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               Family,
Career and Community
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CHAPTER NEWS
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Thrall FCCLA
The Thrall FCCLA chapter had 2
teams participate in the Taylor Relay for Life on April 18, 2008.
They raised $4409.00 and won 6 awards at the relay.
Del Rio FCCLA
Chapter participated in the annual Feast of Sharing sponsored by HEB. On November 18th, members organized and set up activities for families attending the Feast. Families were treated to a thanksgiving meal and then were entertained by local musical talent and activities for all ages. During the all day event, FCCLA members painted faces, played table games, supervised children in the castle bounce, and gave out balloons. A local DJ provided music and everyone had a great time. HEB provided meals for over 6000 families and over 500 children and their parents attended the KIDS Activity Area after their meal. A local bank provided the popcorn and the sodas were provided by a local distributor.
The Youth Leadership Day Food Drive at the State Fair of Texas collected 2100 pounds of food and the top two chapters that collected the most amount were:
1st Place Leon FCCLA, advisor Judy Engleman
2nd Place Whitehouse FCCLA, advisor Holly Mann
Way to Go!
Sharyland FCCLA
Adopt a family: For the month of December Sharyland Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) decided to bring the Christmas spirit to those less fortunate by adopting two families based on their basic financial needs. The first family chosen was a mother and her five children and the second family was a mother, father and their seven children. FCCLA members were encouraged to donate gifts that had already been wrapped as presents that were appropriate for the age and gender of the families. Over 50 gifts were collected for the two families and Leslie Womack, our chapter President, delivered all the presents to the families.
Congratulations to the
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members
who have completed Power of One Units. A Power of One project
is an individual activity created to reach a personal goal. The
projects are related to subjects taught in Family and Consumer
Sciences and FCCLA. Students identified a personal goal and
then planned a project using the five-step planning process and
also met with Mrs. Mary Jane Laing, Advisor to complete their
projects. Other FCCLA Advisors that helped were Mrs. Mary Jo
Brisnahan, Ms. Norma Meza and Ms. Hilda Rodriguez. There are
five units - A Better You, Family Ties, Working on Working, Take
the Lead and Speak Out for FCCLA. Five Sharyland High School
Members completed all five units; Darla Osuna, Efi Eyambe, Dana
Castillo, Kristi Garcia and Leslye Womack. Amanda Dalton
completed the Speak Out for FCCLA Unit. All six (6) members
will be recognized at the FCCLA Region 5 Leadership Conference
in Corpus Christi, Feb 2, 2008, and the FCCLA State Leadership
Conference in Galveston, April 5th, 2008
Sharyland FCCLA is collecting recycled beverage tabs until the end of January for the Ronald McDonald House program, a temporary "home-away-from-home" for the families of seriously ill children being treated at nearby hospitals. The miniature houses were given to teachers to encourage students to donate their tabs to this community service project.
Sharyland High School has 6 students who recruited four or more new FCCLA members. Last year Sharyland FCCLA had 125 members and this year has increased to 179 members. The six members who earned "The Fantastic Four" Award are Eric E. Carrizales, Leslye Womack, Jessa Guerra, Marie Valdez, Desiree Moreno and Melissa Saenz.
Sharyland High School FCCLA hosted the 3rd annual club fair on September 11. The Club Fair was held during all three lunch periods to accommodate every student at the High School. Everyone that stopped at the FCCLA booth was given candy to get a little “taste” of our organization.
Community FCCLA
Each year Community FCCLA sponsors a blood drive, this year we will sponsor two blood drives. We held the first on October 15 and collected 76 units of blood. Our second blood drive we be on May 6. Seniors that donate both times will have a special red cord to wear at graduation. Some of the blood donated is held in a blood bank for members of our community. The extra blood units will be donated to the Shriner Children's Hospital in Dallas. On November 1, 2007, we received a plaque from Carter for having the highest percentage of donations last year in a school with less than 199 seniors.
Brenham FCCLA
Ready, Set, Read, FCCLA Chapter 3 members volunteered to read at a local elementary school. Members spent one-one-one time with the children and listened to them read. Teachers invited members to take part to help improve reading for the TAKS test.
Dynamic Leadership, September 18, 2007, FCCLA Chapter 3 members installed officers at a local restaurant. Projects were planned for each month to keep members busy.
Community Service Project ,October 4, FCCLA Chapter 3 members hosted a drug free musical. Tickets were sold in early September to over 800 students. The concert group “StraightWay" also performed at all local schools with the message to stay drug free.
Families First, September 1-11, FCCLA Chapter 3 members learned in child development the importance of a healthy pregnancy through prenatal care. An empathy belly was used to describe the feelings that the “ expectant dad” has as well as the mom.
Alvin FCCLA
Alvin High School FCCLA held
a lock in for
their members after a
football game until the
following morning at 6 a.m. Members
participated in karaoke and
a dance off. The
years activities were planned and everyone took
a practice LEO test. Everyone
who attend
was required to bring
canned food for the
local food pantry.
Officer installation was also conducted during the event.
Sherman FCCLA
Sherman High School FCCLA officers for the 2007-2008 school year, passed out bracelets, copies of Teen Times magazine and informational flyers at the freshman orientation.
Attached is a PSA that Weslaco High School used to promote FCCLA family night Monday, September 25, 2006
PSA (you will need to download the free QuickTime player www.apple.com/quicktime/player/win.html in order to play)
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Sharyland FCCLA conducted a
scavenger hunt for food on October 18th with over
35 members participating. Members were divided into
three neighborhoods and were given a target list of items to
collect during the hunt. The first team to collect all
the items on the list would be named the winners of the
scavenger hunt. FCCLA members collected a total of
341 canned and packaged food to be given to the Rio Grande
Valley Food Bank. 
Community FCCLA members “Trick
or Treated” area towns for charity on Monday, October 29th
and the FCCLA officers continued the charity collection by “Trick or
Treating” all school campuses on Wednesday, October 31st.
A combined total of $910.96 was divided among the two
selected charities: FCCLA’s 2007-2008 National Outreach Project Feed
the Children and the Community Education Foundation.
