Ohio FCCLA Endowment
Outstanding FCCLA State Project Awards
Goal: To reward chapters for outstanding state projects
Projects submitted on the Ohio FCCLA Award Application will be considered for the Outstanding FCCLA State Project Awards.
The following projects should be submitted on an Ohio FCCLA Award Application:
- HELP
- POWER
- FREEDOM
- FCCLA: RESPECT
5. FCCLA: Cancer Campaign
1st Place Winner will receive $75.00.
2nd Place Winner will receive $ 50.00.
3rd Place Winner will receive $ 25.00.
Recipients will be recognized at State Leadership Conference and monetary rewards will be sent by the Ohio FCCLA Endowment Board of Trustees during the following September.
Information on State Projects and Ohio Awards State Projects Application follow.
*** Note *** Please submit an award application to give your chapter the recognition it deserves.
Ohio FCCLA State Projects Emphasis
FREEDOM
*Supporting military families
*Awareness of the struggles and effects of war
FCCLA: Respect
*Self respect
*Understanding differences
HELP
*Awareness of malnutrition
POWER
*Respecting our environment
*Awareness of wildlife habits
Ohio FCCLA: Cancer Campaign
*Educating others on cancer
*Raise money to support families affected and cancer research
Remember these are just ideas that are being emphasized this year by Ohio FCCLA. Your chapter may do other projects under each of the state projects that meet needs of your community.
Goal: The goal of this project is to give FCCLA members the opportunity to help their community by actively working to help service members, their families, and all that are affected by their absence.
Basis: Our military personnel provide for our safety and risk their lives in service to our great country. Since FCCLA’s main focus is the family and Ohio is the heart of it all; the State Executive Council has designed this project to assist the military personnel, their families, and veterans in our state.
Facts:
Did you know that…
• The phrase “military personnel” includes anyone that is currently on active duty.
• The term “veteran” includes anyone that has ever been on active duty.
• All branches of the military are considered personnel.
How to Enlist Excellence
Level 1: Create a single project to help a military family, personnel, or veterans.
Level 2: Adopt a military family, personnel, or veteran for an extended period of time.
Project Ideas
- Have family meetings on what would happen if your parents or siblings were called up.
- Baby-sit for families of Active Duty personnel.
- Make a yellow ribbon for each student to represent those on active duty.
- Write Thank-you letters to someone that has served or is currently serving our country.
- Get a care package together for local troops.
- Put up a Facts & Faces flyer and/or a Hometown Heroes flyer.
- Find out what a company does when an employee goes onto active duty.
- Take the time to thank other local heroes that are part of other careers including the fire department, EMS, and/or the Police Department.
- Participate in a fundraiser for Honor Flight
- Educate students about the different roles in the service
2013-2014 Partnerships
Ohio National Guard (www.ohionationalguard.com)
- Ohio Red Ribbon campaign is supported by the guard to provide drug free messages across Ohio schools
- Higher Ground program - sponsored by the guard; program based on Character Counts
- Adopt a School - guard members work as mentors and tutors and provide other services for local schools
Blue Star Mothers ( www.bluestarmothers.org/oh.php )
- Promote projects to help soldiers deployed overseas such as Operation post card, Operation shoe box; Operation air conditioners; etc.
American Legion of Ohio (www.ohioamericanlegion.org)
- Primary objective to assist veterans, widows and orphans with claims to Veterans Administration
- Provide "Gifts for Yanks" - collects money to purchase gifts for hospitalized Ohio veterans at Christmas and mid summer
- Provides scholarships for children of legionnaires
- Sponsors and maintains contact with Boys Clubs of America; 4-H clubs; and Boy Scouts of America
- Provides flag information
- Sponsors Buckeye Boys State
Veteran’s Day - November 11, 2013
Celebrate in your own community
Hold a community breakfast for all veterans in your community
Plan a school assembly
Web Sites
Department of Defense Web site with many other sites listed under Click Here to Help.
