FCCLA Week Ideas

Share Our Strength:

·         Host a community cook-off. Have community members bring a homemade item, like soup or chili to see whose is the best. Have fun selling it, raising money for Share our Strength, and bring the community together as one.

·         Have FCCLA members tie-dye white t-shirts orange to raise awareness.

·         Host a Great American Bake Sale with a Valentine’s Day theme.

Membership Recruitment:

·         Have an FCCLA Sunday party. Anyone can come! While they eat away, talk to them and show a PowerPoint about FCCLA.

·         Have a daily announcement that either describes a national program or something that you can do in FCCLA.

·          Have an FCCLA mixer/dance to recruit new members.

March of Dimes:

·         Have a contest at your school to see who can wear the most purple! Give something to the person who won!

·         Invite a local March of Dimes speaker or family to talk about the importance of premature baby awareness... It's very impactful and will make people want to get involved.

·         Sew blankets in FACS classes and sell donate them to a local NICU.

·         Decorate 1 in every 8 lockers purple to raise awareness that 1 in 8 babies is born prematurely.

Membership Recognition:

·         Hold a dinner (all paid for) for the officers and then a breakfast for all FCCLA members

·         Make locker signs for each of your members thanking them for all their hard work!

Other Great Ideas:

·         Host a dance where it’s _______________amount of $, however when they bring a pair of shoes they get it less for ______________ amount of shoes.

·         Have a social media day and promote FCCLA's national Facebook and Twitter page!

·         Ask your mayor to make the second full week in February "FCCLA Week" in your town!

·         Host a red out for a school supporting event: Sell Red t-shirts to benefit FCCLA.

·         Encourage all chapter members to wear a chapter t-shirt on one specific day.

·         Host a school wide dance with proceeds going to an outreach partner or your chapter!

·         Recruitment for Alumni and Associates – talk to your graduating seniors about joining!

·         Teacher/Administration/School Board appreciation day to thank everyone who supports FCCLA. It can also give members a chance to display their accomplishments and show how much of a difference their support is making.

·         Wear Blue to represent Stand for the Silent. Also encourage everyone to do a random act of kindness.

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