Colton Roy presented the program at the Thursday, March 31 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Brian Upton presided at the meeting and was the sergeant at arms. Pastor Joe MacDonald gave the prayer.
Roy, a senior at Trenton High School and president of the Trenton FFA, talked about his Supervised Agriculture Experience project, which is development and operation of his beekeeping operation – Sugar Creek Apiaries. He began the project as a freshman in 2018 with one hive and now has 50 hives. He also sells a number of items from the honey he produces, including raw, flavored and creamed honey, beeswax and honey lip balm. Development of those items happened with a “lot of trial and error” before they were offered for sale. He uses social media to promote his products as well as participating in in-person events. He currently has around 152 customers. He will be attending the University of Missouri-Columbia this fall, majoring in ag business management. He also plans to attend law school, returning to a rural setting for his practice following graduation.
During the business meeting, members were reminded that April 14 is the deadline to donate new shoes for the Shoes for Orphan Souls project. Persons wanting to make a monetary donation to the project are to mail them to the Rotary Club at PO Box 254, Trenton, MO 64683 no later than April 7 so that shoes can be purchased prior to the April 14 deadline. The club has set a goal of 200 shoes, of which 100 will be donated to the Shoes for Orphan Souls project and the other 100 shoes being donated to the Bright Futures Trenton shoe project.
The club will meet again on April 7 with Mitch Holder, Dean of Instruction at North Central Missouri College, giving the program.
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