2005 National Leadership Meeting
San Diego, CA . . . July 2 - 6

BRITTANY HOLMES

SELECTED TO BE ON NATIONAL FCCLA TEAM

 

         Mt. Pulaski High School senior, Brittany Holmes, has been chosen to serve on the National FCCLA “S.T.O.P. the Violence” peer education team.  Brittany was selected from an application submitted to the national FCCLA headquarters in Reston, VA. During the 2005-2006 school year, Brittany will travel throughout the United States, giving presentations & training to high school students on how to prevent violence in their schools, communities, and families.  This summer, she will receive training with the other members of the team at the National FCCLA Leadership Meeting in San Diego, CA . 

          Throughout her high school career, Brittany has been very active in her local Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America chapter.  As a freshman, she attended the first of several S.T.O.P. the Violence workshops.  Since then, she and Danielle Barr have given presentations to other chapters and schools in central Illinois.  Brittany was one of 14 [throughout the USA] selected to be on the team!  Brittany is the daughter of Tammy and Greg Holmes of Mt. Pulaski.
            Congratulations, Brittany, on a job well done!

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA)
FCCLA is a nonprofit national career and technical 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 220,000 members in nearly 7,000 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.