www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/index.aspx (GREAT Site)
www.soldierangels.com
www.adoptaplatoon.org/new
Suggested Snack Food Items
All food items must be appropriately sealed / and prepackaged
Beef Jerky / Beef Sticks
Canned Chicken and/or packs – pop top
Canned Fruit
Canned Tuna and/or packs – pop top (tuna in pouches are best)
Cappuccino
Cereal Bars / high protein bars / Granola Bars / Energy Bars
Cheese Spread / small Velveeta cheese blocks
Chex Mix
Chips
Condiments: salt/pepper/spices/sugar/sweet & low/honey packs
Cookies
Crackers
Crystal Light
Doritos
Dried Fruit
Dry Cereal
Fruit Pies
Gatorade
Gum
Hard Candy wrapped (no chocolate in summer)
Honey Packets
Hot Chocolate Mix
Hot Sauce / salsa
Ground Coffee (if they have a coffee maker) / Instant Coffee / coffee creamer
Instant Oatmeal
Instant Soups / Soups in pop-top containers
Jelly / Peanut butter
Juice Boxes
Kool Aid (sweetened)
Little Debbies + other snack cakes
Mayo/Catsup
Microwavable Mac & Cheese
Microwavable brownie mix
Microwavable Popcorn
Nuts
Pudding Cups
Salad Dressing
Sardines
Snack Crackers of all kinds
Sugar Packets / Sweet N Low Packets
Summer Sausage
Tea Bags
Suggested Toiletries
Advil, Tylenol, Cold/Cough drops, Sinus Meds
Antacids
Antibiotic Cream (Neosporin)
Anti-Bacterial Wipes
Baby Oil, Baby Powder
Baby Wipes
Bath mat
Bath/hand/wash towels (dark colors)
Black Shoe Polish
Blankets for cooler weather
Body Wash / soap (be sure to triple pack the soap and not put it near the food as it leaves the smell of soap on the food)
Chapstick
Clothes Pins/Line
Contact Lens Cleaner
Cotton Balls
Dental Floss
Deodorant
Disposable hand and feet warmers
DUSTING CLOTHS for removing the sand from everything and every surface
Eye Drops
Eyeglass Kit
Face Soap
Foot Inserts for boots
Foot/Boot Powder
Insect Repellent Wipes/ non aerosol spray with Deet (need in spring/summer)
Imodium
Laundry Soap / Fabric Softener
Air Freshener
Lotion for body and hand
Mirror
Mouthwash
Nasal Spray/Drops
Packaged Wet Ones / baby wipes
Pepto Bismol
Pillow with pillowcase
Pocket Size First-Aid Kit
Puma Stones for feet
Q-Tips
Shampoo
Sunglasses
Sunscreen
Toenail/Fingernail Clippers
Toilet Paper
Tooth Paste / Tooth Brush
Tooth Picks
Twin Fitted dark sheets
Men: Razors, Shaving Cream in a tube, after-shave lotion (no fragrance)
Women: Panty Liners, feminine hygiene products, conditioner, brush/comb hair clips/bands, non-aerosol hair spray, hair gel
Suggested Clothing
Hats, bandannas
Socks – white for PT; black for everyday wear with uniform
Men’s T-shirts and underwear (all sizes) BROWN OR GREEN FOR THE T-SHIRT if possible. Proper issued military t-shirts can also be acquired at Army Surplus stores.
Women’s sport bras and panties (all sizes)
Suggested Fun Time Materials
Balls: soccer ball, baseballs, basketballs, volley ball sets, football
Batteries: AA- C -D -9 volt
Beanie Babies or stuffed animals (new please)
Board Games
Playing Cards
CD Player with CDs / send batteries
Dart Board with darts
Disposable cameras
DVDs (you can tape from television too)
Electronic/Battery Hand held games (include batteries)
Mailing Envelopes (no stamps) / Pens with Stationary
Frisbee
Greeting Cards they can send back home (variety)
Mag flashlight bulbs,
Magazines (all kinds)
Mini Hand-held Fan or Water Misty fan
Nerf Balls
Packaged Poker Sets
Plastic bowls, spoons, forks, knives
PlayStation with games
Puzzle Books/Word Find Books
Sewing Kits
Small flash light for reading at night
Water guns
X-Box with games
Yo-Yo’s
Sending Packages
Send all troop mail via the United States Postal Service.
Visit the U.S. Postal Service website at http://www.usps.com/ for detailed information on sending support mail to the troops. On the USPS main website, do a search for “APO” and a wealth of information is available that will answer all your questions.
NEW- “ANY SOLDIER” will not be delivered.
Mailing information and Instructions
The Department of Defense does not accept mail addressed to “any service member.” Use the U.S. Postal Service when mailing packages and flat mail to the troops. You can mail all packages by Priority Mail or by Parcel Post or a new flat mail box rate described below. Parcel Post can be cheaper but it also takes longer to arrive since they do not travel by aircraft within
The U.S. prior to overseas dispatch. Please follow all restriction guidelines. Do not send anything of great value or items that are breakable. All packages sent to military addresses must have a custom form (available at your Post Office).
