2023-2024 State Theme: Blazing New Paths
2023-2024 National Theme: The Ultimate Journey
Chapter Goals:
Increase membership: The more members, the more fun things we get to do!
Increase funds: Earn money by doing fundraisers so we can attend more conferences and do more activities as a chapter!
Better communication: Our officer team is working hard to communicate with members about upcoming meetings and events so everyone knows what's going on!
Local/District Events:
District 3 Leadership Conference: Our chapter went to the University of Omaha (UNO) and spent the day learning more about leadership and FCCLA.
Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat: Our chapter went to two communities to collect non-perishable food items to donate food to the local food pantry.
Food Drive: Raider Times collected food to support FCCLA and the local food pantry our chapter donated to.
Chapter Christmas Party: Members stopped in to enjoy pizza, hot chocolate, and cookie decorating while we watched Home Alone to enjoy the holiday season!
Faith Food Pantry: Members volunteered to help with the distribution of food items that we collected during our food drives.
Christmas Extravaganza: Members had the opportunity to sign up to work at our local Christmas Extravaganza in Hooper. As a chapter, we helped the children celebrate the holiday by decorating sugar cookies!
State Events:
Fall Leadership Workshop: Members attended the Fall Leadership Workshop in Kearney and learned about their specific officer duties or how to be involved as a new member.
Peer Education Conference: Members wanting to go to the Peer Education Conference in Kearney will attend the conference in February and have the opportunity to learn more about each team's Outreach Project and different topics related to each team's focus.
State Leadership Conference: Members will be able to attend the State Leadership Conference at the beginning of April in Lincoln, and they will have the opportunity to learn more about a wide variety of topics. STAR Event competitors will present their projects to evaluators to determine if they qualify for the National Competition.
National Events:
National Fall Conference: Members had the chance to explore careers, network with other members, and learn about professional development opportunities. No members from our chapter attended this event.
National Leadership Conference: Members will have the opportunity to explore Seattle, WA at the end of June/beginning of July. If STAR participants qualify for nationals, they will present their projects to evaluators for the National Competition.
Fundraisers:
Concession Stands: Members signed up to work a shift at the concession stands during a basketball game to help raise money for our chapter.
Valentine's Day Cupcakes: Members signed up to work at least one night helping make/decorate cupcakes that our chapter sold for Valentine's Day.
Freezer Meals: Members signed up to help make/assemble freezer meals that we sold during November.
Split the Pot (football season): Officers worked shifts at two football games selling tickets to enter a "pot". Then, we drew a winning ticket and split the money we earned with them.
Runza fundraiser: On September 18th, a percent of the money earned at the downtown Runza in Fremont was donated back to our FCCLA chapter.
Sno-Ball: FFA and FCCLA officers worked together to organize a winter dance for the students at our school. We split the cost of the materials we used, and then we also split the money we made between our two chapters.