
Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA) |
FCCLA
is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization
for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education
in public and private school through grade 12. |
Six Melba FCCLA members traveled to SLC (State Leadership Conference) ready to compete. Karina Zavala, Jazmin Acosta and Yosele Leon represented Melba FCCLA in the National Program Showcase event. They created a display featuring their project of No Kid Hungry. They raised money by volunteering at the scone table at the Melba Community Auction and selling ice cream and brownies at the home basketball games. They contributed over $300 to the national No Kid Hungry campaign. Erika Svedin competed in Recycle and Redesign. She created a Tic-Tac-Toe game from old jeans. Audrey Svedin competed in the Entrepreneur competition. She created a portfolio including a business plan, budget and advertising for an event decorating business, she placed second in the state. Suzi Stirm competed in Promote and Publicize FCCLA. She also completed a portfolio about all the different promotions the Melba FCCLA chapter has done the last year and placed first. While at the conference the Melba members participated in a Stomp Out Hunger activity. For three hours the girls worked filling raised beds with alternating layers of compost and dirt at the new community garden at Borah High School. When the beds were full they were 'stirred' using shovels and then planted. The girls were creative and planted one bed with cabbage and broccoli creating the acronym MHS with the plants. Now the members are working to raise money to attend NLC (National Leadership Conference) this summer in Nashville Tennessee. They are selling Dinners-on-the-Go. They will be providing dinners to be ready for pickup on May 8th. You will have the choice of two different menus to feed a family of 5 for only $20 a meal. The meal will be ready to put in the oven. The meal will include your choice of Lasagna or Spinach Manicotti, Green Salad, Garlic Bread, and Brownies. You can order this meal by phone at 495-2221 or email Heidi Stirm. Please put "Dinners on the go" in the subject line. The last day to order will be May 4th. Meals may be picked up and paid for on May 8th in the commons between 4 P.M. and 7 P.M.
Pictured from left to right are Yosele Leon, Suzi Stirm, Erika Svedin, Jazmin Acosta, and Karina Zavala. Click to enlarge. |
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Congratulations to the following FCCLA competitors who recently competed at district STAR Events in Middleton.
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Orlando, Fl. – John White, the U.S. Department of Education's deputy assistant secretary for rural outreach attended the National Leadership Conference of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held July 8-12 in Orlando, Florida. |
Everyone is part of a family, and Family Career and Community Leaders of America is the only national career and technica student organization with the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers and communities by addressing important personal, work and societal issues through family and consumer sciences education. Today over 225,000 members in nearly 7,000 chapters are active in a network of associations in 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence and career exploration. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life -- planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making and interpersonal communication -- necessary in the home and workplace. |
Visit the national FCCLA website Here! |
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