FBLA (Lead4Change)
Launch the media gallery 1 playerTwice a year, Lead4Change hosts The Lead4Change Project. A small grants program that showcases the growth of students as leaders and funds their ideas for community impact. After completing the Lead4Change curriculum, which take students on a journey of learning leadership skills through community service, students share their story of growth and impact and request funding to continue, improve, or finish their service project.
Each project addresses a community need and encourages students to develop a creative solution to support that need. We’re amazed by the creativity and drive of our students as they use the leadership lessons they learned to create positive change in their communities. It’s always difficult for our judges to choose winners as the projects are all meaningful and awe-inspiring .
This year’s winners are surely that!
Congratulation to Maywood Public School!
Janice Arent, Educator
Project: Breakfast Club, 17 Students
The Need: Bring awareness and financial support to the need of the local volunteer fire department.
The Project: The students organized and executed a Pancake Breakfast Supper as well as 50/50 raffle to raise money for the fire department so that they could purchase new headlamps and turnout gear for 10 of their volunteer fire fighters.
The Result: The students raised nearly $1,400 on their own to meet the drastic needs of this volunteer firefighter unit. Then Lead4Change accepted their detailed proposal for an additional $8,241 to fully fund the purchase of 10 new headlamps and 10 new turnout gear sets.
Front Row: Cooper Tidyman, Savannah Klein, Silvia Del Carlo, Amelia DeVaughn, Jillian Johnson, Kortnie Collins, Gavon Schurr and Robert Carter
Middle Row: Volunteer Firemen – Eric Merritt, Tad Henkenius, Tristan Westphal, Danny Hejtmanek, Greg Blank, Rocky Sailor, Layton Sailor, and Clinton Norgarrd
Back Row: Lynden Merritt, Easton Gilmore, Landyn Gilmore, Jack Meyer, Jace Oldham, and Nathan Cuellar