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September 05, 2010
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The mission of the Georgia FBLA Foundation is to provide assistance so that student members can attend the National Leadership Confrence (NLC) and complete for Georgia FBLA. While the Georgia FBLA Endowment Fund provides partial funds for students to attned the NLSC, the Georgia FBLA Foundation will actively market to businesses in hopes of securing additional contributions to facilitate the process. We would love to tell these businesses that we have one-hundred percent support form our FBLA teachers and advisers, and would like to extend the invitation for all teachers and advisers to joing the Georgia FBLA Foundation. Anyone who joins at the 2009 SLC will receive five additional Chapter of the Year Points, and this also includes renewals.
 
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New FBLA Education Partnership--Wesleyan College Minimize

Georgia FBLA Foundation is excited about the new parternship with Wesleyan College in Macon.

The scholarship is valued at $9,000 toward tuition at Wesleyan College, and is renewable every year for four years, eight semesters, if the student remains in good standing and maintains a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Check out more about the scholarship here.

Visit the Wesleyan College website to find out more about the college.
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Service

Helping tomorrow’s Future Business Leaders- Our primary service project for 2008-2009 will continue our work to raise money and awareness for the fight against birth defects. We will partner with the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Thousands of members will participate in the largest MONOPOLY Tournament in the world! Proceeds benefit the March of Dimes.

Scholarship Basket Drawings- Donate a gift basket to our 6th Annual Scholarship Basket Silent Auction. The baskets will be auctioned at the Fall Leadership Conference to raise money for scholarships for deserving FBLA members.

Education

The PEACH Project- This project helps prepare members for their future by exploring how the decisions they make today will affect their future. PEACH stands for Policy, Environmental, Action, Creed, and Health, which are the five primary components of this project. This project will include activities surrounding each of the five components.

Venture IN!- This state project encourages local chapters to instill basic entrepreneurial principles in its members. Activities include creating and implementing a business plan for a school-based venture, holding invention fairs, and learning about entrepreneurs through guest speakers, interviews, and job shadowing.

Savvy Surfing- This project focuses on teaching chapter, school, and community members about issues regarding Internet safety and usage.

Georgia Youth Saves- This campaign focuses on exploring and teaching savings and financial concepts.

BAA Chapter Challenge-This project recognizes chapters with the largest percentage of members who participate in the national Business Achievement Awards.
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What are a Quarter Million Teenagers Doing Right? Minimize

This is Georgia FBLA!
  • Preparing over 24,000 future business leaders each year
  • Largest FBLA state chapter for EIGHT straight years
  • Ten years of continued membership growth
  • Largest participation in Business Achievement Awards
  • Five national officers from Georgia in the past eight years
  • Over 250 national winners in the past five years
  • Active FBLA chapters in over 90% of public high schools in Georgia
  • Over 10, 000 different members receive leadership training at one of the many Georgia FBLA conferences each year
  • Members have raised over $250,000 for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation in the past six years
  • Members contributed over 30,000 baby items to hurricane victims as part of the Babies of the Bayou campaign
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Letter from Foundation Director Minimize

      

Dear Potential Sponsors,

 

My name is Beth Tedesco, and I am the Foundation Director for the Georgia FBLA Foundation. Georgia FBLA is the premier organization for students preparing for careers in business. The driving goal of FBLA is to train future business leaders to be contributing members of society. Through FBLA, members gain the competitive edge for college and career success. By taking advantage of the many programs FBLA offers, students acquire skills that will set them apart from the average high school student. Members learn through participating in a variety of activities that help them build their skills, while contributing to the improvement of the community in which they live, their school, and their chapter. They benefit from leadership and training, contact made through networking, and opportunities to apply their knowledge through business-related activities.

 

FBLA Members are not the only winners in the organization. Advisers, businesspersons, and community members who support FBLA have the opportunity to share their hard-earned expertise and to experience the satisfaction that comes from helping others accomplish their goals. Sponsors who give of their time and resources are preparing those individuals who will someday inherit the reins of leadership in our society. 

 

These students work very hard to accomplish their goals and hope to compete on the state and national level; although, their efforts can be thwarted by the lack of funding or volunteers. For many of these students, Georgia FBLA is the only avenue available to learn about the business world. They do not have many businesses in their community, so their business exposure is very limited. Because FBLA is a non-profit organization, its survival depends on the donated time, money, resources of companies, and individuals who support its mission. The purpose of the Georgia FBLA Foundation is to provide assistance to students who attend state and national competitions, provide scholarships for Georgia FBLA members and to provide business volunteers for FBLA events. 

 

Please take the time to read the enclosed information to learn more about Georgia FBLA and see how you can help. On behalf of all Georgia FBLA members, I would like to thank you for your time. Please contact me if you would like to set up a meeting to discuss how you or your business can support Georgia FBLA or if you have any questions.

 
Sincerely,
 
 
Beth Tedesco
       
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