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Local students attend AIM training in Hesston

The Kansas Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) state officers, peer education teams, and novice FCCLA members participated Aug. 28-29 in a training conference at Cross Wind Conference Center in Hesston. There were approximately 200 officers, members, and advisers in attendance.

Eight members and one adviser from the Marion High School FCCLA chapter attended the conference. They were Audra Allen, Mara Neuberger, Elizabeth Covarrubias, Lindsey Richmond, Megan Schmidt, Torrie Schmidt, Amber Ratzloff, Kimber Hardey, and adviser Myrta Billings.

State officers and peer education members presented national programs to the group, including leaders at work, dynamic leadership, FACTS and student body.

State officer presentations included Career Connections, STOP the Violence, Families First, Financial Fitness, Power of One, and STAR events.

Chapter advisers held their own training which included a visit from Heidi Doane, the 2005-2006 chairman for the National FCCLA Board of Directors.

Rhett Laubach, who facilitated the training, illustrated basic facts about FCCLA along with leadership skills, team building, and demonstrating the seven principles of the Samurai.

Laubach is a full-time professional speaker/author from Laverne, Okla.

Sophomore Audra Allen said she was benefited by "learning how to become a better leader and work together."

Sophomore Kimber Hardey said the MHS FCCLA organization "intends to use the skills we learned at the AIM conference in projects at school and in life to benefit us as people."

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become better leaders and address important person, family, work and social issues through family and consumer sciences education. The organization has over 220,000 members and approximately 7,500 advisers from 50 state associations and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Since its founding in 1945, more than ten million students have participated in FCCLA.

FCCLA is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members. It is the only national in-school organization with the family as its central focus. Participation in national programs and chapter activities help members become strong leaders in their families, careers and communities.

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