙Chapter meeting TOMMOROW night!💛

Ag students are required at least one meeting for the year!!

We will also be voting on our FFA shirt design for this year!

Hope to see you there!!💙💛

-Chapter Reporter
Kyndall McElyea.

08/15/2026

Grand finale of GHS FFA members’ Ag Day at the Illinois State Fair! Follow our new page Gillespie FFA Chapter

08/03/2026

Sweetcorn tomorrow (Monday 8/3) from 6:30am-11am AND from 5pm until sold out! In Methodist church lot by Gillespie’s elementary school. This could likely be our last pick of the season, get it while it lasts!

‼️Afraid you won’t finish your corn while it’s fresh? Try out one of the many ways to freeze your corn to enjoy over the fall and winter! ‼️

- FFA Field Manager and Chapter Treasurer, Bryce Stoecker, says he and his family put theirs straight into the freezer, husks and all! So easy!
- Advisor Mrs. Marston (formerly Ms. Wills) and her family shucks the corn, cuts off the kernels, cooks with butter and water, cools, then freezes!
- One Gillespie FFA alumni member says it’s a MUST to put garlic butter on the corn, wrap it in foil, and put directly on the grill or bonfire coals!

🌽How do you like your sweetcorn?? 🌽

08/01/2026

🌽A little rain didn’t scare these kids off! Come grab your sweetcorn while it lasts! 🌽
Members are fundraising to attend National FFA Convention in October.

07/30/2026

07/30/2026

🌽Friday’s Sweetcorn will have a special discounted deal for “Self Picking” from 7am-10am!
🌽Saturday will be a choice of the Self Pick deal or pre-picked at $5 for one dozen ears.
🌽Additional sale dates will be posted depending on supply.

07/15/2026

🌽We will sell the very last of this round at 6pm tonight (7/15) in the parking lot of the Methodist church. The final round of corn should be available in the first week of August.🌽

Corn picking is up again!! We will be selling at 8am, right beside the Methodist church!🌽

Later we will be selling beside the UCB bank 9:30!💙💛

The corn will be $5 per dozen!! Come see us!!

07/15/2026

🌽UPDATE 10am: WOW! We’ve had so many community members come for Sweetcorn this morning and are almost out of supply (find us at UCB!)
We will sell the very last of this round at 6pm tonight (7/15) in the parking lot of the Methodist church. The final round of corn should be available in the first week of August.🌽

Corn picking is up again!! We will be selling at 8am, right beside the Methodist church!🌽

Later we will be selling beside the UCB bank 9:30!💙💛

The corn will be $5 per dozen!! Come see us!!

07/15/2026

We will be making a slow transition to a new page to allow easier access for our future Chapter Reporters! Please follow our new page called Gillespie FFA Chapter. The current page will be active through the end of 2026, with posts being made to both accounts until then.