FCCLA National Program Award Winners
Career Connection: The FCCLA Career Connection program guides youth to link their options and skills for success in families, careers, and communities. Through individual, cooperative, and competitive activities, members— discover their strengths, target career goals, and initiate a plan for achieving the lifestyle they desire.
FACTS (Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety): Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety (FACTS) is a national peer education program through which students strive to save lives educating adults and youth about traffic safety and supporting enforcement of local rules and regulations regarding community traffic safety.
Families First: The FCCLA Families First 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.
Financial Fitness: The FCCLA Financial Fitness national peer education program involves youth teaching one another how to make, save, and spend money wisely. Through FCCLA's Financial Fitness program, youth plan and carry out projects that help them and their peers learn to become wise financial managers and smart consumers.
Leadership Service in Action: The FCCLA Leadership Service in Action program guides students to develop, plan, carry out, and evaluate projects that improve the quality of life in their communities. Leadership Service in Action helps young people build skills for family, career, and community roles; provides youth-centered learning experiences related to Family and Consumer Sciences education; and encourages young people to develop the positive character traits of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
STOP the Violence: The FCCLA Students Taking On Prevention (STOP) the Violence program empowers youth with attitudes, skills, and resources in order to recognize, report, and reduce youth violence.
Student Body: The FCCLA Student Body national peer education program 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.
Career Connection National Program Winners High School Winner Powhatan High School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Child Watch: Making A Career Connection” Project Description: Powhatan High started up a child watch during the first period of school to allow elementary school children, a place to be taken care of while their mothers were working. Earning internship credit, students were excited to jump on board to become a part of this program. They prepared activities, a classroom management plan for the program, student folders and communication sheets for the parents. The growth of the program generated excitement amongst the media news channels as well as in the community! Middle School Winner Montgomery County Middle School FCCLA, Missouri Project Title: “Searching for a Career” Project Description: Montgomery County MS FCCLA members explored careers, learned about their personal interests, goals, and skills as they used the Missouri Career Connections program to research a career in the career cluster of their choice. Through various tests and research, they chose a career to explore. The students had the opportunity to create a presentation on their selected career choice and some even had the chance to shadow professionals in their chosen field. Runner-Up Winner Massanutten Technical Center FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “The Business of Food Trucks” Project Description: The Business of Food Trucks allowed Massanutten Technical Center’s FCCLA students to learn the ins and outs on starting their own business and restaurant. The chapter received grants to build their own food truck concepts. From cost analysis to creating a signature item on the menu, the students assured they covered every crucial item on the list. Organization, time management, communication and leadership skills all were essential for making the business work. When the projects were completed, each team had to pitch their business to an unbiased group for evaluation.
FACTS National Program Winners High School Winner Keota FCCLA, Oklahoma Project Title: “Stop Distracted Driving…We Are the Solution” Project Description: Keota FCCLA members conducted a survey to determine the extent of cell phone use while driving. They were disturbed by the results and set out to make a change and to “Stop Distracted Driving”. They formed a partnership with their local Project Safe to conduct a conference for teens. The conference featured student drivers who had been in accidents due to distracted driving, adults and other community members who had touching stories to share. At the end of the conference, faculty and students were asked to sign a pledge to not let phones distract them while driving and to take away their phones while in the car. Middle School Winner Montgomery County Middle School FCCLA, Missouri Project Title: “Buckle Up for Safety” Project Description: After a school assembly where the guest speaker talked about the importance of wearing seat belts and head trauma, FCCLA members established their goal of spreading the word and teaching others about car safety. Chapter members developed a Seat Belt Safety presentation for middle school students. Students were given a pre-survey and post-survey to determine numbers wearing seat belts. Students used the following resources: Think First, Battle of the Belt, NOYS, and Arrive Alive. Runner-Up Winner Brookings Senior FCCLA, South Dakota Project Title: “Yes, We’re Talking to You!” Project Description: The Texting and Driving Awareness Campaign was created by the students of Brookings Senior FCCLA. Chapter members made announcements over our school’s intercom, and posters were put up of the shocking statistics of texting and driving. R.I.P tombs posted statistics that showed how much loss we suffer because of texting. They created a Docudrama that featured several students involved in a simulated texting and driving car accident. All 400+ juniors and seniors came out to the parking lot to witness the texting and driving accident scene. The simulated driving scene made a huge impact on the student body.
