FCCLA - Culinary Arts
Chapter 1
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Sponsor: Timothy Kelly

Building Skills For Life Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA)

FCCLA is a nonprofit national vocational student organization for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education in public and private school through grade 12.

Everyone is part of a family, and Family Career and Community Leaders of America is the only national career and technical student organization with the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers and communities by addressing important personal, work and societal issues through family and consumer sciences education. Today over 227,000 members in 7,100 chapters are active in a network of associations in 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence and career exploration.
Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life -- planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision-making and interpersonal communication -- necessary in the home and workplace.

Mission

To promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through--
• Character development
• Creative and critical thinking
• Interpersonal communication
• Practical knowledge and
• Vocational preparation

Purposes

1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life
2. To strengthen the function of the family as a unit of society
3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony
5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults
6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities.
7. To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society
8. To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations

Meeting Time/Location

FCCLA (Future Career & Community Leaders of America) – Chapter I: Culinary Arts meets immediately after school on Thursday afternoons (3:00pm – 4:00pm) in “The Mustang Chalet” (Culinary Arts Room F-104). Meetings will normally not last more than one hour in duration.

Major Events

FCCLA (Future Career & Community Leaders of America) – Chapter I: Culinary Arts is a very active organization participating in Regional, State and National Competitions, Regional, State and National Leadership Conferences and Meetings, Community Service Experiences and numerous fundraising events both on and off-campus.
Regional and State Competitions will be held in Corpus Christi for the 2004 – 2005 school year and National Competition will be in San Diego California for those competitors who place at the state level.

Accomplishments/Awards:

FCCLA (Future Career & Community Leaders of America) – Chapter I: Culinary Arts is an award winning organization winning plaques and medals in Regional, State and National Competitions. Awards have been won in the areas of Hospitality, Entrepreneurialism and Illustrated Talk and competitors have placed in the top 90% percentile of Culinary Arts Competition.
The Occupational Specific Hospitality Team of 2003 – 2004 placed 1st in Regional, and 1st in the State Competition and will be headed for National Competition in Chicago, Illinois during the summer of 2004.