About FCCLA
by Kortni Hartoebben
September 15, 2008
Fccla- Family, Career, Community Leaders of America, founded in 1945, is a national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders through Family and Consumer Sciences Education. 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. 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.
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
- 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 basic 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.
Motto- Toward New Horizons
Colors- Red and White. Red suggests strength, courage, and determination. White symbolizes sincerity of purpose and integrity of action.
Flower- Rose
FCCLA Creed-
We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, Homes for America's future, homes where living will be the expressions of everything that is good and fair, Homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams. We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. W face the future with warm courage and high hope.