Families First National Program Winners High School Winner Powhatan High School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Stop Hunger Now” Project Description: Teaming up with JRTOC, Powhatan FCCLA was on a mission to “Stop Hunger Now” with an event they hosted in November. FCCLA members quickly began fundraising from catalogs. Once fundraising was complete, it was time to form an assembly line to bag 10,000 meals. Over 250 students, teachers, administrators and parents participated in bagging over 10,000 individual meals that will be used globally to assist families in need. Middle School Winner Litchfield Middle School, Minnesota Project Title: “A Little Can Do A Lot” Project Description: Litchfield Middle School members designed a school contest for collecting the most pop tabs. Each classroom collected tabs and at the end of the contest, the tabs went to the Ronald McDonald House to recycle and earn money to use for operational costs. To raise even more, the FCCLA group took their fundraising efforts to a school hockey game. They created posters, used social media, wrote notes to teachers and coaches, and made announcements at school, on the local radio station and in the area newspaper. Runner-Up Winner Luray High School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Empty Bowls” Project Description: Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. In Page County, the money is donated to the local “Page One” food bank and thrift stores. Students, teachers and community members helped make the Bowls. They raised money for the soup supplies through various fundraisers that had been conducted throughout the year. They prepared the soup for over 200 people. LHS FCCLA members attended the fundraiser and helped to serve the soup that they had prepared. The event raised $2000 for Page One.
Financial Fitness National Program Winners High School Winner Riverview High School FCCLA, Washington Project Title: “Penny Pinchers” Project Description: Students came up with age appropriate activities for each month. One activity, for example, was a “Reality” class auction for students at the high school participating in checkbook simulation. The NEFE curriculum was used for activities at the high school level, students are encouraged to save or share the resources with their family and friends. Community First Bank donated student checks, registers and checkbook covers for high school students learning how to correctly manage a checkbook. Middle School Winner Wilson Middle School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Financing Your Future” Project Description: The check writing process can seem overwhelming, but getting the right guidance is key. Wilson Middle School FCCLA students had the opportunity to partake in such and even assemble budgets. The budget simulation allowed them to make sound financial decisions like buying a car and paying bills based on their career. Students went through the trial and error process to see how much flexibility they had on making big purchases. Runner-Up Winner Strasburg High School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “A Helping Hand” Project Description: From collecting baby food to gently used baby clothes, Strasburg High assured they were a helping hand to a non-profit called A Small Hand. A Small Hand is an emergency pantry in our county that provides basic needs to children under the age of three. The students were determined to do more than just raise goods for this great cause.
Leadership Service in Action National Program Winners High School Winner Cornerstone Christian Academy FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Helping All the Hans & Ettas” Project Description: The Helping Hans & Etta Totes project involved contacting the state police, county sheriff’s office, and both of the local rescue squad units. Apart from the police support, they had support from a t-shirt design company to customize their totes. They then asked for support from the community to help fill the bags with crayons, food items, and activity books. 200 bags were filled by members to give away to local first responders. Middle School Winner Carl Sandburg Middle School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Panther Pride Snack Drive” Project Description: Seeing an immense need in their school for students who are on free and reduced meals, the FCCLA students of Carl Sandburg Middle decided to create a project titled Panther Pride Snack Drive. The mission of the project was to increase students’ access to healthy snacks during the school day. Fundraisers were set for months to raise enough money to fill snack bags. They created 250 bags with 3 or more snacks in each bag! 1st Runner-Up Winner Selah High School FCCLA, Washington Project Title: “Around the World in 180 Days” Project Description: Wanting to promote unity and positive culture to a fairly new student body, Selah High FCCLA Members set out to explore “Around the World in 180 Days” as their project. They developed multiple new partnerships, promoted FCCLA, and had the chance to increase their chapter membership as a part of this project. Each time a student attended one of the events, their passport was stamped. At the end, a full passport resulted in a free t-shirt for the participants. Events included: Cash collection for Breast Cancer, School supplies for Mexico, and Affecting Africa were they made little dresses for girls in Africa! 2nd Runner-Up Winner Fannin County High School, Georgia Project Title: “Fannin County A Home For All Seasons” Project Description: According to members of Fannin County FCCLA, the culminating activity of the project was the publication of 7,500 copies of a 32 full-color page magazine that was distributed in the county newspaper and in strategic venues in our community. The magazine focused on the developmental milestones and nutritional needs of each stage of the life cycle and showcases the resources available in our county. Several major partnerships enabled the success of the project including one with Georgia Mountains Health. 3rd Runner-Up Winner James Wood High School FCCLA, Virginia Project Title: “Learning To Lead, Leading To Learn” Project Description: James Wood High FCCLA’s project started with a focus on “building skills development. Their goals were to build leadership among FCCLA chapters to use in their home schools, to empower chapters to serve the community effectively, and to mentor members to create STAR event projects. By hosting workshops and community service projects, they achieved their goals. They even took their goals to the next level by creating summer learning kits for special needs preschooler!
