ANAHEIM, California (EYT) — Twelve students from the Forest Area Chapters of FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) recently competed at the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California.[PICTURED ABOVE: left to right — Evan Eisenman (recent graduate of West Forest); Rachel Beatty (recent graduate of Warren County Christian School); Travis Swartz (recent graduate of West Forest); Eliana Beatty (finished freshman year at East Forest); TJ Kunselman (finished junior year at West Forest); Dominic Grubbs (recent graduate of West Forest); Tessa Korchak (finished junior year at East Forest); Jacob Humes (recent graduate of West Forest); Amelia Crouse (recent graduate of Warren County Christian School); and Jacob Sorensen (recent graduate of Warren County Christian School).]
The Forest Area Chapters of FCCLA recently returned from the conference that was held from June 29 to July 4. The students competed at the national level as well as participating in workshops, voting sessions, evaluating, and hearing keynote speakers.
Evan Eisenman and TJ Kunselman worked as a team to give an educational presentation to the FASD students and earned bronze medals at the National Leadership Conference.
Rachel Beatty, Amelia Crouse, and Jacob Sorensen (WCCS students belonging to the EF FCCLA Chapter) organized a sock drive for the homeless and earned silver medals.
Travis Swartz, Dominic Grubbs, and Jacob Humes presented a Chapter in Review project highlighting the many activities of the WF Chapter and earned silver medals.
Eliana Beatty organized a pet food drive to benefit Forest and Warren Counties and earned a silver medal.
Tessa Korchak presented an Illustrated Talk about Music Therapy and earned a gold medal.
Pictured above are Madison McFarland and Emma McFarland who received gold medals for their National Program benefitting Parkinson’s Disease research. The twins just finished their eighth grade year at West Forest.
Besides the conference activities, students were able to spend a few hours at Huntingdon Beach, visit Disneyland, and tour Los Angeles. They even experienced the unplanned event of an earthquake. Everyone was safe, but it was a little “shocking!”
Special thanks is extended to the JW Bowman Proper Grant, PNC Bank, Rescare, Veteran’s Club of Forest County, and the Fryburg Sportsman’s Club for the grants and donations which made this trip possible. Also, many thanks to the community members for all the support through the fundraisers.
The students had a fantastic learning experience and represented Forest and Warren Counties with outstanding pride and medals.
