Our Junior Ambassador is Grace Piper. She is 14 and attends W.C.I. In her spare time, she enjoys; reading, writing, sewing, cooking, baking, playing basketball & soft ball and participating in 4-H and theatre. When the opportunity arises, Grace loves to act and participate in improv theatre classes. In the future Grace would love to go to University and become either a Journalist or Oceanographer. She hopes to continue her participation in theatre and other creative outlets in her community. Grace also loves to volunteer. She has volunteered at clean ups around the community, at the Embro Truck & Tractor pull, at reusapolusa and with 4H and Thistle Theatre. In elementary school she volunteered for the social justice committee, delivered the morning announcements and participated in the forest of reading program. Her favorite part of the Embro Fair is the community wing night and participating in and looking through the homecraft exhibits.

Janeen has just finished her third year of studies at the University of Guelph working towards a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in accounting. She enjoys getting involved where she can whether at school or at home. At school, Janeen is an active member of the University of Guelph Dairy Science club as well as being a team member for the first time on the 2023-2024 CAMA (Canadian Agri-Marketing Association) team. At home, she tries to find opportunities to volunteer whenever she is available. Recently, she helped with the Canadian Dairy XPO (CDX) in Stratford and in the past has helped with decorating Tim Hortons smile cookies with Oxford United way, volunteering at the Southwestern Ontario Dairy Symposium, and assisting with the renovations of a homeless shelter on Oxford United Way’s Day of caring. This summer Janeen looks forward to beginning her accounting career with a summer position at BDO LLP. She is honoured to be representing the Embro and Zorra Agriculture Society and community and plans to make the most of her year as ambassador!