STOP the Violence National Program Winners High School Winner Washington County High FCCLA, Kentucky Project Title: “Walking the Red Carpet Towards a Violent- Free Society” Project Description: Washington County’s FCCLA named their project “Walking the Red Carpet Towards a Violent-Free Society.” They created the anti-bullying campaign that allowed individuals of different counties across Kentucky to experience and visualize the effects of bullying and stereotypes. Alongside this, they hosted a suicide prevention campaign. This campaign showed the most vigorous and alerting effect of bullying, suicide and was a huge success along with the knock out bullying by wearing crazy socks! Middle School Winner Southeast Middle School FCCLA, North Carolina Project Title: “You Can COUNT on Kindness!” Project Description: Southeast Middle FCCLA members led activities on "Unity Day" in October, Random Acts of Kindness Week during February, a speaker who visited the school, participating in the local Step Up Against Bullying walk, welcoming visitors to their school during the local arts festival with a wishing tree, and lessons taught throughout the year to Pre-K students on diversity, respect, kindness, and other pre-bullying topics. “Unity Day” included students and staff wearing orange to take a stand against bullying; hanging up over 1600 orange hearts with quotes; over 800 "bloody" handprints around the school; attending a local bullying walk; and signing pledges against bullying and other violent acts. Runner-Up Winner Goodhue Jr/Sr., Minnesota Project Title: “Kindness Campaign” Project Description: After countless research on the new Minnesota State Statute concerning bullying, Goodhue Jr/Sr FCCLA members developed a presentation and survey to give to all staff members at their school. Apart from the faculty and students at their own school, the members created classroom presentations that were given to all students in grades 5-8. After this, they created friendship beads that were designed to be given to a new friend they made throughout the week.
Student Body National Program Award Winners High School Winner Lake Stevens High School FCCLA, Washington Project Title: “#uwin with Student Body” Project Description: Lake Stevens FCCLA students created and taught Student Body lessons in 18 high school classes. Lessons focused on nutrition, portion size, importance of exercise, making healthy decisions in relationship to driving, eating disorders, and the value of preparing and eating meals together as family. They also created and presented a workshop at Regional Leadership Meeting and National Cluster Meeting. They showcased their #uwin project including a brochure, tshirt, and more. Middle School Winner Montgomery County Middle School FCCLA, Missouri Project Title: “Being Healthy Can Be Fun” Project Description: The first part of their Student Body Project included planning and sponsoring a Taste the Rainbow Event for kindergarten students. The second part involved lower elementary students who were challenged to be "Living Like Willey" –the school mascot. The final part was the upper elementary presentations called "Can You Be Healthy?" They challenged students to be fit, eat right and make healthy choices. The members demonstrated how to use the Food Tracker program on the Choose My Plate website. Runner-Up Winner Valley Falls FCCLA, Kansas Project Title: “Veggie Tales with Student Body” Project Description: After applying for and receiving a Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program for Secondary Schools Grant, Valley Falls FCCLA students were encouraged to eat more nutritional fruits and vegetables and snacks. Students created and presented nutrition education power points in conjunction with tastings of four fruits and four vegetables from a required list. For the Be Fit category they partnered with Recreation Commission director, Jeri Clark, to help promote the fall Commit to Be Fit Challenge. The challenge included different activities that they provided for people to help them stay fit. For the Healthy Choices category they remade the annual Christmas Dinner menu with heart healthy classic recipes.
