The Ancaster fair Ambassador has been a tradition of the Ancaster Fair for over
36 years.
These young people between the ages of 18 and 25 represent the Society at many events during the year.
Some of these events include Heritage days, Lynden Canada Day, Dundas Cactus Festival and of course the Ancaster Fair.
The Ambassador also expected to attend the O.A.A.S. convention in February at the Royal York in Toronto, and enters the
CNE Ambassador of the Fairs Competition. There is also a seat on the Ancaster Agricultural Society’s Board of Directors
for the Ambassador.
The ambassador is selected in October of each year at our Annual Appreciation Night. The Competition is open to both males
and females. Contestants do a 2- 3 minute speech about a pre selected topic (relating to the fair and/or agriculture),
and answer a randomly picked question. Contestants are judged on their ease of communication at a microphone, knowledge of
the fair and its activities and their familiarity with the community. The Ancaster Agricultural Society offers a $500 Canada
Savings Bond to the ambassador as well as prizes donated by local business. To apply to become the next Ancaster Fair Ambassador
please send your resume to the Ancaster Fair office and the committee chairman will be in touch with you.
The Ambassador program is an excellent opportunity to develop resume and life skills such as public speaking, publicity and
networking. The ambassador gets the change to meet new people from across the province and develop new skills.
If
you are between the ages of 18 and 25 and are interested in becoming the
next Ancaster Fair Ambassador, please call or email the AAS Office. You will
need to submit your resume and prepare answers to the following questions
(max ½ a page per answer):
What does the Ancaster Fair mean to you?
What do you see as the Ambassador’s role in the Ancaster Agricultural Society?
Submissions
will be received until October 14, 2011. The Ambassador program will be
part of the AAS Appreciation Night on Friday October 28, 2011.
Celebrating
our 161st Year - All Roads Lead to the Ancaster Fair
Early in October as competitors enter, we will inform them of the speech topic
to be prepared for the Appreciation Night on October 28, 2011.
The Ancaster Agricultural Society offers two $1000
scholarships to deserving post secondary students each year. The
applicants must be pursuing full time post secondary education at either a
college or university and the person needs to be either a Fair Member,
Exhibitor, 4-H Member, Junior Farmer Member or a Volunteer at the Ancaster
Fair.
Here is the Scholarship
rules and application form. Applications must be
received by June 30 of the year of the application. Scholarships will be
announced prior to August 31. Money will only be forwarded upon proof of
acceptance to a post-secondary institution. If there is any problem
opening the application file forms can also be picked up at the Fair Office.
There are six Junior Director positions on the Board of
Directors. Junior directors must be between the age of 18 and 25 years
of age. They serve a one year term and have equal voting privileges to
the Senior Directors. All directors are elected at the Annual General
Meeting in January of each year. For more information on the A.A.S.
and its officers please see the About Us section
of this website.
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