Support CCHS FBLA Students' Journey to Nationals

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CARBONDALE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL'S FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA TRIP TO THE FBLA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE & COMPETITION!

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The Carbondale Community High School's FBLA program has 17 students who qualified for the FBLA National Leadership Conference & Competition that takes place this summer in Orlando, Florida!

We are seeking donations from local businesses, community leaders, families, friends, and individual supporters to help cover the transportation and hotel costs to attend this prestigious competition. A 501(c)3 Tax Deductible write off is available; see below for special instructions*

HOW WE GOT HERE:

In April, CCHS took 36 students to the 75th FBLA State Leadership Conference in Springfield, Illinois. They competed against over 2,000 Illinois students in 30 different events, and placed Top 10 in 27 of them, including THREE 1st PLACE STATE CHAMPIONS. The Top 4 scorers in each event qualify for Nationals and CCHS has 17 National Qualifiers!

The students and events CCHS qualified in includes:

Sydney Davis - Visual Design

Raeda Abnnur - Word Processing

Theodore Martin - Journalism

Olivia Mathias - Business Communication

Danial Pitafi - Impromptu Speaking

Olivia Mathias, Sydney Davis & Isabelle Hou - Local Chapter Annual Business Report

Arturo Almanza-Martinez - Public Speaking

Robert Wigfall & Grant Hertzing - Business Ethics

Gil Powers & Bill Xu - Coding & Programming

Laila Al-Asfour - Intro to Business Procedures

Jonas Goodson & Jooyoung Lee - Intro to Programming

Emily Edwards - Marketing

Isabelle Hou - Parlimentary Procedure

Emily Yarbro - Public Policy & Advocacy

Awaab Alkhatim - Spreadsheet Applications

While the chapter has already raised enough this year to cover the Registration Fees ($200 per student), and will continue to fundraise through June, the hotel rooms and transportation costs (charter bus or flight, whichever is cheaper) for approximately 15 students and 2 Advisors is projected to be about $800 per person. This does not include meals, snacks, local (Uber) transportation needs, etc. Therefore, your help is so important to ensure these students have this amazing opportunity to go without the financial burden it may put on families.

Any donation amount is truly appreciated by the students, advisors, and parents who are all so proud of their kids and the events they have prepared for throughout the year.

Last Year's 2023 FBLA Stats:

STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: 33 State Qualifiers

7 First Place State Champions

19 Qualifiers for Nationals in 13 events

Awarded 1st Place Gold Seal Chapter

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: 19 Qualifiers

3 National Top 10 in their event:

3rd Place - Theodore Martin - Political Science

9th Place - Zoya Chowdhury - Word Processing

9th Place - Amira Alkhatim, Jay Lee, Jasmine Lee - Digital Video Production

*FOR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION*

CCHS FBLA is a designated 501(c)3 charitable organization.

To ensure your donation is tax deductible, please write and mail a check...

Payable to: CCHS FBLA

Mail To:

CCHS FBLA

c/o Christi McGee, Advisor

Carbondale Community High School

1301 E. Walnut

Carbondale, IL 62901

On behalf of these amazing students...THANK YOU SO MUCH!