What is FCCLA?

As one of her Power of One projects (Speak Out for FCCLA), Hunter, repared a poster to display at school, encouraging students to join FCCLA. 

These are some of the things that the poster had to say:

Family 
Career and
Community
L eaders of
America


Fun included
Memories made
Trips
Fundraisers
Laughs
Friends
Food
Smiles
Thankfulness
Honor
Fun
Cries
Time
Outstanding club
Most enjoyable
Great attitudes accepted
Nice people accepted
Fun people accepted
Everyone is welcome
Fun is included
Love is shared
Smiles are passed on
Funn (yep that's how she spelled it)

And all around the edges it says:
Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now. Join now.

Operation Christmas Child

Samaritan's Purse staff and partners plan to hand-deliver some 8 million shoe box gifts to hurting children in more than 100 countries on six continents. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has hand-delivered more than 69 million shoe box gifts to needy children around the world. 

We want to Be Part of  It too!  For the 5 years I have been advisor at our school, FCCLA students have  continued the tradition begun I don't know how many years ago by previous FCCLA/FHA members and Mrs. Hill, former advisor. 

Thursday November 5th at 5pm we will meet at the WalMart Food entrance to shop together for Operation Christmas Child. You will need to bring money to purchase the gifts that will go inside your box.  

You can either bring a shoebox or buy a plastic box at the store. Our FCCLA will pay the $7 shipping cost, one box per member.  You can choose to fill as many boxes as you like, but only one shipping fee per member.



After we are finished shopping, we will head over to El Charro to eat dinner together, again, you'll need to bring your own money. 


Participation is entirely voluntary.  Operation Christmas Child is a religious outreach and participation is in no way required.  It was begun by the son of world famous evangelist Billy Graham to reach out to children around the world.  

So please join us if you can. If Thursday night does not work for you, you are more than welcome to shop and fill a box on your own and bring it in in the next week.  

 If you like, you may wrap your box, but please wrap the top and bottom separately, placing the label on the lid.

Be Part of It!!!

Children's Miracle Network

This week begins the Children's Miracle Network campaign for our FCCLA chapter. 

Children's Miracle Network was founded in 1983 by Marie Osmond ("Donny & Marie", "The Osmond Family") and John Schneider ("The Dukes of Hazzard" TV show) to raise money to buy expensive, specialized medical equipment for Children's Hospitals.

To date CMN has raised over 3.2 BILLION dollars and hosts a telethon each May. 

This year FCCLA has joined with Children's Miracle Network to form the DIG IT! Project.

Every year 17 million sick and injured children are treated thanks
to the 170 plus Children's Miracle Network hospitals across America. 

In 1993, my eldest daughter was one of these children, requiring emergency brain surgery the second week of her freshman year of high school. Other children in our community have benefited from our CMN hospital, Freeman West in Joplin. some have been LifeFlighted to Children's Mercy in KC.

FCCLA will help Children’s Miracle Network in their endeavors to
insure that no child is turned away from the help they need,
regardless of their ability to pay. FCCLA will directly assist in saving
lives while partnering with the world’s largest nonprofit for children.

FCCLA's CMN campaign has its own special celebrity spokesman, Simon Curtis! Star of Nickelodeon's Spectacular! Simon was diagnosed with Leukemia at age 10.

And Monti Montanez, senior member of Menudo, has composed and sings a special song just for CMN, "My Dreams", featured in the video below. Additionally, members of Menudo will be visiting various CMN Hospitals throughout the year to further promote Children's Miracle Network.

There is more information about this special FCCLA DIG IT! Project.

So join in, get involved. Be Part of It!!!

Homecoming Parade

Here are a few snapshots of our windy day building the 

FCCLA Homecoming float:

 

 

Inside at the Pep Rally:

And on to the parade:

 

Show Me Five Challenge!

Nuff Said!

Membership Update!

It's official!

As of today, we have ONE more member than we had last year!

Way to go!

DON'T STOP NOW!!!

(btw, this is a 45RPM record!)

Remember, you can be recognized NATIONALLY if you personally recruit 3 or more members!

Heads Up!

Next week each of the 6500+ FCCLA chapters will receive an informational/promotional packet about the upcoming DigIt campaign for
Children's Miracle Network.

We will be participating in this promotion and will share with the chapter as soon as we have a chance to look it over.
But here's a sneak peek at the project:

"This truly unique campaign raises money for the amazing Children’s Miracle Network. The campaign leaders consist of 7,000 FCCLA chapters across the country. In the spring of 2010 and 2011, FCCLA will encourage members to sell a sponsorship for the growth of a flower. On a specified day, all students will deliver the flowers they grew to sick children in their local community hospitals. Each sponsor will receive a free packet of Dig It! flower seeds and may choose to participate with FCCLA. A sponsorship will cost $5, with proceeds going to the children’s hospital nearest each participating chapter."