Sunday, March 17, 2024, through Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Octavio Anaya,
Baylea Conroy, Cera Dickerson, and Shalynn Mallory accompanied by Mrs. Nora
McCready-(Bullinger) attended the 2024 Family, Career and Community Leaders of
America (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference at Margaritaville Resort and
Conference Center located in Osage Beach. Almost 1,600 delegates from across the
state represented more than 8,600 members of Missouri FCCLA.
The conference centered on the student-developed theme “Missouri FCCLA: Out
of this World” representing how Missouri FCCLA members are launching their
leadership to new levels. This coincided with the National theme this year of "The
Ultimate Journey"; which is about growth, both personal and professional. It is about
embracing challenges, seizing opportunities, and honing the skills and qualities that will
propel students forward. FCCLA is unique among student organizations because
projects and events--such as the State Leadership Conference-- are planned and run by
its student members.
-Nora McCready Advisor
FCCLA Officer Cera Dickerson reports:
On Sunday, we listened to this year’s guest speaker, Dr. Laymon Hicks, author,
speaker, life coach, and entrepreneur. Dr. Hicks talked about the three points to live by:
1) Be positive, 2) Get up, get out, and go get what you want, and 3) Neutralize the
weapon of destruction in your life.
Monday, Octavio Anaya competed in the STAR Event by creating a portfolio and
presenting a speech on the process of becoming a Registered Nurse, which is his
current goal after high school. Octavio earned a bronze rating and shared his thoughts,
“Our time at state was a very memorable experience. Getting to compete was very
exhilarating and meeting new and interesting people is always a plus! State was a very
cool experience, and I hope to hold onto these memories for a long time to come”.
We are proud of Octavio’s accomplishments and wish him well on his Ultimate Journey.
Baylea, Shalynn and I (Cera) took part in different Leadership Workshops while
Octavio was competing in his STAR event. The following are the workshops we
attended:
Kids Feeding Kids provides materials and funding to help FCCLA members with service
leadership projects that alleviate food insecurity and hunger in their local communities.
Our advisor is looking into attending the program this summer to bring back resources
to our chapter.
Leadership versus Management discovers the key differences between a leader and a
manager and how your influence affects your team. The highlight of the workshop was a
discussion on positive thinking and how negative leadership brings those around you
down.
Simple Actions Save Lives is working to reduce the number of car fatalities in Missouri
and highlighted programs every teen should know. We plan to collaborate with our
advisor, counselor and school administrators to bring traffic safety programs and
workshops to the Greenfield School District.
Lacing up for Change, Shoes from the Heart provides new tennis shoes to children in
need without any qualifications, no matter the situation the child/children are in. We
discussed how they could help us implement our chapter service project that we
presented at Regional Competition, in which we plan to take donated clothing to mend
and offer to those in need for job interviews.
Your Journey of Gratitude was an interactive and engaging workshop to help us
understand the importance of gratitude and how it progresses our personal growth and
leadership development. We were given the opportunity to write a letter to someone
who we were grateful for. All of us that attended the workshop chose to sign a note of
appreciation to our Advisor Nora McCready for encouraging us to join FCCLA and step
out of our comfort zones.
On Tuesday, we participated in our Region 11 meeting, STAR events recognition
session, installation of new officers and the closing session. Octavio Anaya received a
bronze medal for his Career Investigation event. We are so proud of him for getting as
far as he did and having the confidence to go through! Congratulations to those going
on to Nationals representing Region 11.
-Cera
Thank you to the Greenfield Community, DACO Community Foundation, and
Meents Family Fund for your continued support of Greenfield FCCLA. Be on the lookout
for FCCLA members, building strong families and a stronger community through
projects and services. If you are interested in offering opportunities for students or
partnering with FCCLA contact advisor Nora McCready, nmccready@greenfieldr4.org.
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