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Volunteer of the Month
MFB's Volunteers of the Month are selected by a panel of discerning staff judges who work with Farm Bureau members statewide in a variety of program areas. Nomination forms are available at all county offices, or by contacting Lori Chamberlain at the MFB Young Farmer Department at (800) 292-2680, ext. 3234.
Roger Victory
October, 2006 Volunteer of the Month
MFB honors Hudsonville farmer
Ottawa County vegetable grower Roger Victory has been recognized by Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) as the organization's Volunteer of the Month for October 2006. Victory farms more than 600 acres in Georgetown Township near Hudsonville, raising squash, beets, rutabagas, leeks, pumpkins, Indian corn, turnips, gourds and other vegetables.
Victory's Farm Bureau involvement often takes on a political bent. He has twice taken his industry's concerns straight to federal legislators by taking part in MFB's Washington Legislative Seminar, and done the same on the state level in Lansing.
Recently - and on just 10 days' notice - he quickly converted one of his on-farm storage buildings into a "town hall"-style meeting room to accommodate a rally in support of U.S. Congressional candidate Mike Bouchard.
"Roger went above and beyond the call of duty by personally contacting almost 100 people, and getting them there to the event," wrote his nominator for Volunteer of the Month honors. "He volunteered his time to both provide and prepare the facility, even during his busy harvest and packaging time.
"He took complete ownership of the event and ensured its success almost single-handedly. Roger is a role model of what a good volunteer leader can be."
A member of the Ottawa County Farm Bureau in 1984, Victory also indulges his enthusiasm for agricultural issues by sitting on MFB's state-level fruit and vegetable advisory committee.
