On the weekend of April 20th – 21st the Iowa SEC met in Ankeny to plan out our year ahead! To prepare we read many materials about FCCLA history and goals, leadership, etiquette, professionalism, and technology. We moved on to talk about how we are expected to act, to look, and to lead as your...

Eva Shelton, President Hello Iowa FCCLA! My name is Eva Shelton, and I am serving as your 2012-2013 State President. Through an intense week at Nationals in Anaheim, California, I had the honor to experience an “extravaganza” that marked a defining period in my life. The fervor and zeal immediately took over and motivated me...

What an AMAZING State Leadership Conference! The officer team and I had an absolute blast getting to meet members from across the state, and explore leadership with 600 of our closest friends in FCCLA. If you weren’t able to make it to SLC 2012, here is what you missed: -Intense STAR event competitions; -A hilarious...

On Friday January 20th, District 15 had a fun filled day of FCCLA!!!  They started their day off with opening ceremonies led by Emmie Beard, the District 15 President.  The Eddyville-Blakesburg Chapter led the Emblem Ceremony.  Following opening ceremonies, I gave a speech on the 2011-2012 FCCLA year, promoted all the things FCCLA has to...

On the weekend of January 14th-15th the Iowa SEC met in Ankeny to start planning for State Leadership Conference 2012! The weekend meeting included touring the new location for SLC! The Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center (previously Veteran’s Auditorium), is a brand new, state of the art building with a much easier layout…we can’t wait for...

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...

On November 11-13, I, Hayley Ellis, and JT Roe attended the National Cluster Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We along with many Iowa attendees participated in a weekend of unique opportunities that challenged, informed, and motivated members and their chapter advisers to explore opportunities available through FCCLA.  The ‘Survivor’ theme was interesting as the National Executive...