Priority mail and flat rate boxes and other shipping supplies can be ordered free of charge by calling 1-800-222-1811. The priority mail boxes come in various sizes and can be seen by visiting the USPS online: http://www.usps.com. For priority mail shipping, you pay domestic mailing charges regardless of the deployment location. Rates for priority mail shipping are zoned and the cost differs depending on your zip code. The average cost is $5.40 for anything up to 2 lbs., $11 for anything between 2 and 5 lbs., and $16.30 for anything between 5 and 10 lbs. Visit the U.S.P.S. website to see box sizes and other information.
Flat rate boxes are now available from the USPS in two different sizes. Maximum weight is 70 pounds shipped for $7.70. Priority Mail Flat rate boxes come in two sizes: “Item No: O-FRB2” is 12" X 3.5" X 14”and ‘Item No: O-FRB1” is 11" X 8.5" X 5.5". A supply of boxes and other mailing supplies can be delivered free of charge to your door by calling the toll free number above.
You can also order “MILITARY MAILING KITS” by calling 1-800-610-8734 and requesting CARE KIT 04. The kits provide mailing supplies for up to 5 care package mailing boxes plus envelopes and custom forms. We highly suggest however that if you can use the flat rate box sizes for your mailings, that you do so because it saves money!
Visit the following USPS website page for answers to many common question regarding mailings to deployed U.S. Service Members. http://www.usps.com/supportingourtroops/supportingfaqs.htm#H14.
Depending on their location, Service Members do not pay postage on their mailings, so please do not send postage stamps. Cushion your packages with plenty of crumbled newspaper. Do not use foam peanut packing material. If you use popped popcorn to secure the contents of your package, place the popcorn in zip lock type plastic bags so that the corn does not spill out when the box is opened. Use plenty of shipping tape to secure the package. Put ALL food in zip lock plastic bags in case the containers burst in transit. Our soldiers say, “When preparing packages, assume it will be handled by a herd of elephants!”
Mail Restrictions: Each country has custom regulations that apply to all incoming mail. These may include prohibitions on certain kinds of food or entertainment products. Military ZIP Code restrictions may change as military units move to different locations. You will find all restrictions for overseas military ZIP Codes in U.S. Postal Service bulletins: http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm.
BE SURE TO READ THE RESTRICTIONS in the bulletin from the post office. Bulk quantities of religious materials contrary to the Islamic faith cannot be sent to military installations located in Muslim countries. Religious items for the personal use of the addressee are permissible. Pork or pork by-products cannot be sent to Muslim countries.
Hunger Education Leads to Prevention
2013-2014 Emphasis
Goal: To increase knowledge and awareness of hunger and educate about proper nutrition on a budget.
Basis: Did you know that the food pyramid changed to My Plate? Do you know how many soup kitchens you can volunteer with? Do you know how many homeless shelters there are in your area?
Did you know that one in seven Ohio children will go to bed hungry every night? Hunger Education Leads to Prevention (HELP) is a state project that was designed by the Ohio State Executive Council and was created to stop the devastation of childhood hunger through leadership and service in families, schools, and in your communities. You can HELP by providing food, education and support in your area. All you have to do is volunteer your time while also earning a chance to receive recognition at our annual state convention. Using the planning process, choose a hunger project that interests you and involve chapter members in it. Fill out the Ohio FCCLA Program Award Application, which can be found in the State Projects section of the Information and Forms Book, and submit it to Ohio FCCLA by March 1.
FACTS
1 in 6 babies are born with low weight and malnutrition
More than 925 million people in the world go hungry
In developing countries, 19 million children die each year, mostly from hunger-related causes
In the United States, 13 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet
One in ten households in the US are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger and malnutrition
PROJECT IDEAS:
Work for agencies who help those in hunger
Plan daily activities and meals for an after school program for one month
Donate food to food banks in your community
Volunteer in your local county health department or human service department
Provide assistance in short or long term shelters, child day care centers, or citizen training
Volunteer at your local soup kitchen
Set up a can food drive for your community
Volunteer at your local homeless shelter
State Project HELP- Soup Kitchens
Access Inc.
Akron, Ohio44037
Phone- 330-535-0008
Fax- 330-535-0008
Haven Rest Ministries
Akron, Ohio44037
175 East Market
Phone- 330-535-1563
Fax- 330-535-8917
Because He Cares Ministries
1340 East Avenue
Akron, Ohio44037
Phone-330-672-8884
Fax-none
Adams County Shelter for Homeless/ Soup Kitchen
8990 Blue Creek Road
Blue Creek, Ohio45616
Phone-937-544-8164
Fax- 937-544-8520
Sanctuary of Williams County Shelter