Chinook students use 'FFA Helping Hands' grant to beautify post office area

If all goes as planned, the northwest corner of the property around the Chinook Post Office should have "a bit more aesthetic appeal" according to AgEd teacher Robin Allen. She's directing the work of 30+ students in the Exploratory Agriculture course she teaches for seventh and eighth graders. Using a grant from the Montana Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation the students are building a low maintenance rock garden in the area around the flag pole at the post office.

The FFA chapter at Chinook High was one of five chapters in the state to receive funding under the FFA Foundation's Helpi...