FCCLA...the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America...the Ultimate Leadership Experience!
FCCLA is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences Education! FCCLA has over 220,000 members and nearly 7,000 chapters from 50 state associations and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The organization has involved more than ten million youth since its founding in 1945, formerly known as Future Homemakers of America (FHA), the name changed July 7, 1999 to better represent what FCCLA members accomplish. FCCLA is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members. It is the only career and technical in-school student organization with the family as its central focus. Participation in national programs and chapter activities help members become strong leaders in their families, careers, and communities.
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On November 16, 2011 we traveled with our respective chapters to our very own District 13-N meeting. We had a great time hearing the candidate speeches and watching the presenters interact with the members. The theme for this year’s meeting was “FCCLA: The Fast Five,” which compared FCCLA to a racetrack of opportunities. The main...
On Monday November 21st, I attended the District 11 W meeting at West Central High School in Stuart, Iowa. The theme for their district meeting was Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds. Alea Padden started the meeting with opening ceremonies and Guthrie Center did the Flag Ceremony. Panorama gave a thought for the day. They did their...
The District 2 Meeting was held in Garner on November 16th. The day started out with one of the North Iowa girls singing the Star Spangled Banner. Andrew and I then had the honor of welcoming the attendees and promoting leadership opportunites. There were six officer candidate speeches for the election of new officers. The guest speaker...
On Monday November 7th, District 7 met at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo Iowa. The theme for this year was FCCLA; Careers, Finding your passion. State officers present were Meredith Francisco, Andrew McGlaughlin, and Mikayla Vanden Berg. This year opening ceremony was lead by Andrew McGlaughlin, not as a state officer but as the district...
On Tuesday, October 25 I had the opportunity to visit the West Harrison FCCLA chapter. I had a great time helping get their middle school chapter started for the year! I spoke about my FCCLA experiences and things my chapter has done such as trick-or-treating for cans. High school chapter president and former state officer...
On Wednesday, October 26, I had the opportunity to attend the District 12 meeting. I had a fantastic time and the energy of the members was exciting! This meeting, held in Hinton included many schools from the West Central part of the state! I had a great time getting to know the members, watching their...
Yesterday, Tuesday November 1st, I took a little road trip to Farnhamville, Iowa for the District 5 Meeting. Schools in attendance were Eagle Grove, Fort Dodge, Jefferson-Scranton, Prairie Valley, Sioux Central, Storm Lake, and South Central Calhoun. I had a fantastic time meeting different members and seeing how other district meetings are run. The...
On Wednesday, October 19th, I had the opportunity to attend the District 13-South meeting. District 13-South is my “home” district and it was great to meet members from the schools around me! The schools that attended included Shenandoah, Clarinda, Red Oak, Nishna Botna and Sidney. The theme was “Leadership: Rated ‘E’ For Everyone!” Our speaker...
On Monday, October 17th, I traveled to Cedar Rapids to attend the District 10 meeting. I was met by an amazing group of members. The chapters present included Williamsburg, Tipton, Benton Community, North Lin., Clear Creek, Lone Tree, and Mid-Prairie. The theme this year was “Leadership: Rated ‘E’ for Everyone”. Their guest speaker had an amazing...
On Monday, October 10, 2011, over 450 members and advisers attended Fall Leadership Rally 2011 to kick off our year of ‘Limitless Leadership’! The day before FLR, Sunday, your 2011-2012 State Executive Council was privileged to have training with Kent Butler and Curtis Haley to learn to be effective leaders to make our organization more...
With Fall Leadership Rally approaching rapidly, the State Executive Council has been hard at work to complete the goals our Program Of Work as well as preparing a better year for our Iowa FCCLA members. Over the past five months that we have been in office, your 2011-2012 officers have met regularly in Ankeny, through...
