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The East Knox FCCLA, Ohio chapter worked with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Knox County Health Department to plan, organize and implement the many projects in their "Putting FACTS into Action" project. Chapter members developed a Youth Safety Council with the main focus of preventing and ending distractive destructive driving in their school and community. Sanford Sr FCCLA, Colorado members set a "Walk Across America" challenge for the elementary school students and staff. They were challenged to see how long it would take to walk from coast to coast by tracking every step they took each day. According to the calculations, it took the students and staff approximately four days to walk from coast to coast. Thanks to the Rocky Mountain Integrated Nutrition Education Program, Sanford Sr FCCLA members were able to provide a pedometer to each elementary student for a week to track their steps. Spring Lake Park High FCCLA, Minnesota partnered with the schools advisory committee to make a "Here's The Deal!" video to inform the whole school about financial fitness. The video consisted of topics, which included teen spending habits, banking skills, cash management, going to college and getting a job. Santaluces High FCCLA, Florida collected socks and toys to donate to a local elementary school. The students were able to collect over 300 pairs of socks and over 150 different toys for a variety of different age groups. The students then collected new and gently used books. FCCLA members collected over 700 books for children in Kindergarten through the Fifth grade. Santaluces High FCCLA members were able to read to over 100 students during the schools aftercare program. The North Miami Beach FCCLA, Florida chapter created "Chargers For Change" to bring about awareness of the homelessness situation in Miami-Dade County. Their goal was to inform their peers of the plight of the homeless population and to bring a sense of dignity to individuals who find themselves in the unfortunate circumstance. Our chapter partnered with a long running charitable organization called Camillus House. Camillus House provided the chapter an opportunity to use their facilities to prepare food and serve more than 300 homeless individuals on multiple occasions throughout the school year. Thanks to the overwhelming generosity from a private donor the chapter was able to prepare 1,000 care packages for the homeless to be distributed during the holiday season through Camillus House. Get tested! Highmore High FCCLA, South Dakota determined that with 125 each day, 875 each week, 3,750 each month and 45,000 getting diagnosed each year breast cancer is a disease that affects thousands of families across America. Our goal was to give back to our community by planning a Dig for a Cure Day to raise awareness and a minimum of $1,000 for Breast Cancer through our local Steps for Hope organization. The first thing that we did to get ready to our full day of awareness was to design to our t-shirts with our FCCLA adviser. At school we conducted a survey to see how the students and teachers in our school are affected by breast cancer and to test their knowledge of the disease. We put breast cancer stickers in all the students' lockers to wear on the awareness day. We put up a large sign and streamers to decorate the halls and "toilet talk" in the bathrooms. The day before Dig for a Cure; we cut out, baked, frosted, and frosted pink sugar cookies. At the volleyball game our volleyball team wore the Dig for a Cure shirts that we designed. In cooperation with the Steps for Hope, a supper was also held before and during the games. We sold breast cancer bracelets, cookies, t-shirts, pink roses, chances on a large variety of gift baskets and chances on the pink ribbon quilt. We gave away spoons with mints on them that had the message "Dig up a Cure" written on them. Throughout the game breast cancer facts were announced and the basket winners were drawn. The night was a success and $2,000 was raised. After the money was totaled we took a picture with a representative from Steps for Hope and put it in the Highmore Herald newspaper along with a thank you to the community for their support. Rutledge High FCCLA #2, Tennessee wanted to complete a variety of activities to teach others about the importance of safety habits while driving. Members taught classes to students at Rutledge Primary School about car, bus, and bike safety with a project called Play it Safe. As part of the project members also participated in a safety fair at the school by taking the crash dummies, Vince and Larry. The crash dummies handed out coloring books to the children and told them to always wear their seat belts. Also FCCLA members had a booth at the primary school during parent night to hand out information concerning seat belts, bus, and bike safety rules. Mission Valley High FCCLA, Kansas made bread with the 5th grade classes. Each 5th grade student made 2 loaves of bread, one of which they took home to share with their family and the other was donated to community organizations to give to those in need. The chapter members accomplished teaching the 5th grade students how to make bread, explained the nutritional benefits and the function of the ingredients that make bread as well as helping families within our communities. Douglas County High Employment Development, Colorado FCCLA students taught each other and their invited peers and parents about financial skills that incorporated the Family Economics and Financial Education Program. We met each Monday night from 6pm to 8pm starting on Sept. 13, 2010 through October 11, 2010 for a total of 10 hours of instruction. The motivation to do this financial project was based on a 2003-2004 study done by the National Endowment for Financial Education in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture. After several suicide attempts at our local high school because of bullying issues, Eastland FCCLA, Texas created a program using the STOP the Violence program to help students understand that bullying is hurtful. The program "If you could walk in my shoes" was developed to help students see what life is like from someone else's point of view. Eastland FCCLA members were allowed half a school day to present the program to the student body. During the presentation the student body participated in self-esteem building activities, listened to 4 different speakers talk about the importance of accepting people for who they are, goal setting to achieve their dreams, liking oneself, and learning to help one another. Other activities included recognizing that everyone’s fears are warranted and by telling one another that they are valuable by writing down complimentary things about the other people in their group.
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