WV Farm Bureau Magazine May 2014 | Page 20

Long Road, continued maximum effort. Anyone’s success or failure is related to the degree of effort.” Marquette created the “I Can” program, which he takes to area schools, encouraging kids to reach for the top. Teachers and principals in local elementary schools choose a student in each grade who would really benefit from the encouragement. The child receives a certificate and a gift card to a local bookstore. These are the students in the middle who often don