Sixteen FFA chapters across Illinois were recently named winners of the state’s new “Bend, Don’t Break” grant program that focuses on rural mental health. 

The $1,000 grants, intended to increase awareness about mental health in rural America, are being used in a variety of ways. 

Emery Bunselmeyer, a freshman with the Maroa-Forsyth FFA, tells Brownfield her chapter is hosting a 5K run for farmers…

“It is just going to be a fun run called ‘Farm Nights Under the Lights’ and it’s not just for farmers,” she says, “it’s for anybody.

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