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Wisconsin FFA alumni start scholarship honoring their instructor

Past students of a Wisconsin FFA program are creating a scholarship to honor their longtime agricultural educator. 

The Spencer FFA Alumni is launching the scholarship to honor Mark Zimmerman, who lost his battle with cancer on June 29^th.  Zimmerman served the Spencer district as the ag educator and FFA advisor since 1992.

A raffle will kick off the fundraising during the chapters Fall Harvest Breakfast on September 11^th, and donations are being accepted at Partners Bank in Stratford, Spencer, and Marshfield.

Zimmerman’s widow Cheryl is the Wisconsin FFA Executive Director and is also the National FFA secretary.