Exeter-Milligan FCCLA Attends
District #4 Leadership Conference.
FCCLA District Leadership Conference
October 7th, 2015 – Family, Career and Community Leaders of
America (FCCLA) brought student leaders, members and advisers to Central
Community College in Hastings, Nebraska October 7th to participate in its
annual District Leadership Conference. Approximately 350 FCCLA members
from District #4 were in attendance.
The Exeter-Milligan’s 27 FCCLA members and adviser, Mary Lou
Vossler, who served as District #4 Adviser were in attendance.
Representing Exeter-Milligan as District Secretary was Samantha Horne.
The conference provided opportunities for students and advisers to
come together for fun and to listen to inspiring speakers, as well as to expand
leadership skills, sharpen talents and explore career pathways. The theme of
this year’s conference was “Turn It Inside Out With FCCLA” and attendees were
challenged to explore the fitness of body, mind and spirit that is a product of
healthy attitudes and habits; and to pursue this whole health through the
conference’s great learning and networking opportunities.
In addition to the many learning and networking experiences
offered at the conference, Milt and Janet Bemis addressed the conference delegates
as the keynote speakers. Their presentation, "I wonder if we
could...?" A question asked by a grieving mother after realizing that her
handsome two and a half year old son was no longer alive as they knew him. The
Bemis’s traveled back 31 years in their keynote presentation and told delegates
of how they started a historical medical procedure that helped change the world
of infant liver transplants. Direct TV's "Hometown Heroes" host Joan
Lunden described this tragic moment that turns into one of the great transplant
stories of our time and meet the parents who made that decision.
The afternoon keynote featured Sydney Olson, who currently is a
senior at Concordia University, majoring in Biology and Pre-Med with a
Chemistry minor grew up in Sutton, Nebraska. Her afternoon keynote session discussed alopecia and
what it means to have no hair and to be different in our society. Sydney
focused on the unique “quirks” we all have and how important it is to
understand each other’s unique story of life.
Break-out sessions with the State Women’s Correctional Facility on
“Choices”, ARC of Central NE, Juvenile Probation, State Officer and PEER Ed
Officer presentations, Country Swing Dancing, Textile Investigation, Touring of
the Hospitality and Culinary Art Department of CCC- Hastings, Distracted
Driving were also highlighted the afternoon.
About FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), is a
dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and
women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal
issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education. FCCLA has nearly 175,000
members and more than 5,200 chapters from 49 state associations, Puerto Rico,
and the Virgin Islands. The organization has involved more than ten million
youth since its founding in 1945.
FCCLA: The Ultimate Leadership Experience is unique among youth
organizations because its programs are planned and run by members. It is the
only career and technical in-school student organization with the family as its
central focus. Participation in national programs and chapter activities helps
members become strong leaders in their families, careers, and communities.
Photo attached - The Exeter-Milligan FCCLA Chapter
