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National
Programs
| Online
National Program Recognition Application |
| Statewide
Community Service Project | National
Community Service Project |
| National
Program Recognition | National
Youth Safety Month |
| FCCLA
Saves |
Make
a Difference Day | STOP The
Violence |
| Student
Body | Teach
Children to Save Day
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Dynamic Leadership is an integral part of FCCLA National programs
which are Career Connection (including Leaders at Work), Community Service,
FACTS, Families First (including Japanese Exchange), Financial Fitness,
Power of One, STAR Events, STOP The Violence, Student Body.
Find additional information on the Partnerships Webpage.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Statewide
Community Service
Project - Feeding
America
Click
here to find a food bank near you sponsored by Feeding
America
Hunger
is a growing problem in our country and must be given attention. One
in eight Americans is struggling with the reality of hunger and
food insecurity. Hunger is due to poverty and being unable to make
ends meet in many households. In
2007, 36.2 million Americans lived in food insecure households,
23.8 million adults and 12.4 million children.
You may be in contact with someone with the problem of
hunger and not be completely aware of it.
Being
Family Career and Community Leaders of America members, it is part
of our mission to give service and help those who are less fortunate
than us. And we can do just that through our statewide community
service project,
Feeding
America.
Feeding
America
is a domestic
hunger-relief charity throughout
America. Every year, the
network gives to over 25 million low income families with food
assistance. It has a network of over 200 banks across all 50
states.
PA FCCLA has chosen “Feeding America” as our outreach
program for this year. Some
of you may have already learned about the program at your regional
meetings. All of you
can help first at your chapter level and have a food drive for
your local food bank, or undertake a writing campaign to
legislators asking them to address hunger in our country, or
invite a representative from your local food bank to speak to your
club.
Next, The State Executive Council is asking for chapters to
bring items such as canned food, dry cereal, tuna, fruit juices,
hand soap, toilet or facial tissue, laundry detergent or diapers
to the State Leadership Conference in March. These items will help
those in the Lancaster area. We
wanted to have some fun with this project, too.
At conference, your
chapter will receive a ticket for each item brought or reported as
a donation to your local food bank.
You may place these tickets in any basket provided from
each region. Lucky
chapters at conference will receive baskets,
if their tickets are drawn.
So the more you donate the better chance you have of
winning a basket. With
or without a basket, we are all winners if we can help alleviate
hunger from any family in our country.
Start Feeding America!
2008
National Outreach Project
Family,
Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) continues with
Feed The Children (FTC) as the 2008-2009
National Outreach Project.
Please visit the home page of the FCCLA Web site to view
the Feed The Children Guidebook to find out how your
chapter/state will be involved in this year’s National
Outreach Project.
Make
a Difference Day - On the fourth Saturday of every
October, Make a Difference Day is a celebration of
neighbors helping neighbors. This is an annual event that
is celebrated on the fourth Saturday of every
October. Everyone can accomplish many community service
projects.
DYNAMIC
LEADERSHIP
Dynamic
Leadership
skills are integrated in all national programs. These
skills have been recognized as essentials for future success.
FCCLA identifies the need for its members to have a tool that
will develop leadership
characteristics through individual and peer learning. “Dynamic
Leadership” is about leadership development through using
national programs.
FAMILIES
ACTING FOR COMMUNITY TRAFFIC SAFETY (FACTS)
National
Traffic Youth Safety Month - Plan and conduct a FACTS project
during Global Road Safety Week. Log on to www.noys.org
for more information.
FAMILIES
FIRST
Families
First is an FCCLA national peer education program through which
youth gain a better understanding of how families work and learn
skills to become strong family members. Its goals are to: help
youth become strong family members and leaders for today and
tomorrow and strengthen the family as the basic unit of society.
FCCLA members may apply for Japanese Exchange through
this program.
FINANCIAL
FITNESS
FCCLA
Saves
Pennsylvania
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapters have
the opportunity to pilot the national partnership with America
Saves. Click
here for a link to America Saves.
What
is FCCLA Saves?- FCCLA Saves is a program of
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America in cooperation
with America Saves, both national non profit organizations
committed to encouraging young Americans to save money, reduce
debt and build wealth.
FCCLA
Saves/America Saves Week 2009; Feb. 22 - March 1, 2009
The
plan is to create teams of Advisers in each interested state that will
meet by conference calls to support the organizing of FCCLA Saves Week.
Interested Pennsylvania FCCLA Advisers may participate in the first
conference call on October 10 at 7:15 am by contacting the state office
for the number and entry code.
Teach
Children to Save Day - FCCLA chapters are
encouraged to partner with one of the Pennsylvania Bankers
Association member banks to help young people learn the
importance of saving money. FCCLA chapter members and
bankers have the opportunity to make presentations on April 21,
2009 to students in grades K-12 about budgeting, saving,
recognizing needs and wants and how interest makes money grow.
POWER
OF ONE
This
is the personal growth project of individual members. This
project considers each member’s different needs, potentials
and capabilities. The Power of One program is divided into
five units which have no time limit. Growth in this
program is completed at the local chapter level and begins by
using the five-step planning process. Goals, plans and
evaluations of growth will be developed with the guidance of the
optional evaluation team. State recognition is given after
all five units have been achieved and the local adviser notifies
the state adviser of the completed achievement. This is then
forwarded
to the national office for national recognition.
STOP
THE VIOLENCE
National
STOP the Violence Award recognizes chapters that
develop, carry out, and analyze exceptional projects empowering
people to recognize, report, and reduce youth violence.
Deadline for application to National FCCLA Headquarters
must be postmarked by
March 1, 2009.
STOP The Violence Toolkit and CD
is available for
purchase from API.
Downloadable
Resources: Additional
project information, report forms and application forms
available online www.fcclainc.org,
under “STOP the Violence”.
Reporting:
National FCCLA headquarters needs information about your STOP
the Violence efforts! On
a regular basis, share your chapter’s ideas and success
stories in any way possible, or with other peer educators by
signing on to STOP the Violence portion of www.fcclainc.org.
Use the online report form and message board.
Also, each time your chapter completes a STOP the
Violence event or local action project, fill out a Chapter
Report Form (available on line) and mail to:
FCCLA
1910 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1584
STUDENT
BODY
Student
Body is an FCCLA national peer education program that helps
young people learn to eat right, be fit, and make healthy
choices. Its goals are to: help young people make informed,
responsible decisions about their health provide youth
opportunities to teach others and develop healthy lifestyles, as
well as communication and leadership skills.
NATIONAL
PROGRAMS AWARD RECOGNITION
2009
National FCCLA Program Awards
New
this year, all program applications will be available on the
FCCLA Web site to be completed electronically!
Applications are available under the Awards/Scholarship
section. Applications must be submitted
electronically by March 1, 2009. Mailed applications
will be only be accepted for Power of One, Leaders at Work, and
Dynamic Leadership.
Click
here to access the online application.
State
Recognition
In order for chapters to receive state recognition the
programs of participation must be checked on the State
Leadership Conference online registration. Advisers may
also notify the state office by email if the chapter is not
registering for State Leadership Conference. The award
online applications are available on the Awards page under Youth
Awards of the national
Website.
Visit the Programs
page on the national FCCLA website at www.fcclainc.org
to download Information Sheets about each national program. |
