2008-09 FCCLA AND SERVICE LEARNING

PROJECTS THIS YEAR:

1. COLLECTING ALUMINUM TABS AND CANS
a. We collected 7 ˝ gallons of tabs for the Ronald McDonald House in Corpus Christi.
b. The cans were smashed and sent to Wallace to be sold.
c. We are continuing to save cans and tabs. We will take the tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Lubbock.
d. Wallace and CHS took a field trip to the Recycling Center in Abilene. They showed how cans are weighed and how they are recycling.

Kristie Barnett competed in this star event. Mrs. Nobles’ housing class took items from the Main Street Store in Colorado City and recycled them. Tera Higgins created a new skirt from the store.
b. Kristi placed 1st at the Regional FCCLA Meeting and 4th at the State FCCLA Meeting.

Joanna Parsons and Katilynn Davidson designed a dorm room at Texas Tech using recycled items from the Main Street Store, their homes and garage sales. They were required to find a picture of the item and the cost of each one. The final price could not go over their set budget. A model was created for the judges to see the room layout and accessories. Joanna Parsons won 4th at the FCCLA Regional Meeting and was a State Qualifier.
Type of event:
The life event we have chosen to do is the “Design a Dorm Room”. We both chose this life event because, for us it is very real to be on a tight budget and be in college at the same time.

Description of the role of needs and wants:
While we would love to take the money from our budget to go on a shopping spree, and spend every last dime we have, reality is you have to know how to separate your wants from your needs. Although we would have loved to have had the $50.00 motion detecting lights, we needed a lamp that would light our way through college, so, we went with the $19.99 studio lamp.

Goal Statements:
What we had hoped to accomplish, was to create a nice, sophisticated room that suited both roommates, with a budget of Four Hundred Dollars or less.
Another goal we had accomplished was the knowledge of what it takes to create a dorm room and really experience the emotional part of being in college, we found both very interesting and successful!

Description of Role Values:
My description of the priorities in designing our room was finding furnishings that not only were stylish and modern, but more affordable than designer brands.

Summary:
The challenge we faced was we were on a limited budget and living in such a small town, such as Colorado City, Texas; there are not many places you can go to find quality products. So we have to travel to nearby towns to find better bargains. While shopping on a limited budget you have to go to retail stores, such as Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Target, and while they do have lower prices, but they also lack in variety.

Apparel Classes- Recycle fabric donated by a community member into purses, blankets, quilts, clothes, pillows, etc.

Kalea Hubbard making a purse out of donated fabric.

Mrs. Noble’s 5th period apparel class made aprons for the Wallace Center cafeteria workers.

Breanna Green and Marissa Lara are brainstorming on how to use the zippers that were donated by a community member.

Daniel Perez is making a pillow.

Tabbatha Angelo models her Ladybug outfit made from donated fabrics.

The Housing class painted and made new cushions for the sewing chairs in Mrs. Nobles’ class.

The DCP class learned how to dress the window at the Main Street Store in Colorado City.

Each one of the 5 CISD campuses brought food items for the Community Mission.
There were over 2000 items given.

Colorado High FCCLA and Colorado Middle School students helped deliver the 2000 food items to the Community Mission.

Emma Leanos, Andrew Munoz, Ann Nobles and Macall Maddox make packets that included a toothbrush and toothpaste. These were given to the Samaritan House and to the Community Mission.

The Apparel Class made pillows and blankets from the donated fabric for the Fiesta Room at the Samaritan House.

Macall Maddox and Emma Leanos deliver cakes to the Samaritan House for the Christmas guests. Bobby Kimbell is very appreciative. We made cookies for Valentine’s weekend.

Children give up on their dreams before they grow up because they lack self confidence, knowledge of their dream career, and they fear their families financial status will be unable to help them succeed in reaching their goal.

Dalton Maddox, a rancher in Mitchell County, shared his horses and what his day islife on the ranch.

2nd graders were allowed to sit in the Mitchell County fire truck. The Fireman explained their duties to our community.

Shae White, dental assistant, showed the 2nd graders how to properly brush their teeth. She gave each student at Kelley a toothbrush and box of toothpaste.

Kyle Lemons is holding the dental dog so the 2nd graders can practice brushing his teeth. Kirk Leverton is assisting Kyle.

Doctor Roach spoke to the 2nd graders about his daily routine as a doctor.

Mitchell County Sheriff, Patrick Toombs, answered questions from the 2nd grad

Casie Lemons, Tabbatha Angelo and Taylor Harris placed 3rd at the Regional FCCLA Meeting and 4th at the State FCCLA Meeting.

Tabbatha, Taylor and Casie met with the 2nd grade teachers to discuss their plans.

The Personal Family Development class listened to 1st graders read their stories for the day.