“On the Rise with Ag Dinner”
(Submitted by Jan Boling, Event Coordinator)
You’ll not want to miss the second annual “On the Rise with Ag Dinner!” Held on Oct 5th at the Ross Aviation Corporate hanger located at the Fresno-Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, the event directly benefits My Job Depends on Ag.
The evening starts with a wine reception at 5pm featuring wines from Cardella Winery, Engelmann Cellars, LoMac Winery, Ramos Torres Winery and Yribarren Winery. During that time, guests can visit while they bid on a vast array of Silent Auction items.
At 6pm, our Master of Ceremonies, Ryan Jacobsen (CEO / Executive Director for Fresno County Farm Bureau) will ask everyone to be seated for a delicious dinner. Steve Malanca and Erik Wilson will give a brief presentation of what My Job Depends on Ag has been doing the last year while highlighting upcoming activities during dinner. A Live Auction will take place during dessert, featuring unique and exciting excursions and activities.
The evening tops off with a Casino Night – a wonderful place to mix with others from the Ag community while trying your luck at the different gaming tables!
My Job Depends on Ag hopes you’ll plan on attending this event where a maximum of 500 guests are promised to have a great time while supporting this worthwhile organization. For complete information and tickets, please visit www.OntheRisewithAg.com.
While it’s always great to get together with friends and associates, this evening also is a way for all of us to help support the efforts of My Job Depends on Ag.
It takes many to make this dinner a success and we wish to acknowledge all of our sponsors, vendors and attendees who make this evening possible. For an up-to-date listing of our greatly appreciated sponsors, we encourage you to visit www.OntheRisewithAg.com.
This event directly benefits Ag student scholarships and the My Job Depends on Ag community awareness programs. This grassroots’ organization believes that whether a person is a fireman, a teacher, an artist, a farmer or whatever, his or her job depends on Ag! So many people never stop to think about or appreciate this. So, let’s stop and think about that for a moment and hopefully spread the appreciation!
My Job Depends on Ag has a vision through its grassroots’ effort to show how many peoples’ lives are related; connected and, most importantly, dependent on agriculture. Their goal is to illustrate just how massive the fraternity of Ag really is, as well as to educate and inform the public with articles, stories, images and more, directly from the farmers, ranchers and other agricultural support businesses, whose daily lives – and livelihoods – are affected every day by Agriculture in this country.
My Job Depends on Ag started four years ago with its Facebook group, which quickly grew in just weeks to over 20,000 members. After just four years, it’s now nearing 100,000 combined members! It began by sharing stories about how “our jobs depend on Ag.” By putting a face on the entire agriculture industry chain, it is hoped the impact of Agriculture will be recognized by not just political leaders, but consumers as well. This would make a huge difference to the farmers of California.
Community awareness outreach programs have included the car stickers now travelling around on so many vehicles throughout the world. In addition, the yard signs featuring My Job Depends on Ag also have brought awareness to its efforts. Now featured early in the day on Channel 24’s Ag segment, many are seeing farmers in action. Another high visibility and awareness-building activity occurs during the International Ag Expo in Tulare where Boling Air Media has flown the big red blimp featuring My Job Depends on Ag. Sponsorships are available and pay for this activity highlighting both My Job Depends on Ag and its sponsors. And, coming this fall will be the launch of “American Grown – My Job Depends on Ag” on local KVPT public television. This program will be an in depth exploration of the issues that inspired the movement, the future of this vital industry and the untold stories that dig deeper into how agriculture touches us all. These are just a few of the many My Job Depends on Ag outreach programs.
Support for MJDOA’s efforts has been tremendous, and you are encouraged to like its FaceBook page and tell your stories along with us. Join them and help My Job Depends on Ag spread the word about how everyone depends on ag, whether they think so or not.
