Editor’s note: Sam Truesdell is a Northeast High School student and member of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. He assisted FCS teacher Susan Cole in writing this article in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Power of One award.
What is power? By definition, power is the ability to cause or create change.
Two people who know just what power is are Heather Williams and Brittany McCloud. They have won district, state and national Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Honors for completing all five modules of the Power of One projects.
FCCLA is an organization devoted to developing leadership and personal growth through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Williams and McCloud, two Northeast High School juniors, have completed a series of five projects that promote the family and community. They are A Better You, Family Ties, Working on Working, Take the Lead and Speak Out for FCCLA.
Both made several achievements and personal sacrifices. For Take the Lead, McCloud served as both a Student Council representative and as secretary for the school’s FCCLA program. Williams, current president, made the welcome speech at the District J East Fall Leadership Academy, held Tuesday at Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium.
For Family Ties, both did “Baby Think It Over” in which they placed mothers to electronic mannequins. For Working on Working, both students helped in a FCCLA fundraising car wash, and for Speak Out for FCCLA they made presentations about Red Ribbon Week at District and State STAR Events competitions.
Also, as part of Red Ribbon Week, they completed a project for A Better You when they gave lessons to elementary school students. Red Ribbon Week is a nationwide drug awareness program.
McCloud and Williams were recognized at the leadership academy Tuesday. Attending the event were about 250 students from 13 southeast Kansas Schools.
Anyone interested in learning more about FCCLA may visit the web site at www.fcclainc.org.
ARMA —
