INTRODUCING KATRINA POKORNY!
You might recognize that last name. I recently featured Katrina’s older brother, Dylon in episode #325. Both of these young folks are entrepreneurial, and both of them understand how to use their businesses to give back.
What is so interesting about what Katrina is doing is that she is using the bi-products of Dylon’s bee business as the raw materials for her business – Sassy Cats Beeswax. She is turning the wax into lip balms, etc. And, she is sourcing other raw materials to make lotions and other products.
Katrina did not stop there however. This summer she went with her mother to Haiti. Once she was there she taught other people how to replicate her business, so they could have a way of supporting themselves. What a great idea and great way to give back!
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Product Production From Beeswax
HIGH SCHOOL: Waupun Area High School; Waupun, Wisconsin
MASCOT: Warriors
FFA ADVISOR: Tari Costello
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KATRINA POKORNY:
Click on the picture below to be taken to the Waupun Area High School Ag. Department’s website:
Katrina’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: tcostello@waupun.k12.wi.us
Waupun Area High School Telephone Number: 920-324-9341
FFA LINKS:
Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)
Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000. In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants. With your donations, more students can get this head start – pay it forward.
REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA:
“Because American farmers are able to provide for so many of us, they give more and more of us the freedom to pursue goals and livelihoods beyond growing the food we need to survive.”
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack
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