North Dakota 2011‐2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN JOIN FCCLA! Imagination Tested…..Student Approved
CAMPAIGN IDEAS: Offer Multiple Levels of Membership to Fit Individual Needs THEME SONG: Pure Imagination, Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) THE THINKER: **Affiliated Member (Pays local, state, and national dues) Member can participate in: all local meetings and local chapter activities and events THE DREAMER: **Affiliated Member (Pays local, state, and national dues plus DLM Fee)+District Leadership Meeting Member can participate in: all local meetings and local chapter activities and events; and District Leadership Meeting THE IMAGINEER: **Affiliated Member (Pays local, state, and national dues plus STAR Events Fee for ONE entry)+STAR Events Competition Member can participate in: all local meetings and local chapter activities and events; and STAR Events Competition THE VISIONEER: **Affiliated Member (Pays local, state, and national dues+DLM Fee+STAR Events Fee for ONE entry)+District Leadership Meeting+STAR Events Competition Member can participate in: all local meetings and local chapter activities and events, District Leadership Meeting, and STAR Events Competition THE LEADER: **Affiliated Member (Pays local, state, and national dues+DLM Fee+STAR Events Fee for ONE entry+and you can guarantee a spot at state convention IF you pay by the deadline date—this is non‐ refundable)+District Leadership Meeting+STAR Events Competition+State Convention Registration Member can participate in: all local meetings and local chapter activities and events; and STAR Events Competition 1 Questions To Ponder: 1. How will your chapter members use their imaginations to increase membership this year? 2. If this campaign doesn’t fit your needs, assign your executive council or one of your FCS classes the task of Membership Drive and it could be the beginning of a Publicize and Promote STAR Event. North Dakota 2011‐2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN MORE CAMPAIGN IDEAS: MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ACTIVITY IDEAS: 1. Additional slogans for possible use during your membership drive: ‐‐“Join FCCLA: Imagine Yourself As A Leader!” ‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Imagination At Its Best!” ‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Imagination At Work!” ‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Can You Imagine It?” ‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Dream It! Believe It! Achieve It!” ‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Imagine The Possibilities!” ‐‐“ Join FCCLA: The Possible Dream!” 2. Possible Music—Your Ultimate List of Songs to Use with Your Imagination! The Impossible Dream by Jim Nabors I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash Don't Stop Believin' by Journey Bugler's Dream, composed by Leo Arnaud (NBC's Olympic Theme Song) Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Imagine by John Lennon Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder Just My Imagination by The Temptations Candy Man by Sammy Davis, JR Daydream Believer by The Monkees I’m A Believer by the Monkees Believe (Theme Song from Polar Express) by Josh Grobin A Whole New World (Theme Song from Aladdin) When You Wish Upon A Star (Theme Song from Pinocchio) Zip‐A‐De‐Do‐Dah (Theme Song from Song of the South) I Like Dreamin’ by Kenny Nolan Dream Baby by Roy Orbison Dream Lover by Bobby Darin 2 Questions To Ponder: 1. How will your chapter members use their imaginations to increase membership this year? 2. If this campaign doesn’t fit your needs, assign your executive council or one of your FCS classes the task of Membership Drive and it could be the beginning of a Publicize and Promote STAR Event. North Dakota 2011‐2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN 3. Imagine This—A ‘whole’ week dedicated to building your chapter’s membership! Why not designate a “week‐long” membership drive in mid‐September? Pay your dues early in the week and enjoy a special treat each day!! It is really important to get students to pay dues early in the year so they can enjoy all of the upcoming FCCLA activities beyond the local level!! MONDAY‐‐(if a student pays dues today—they qualify for treats the rest of the week): Slogan‐‐“ Join FCCLA: The Possible Dream!” Incentive: Pay your dues today and play DREAM BINGO after school! If you dream it—you could win it! (You could offer discount tickets on FCCLA dues, Free STAR Events registration fees, Free District Leadership Meeting fee, Free State Leadership Meeting registration fee, etc.) Activity Idea: Create Your Own DREAM BINGO ‐‐Create “DREAM” cards instead of BINGO cards ‐‐Use terms associated with FCCLA for the cards—as you draw the terms from a box; have the emcee for the games explain what the term means. Example: FINANCIAL FITNESS (this would be one of the answers on the card) Manage your money! Use this program to help you make, save, and spend your money wisely to be financially fit. Integration Idea: As you teach your ‘Introduction to FCCLA’ at the beginning of the year, have these students create one DREAM BINGO card and include the answers to each item they put on the card! Run several of each of the cards to be used for the membership campaign’s DREAM BINGO! TUESDAY‐‐ if a student pays dues today—they qualify for treats the rest of the week) Slogan‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Imagination At Work!” Incentive: Pay your dues today and enjoy building your own sandwich and/or sundae at the FCCLA Imagination Café! Build your own sandwich, and/or ice cream sundae for dessert! Brown Bag Sandwich ideas: Pasta Lover's Lunch Salad. Provide a cold pasta salad, a plastic fork and your pasta lover will love you! Make the salad with lean meat or low‐fat cheese (so it has some protein), lots of vegetables to boost fiber and nutrition, and whole wheat or whole‐grain pasta. Toss everything together with a light bottled vinaigrette made with extra virgin olive oil or canola oil. Mediterranean Pita Pocket. Fill a pita pocket with falafel balls and some homemade or store‐bought hummus. Some falafel balls come cooked and ready to add. Fruit and Cheese Plate. Fill a divided plastic container with assorted cubes or slices of reduced fat cheese, easy‐to‐eat fruit such as apple and pear slices, grapes, berries or melon and whole‐wheat crackers. Peanut Butter Fun Pack. Make a peanut butter fun pack by spooning two tablespoons of natural‐style peanut butter in a reusable plastic container, along with whole wheat crackers or whole wheat pita pocket wedges and raw vegetables such as celery, zucchini, or carrot sticks. Everything Is Better on a Bagel. Whole‐wheat bagels are a wonderful foundation for hardy sandwiches. Use regular or mini‐bagels. Add tuna or lean, roasted, and sliced turkey or roast beef. Top it off with reduced‐fat cheese and fresh tomato, onion, and Romaine lettuce or sprouts. Two mini bagels can supply 6 grams of fiber to a meal. Celebrate Lunch Salads. For a Cobb salad, fill it with spinach or chopped dark green lettuce, chopped hard‐cooked egg, light cheese, and/or lean ham. Or toss in the ingredients for a Chinese chicken salad: dark salad greens, shredded chicken, shredded carrots, sliced green onion, and toasted sliced almonds. It's a Wrap! Wraps are a nice change of pace from the usual sandwich. Use a high‐fiber multigrain flour tortilla, available in most supermarkets. Spread on mustard, hummus, light salad dressing, or green or sundried tomato pesto. Then fill 'er up with chicken Caesar salad or assorted lean meats, cheese, tomato, sliced onion, and shredded Romaine lettuce. Just roll it up and wrap in foil. Kids can also eat it like a burrito ‐‐ by unwrapping it on one end and working their way down. Talk About Taquitos. Taquitos are easy to eat! Just lay a few bean and cheese frozen taquitos on a small sheet of foil. Pop them into a toaster oven to crisp them up. Wrap them up in the foil and serve warm! For a vegetarian option, bean taquitos are available in some stores. 3 Questions To Ponder: 1. How will your chapter members use their imaginations to increase membership this year? 2. If this campaign doesn’t fit your needs, assign your executive council or one of your FCS classes the task of Membership Drive and it could be the beginning of a Publicize and Promote STAR Event. North Dakota 2011‐2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN BBQ Chicken Sandwich. Kids can assemble a yummy BBQ grilled chicken sandwich fresh at lunchtime. Just provide a grilled, boneless, skinless chicken breast with some lettuce and sliced tomato and a whole‐wheat bun in another. Add a packet of BBQ sauce and it's good to go. Tasty Spanakopita Triangles. These spinach‐filled filo puffs are vegetarian finger food that’s fun to eat. Some stores carry frozen spanakopita that you can bake in the morning or the night before. Read the label to find a brand that's got plenty of vitamins A and C, plus iron and calcium. Soy Much for Sandwiches. For a change of pace, make soy the center of the lunch. There are more and more great‐tasting soy‐based products available. For example, specialty grocery stores carry meatless corn dogs. To prepare one, heat it up in the microwave in the morning. Remove the wooden stick, crisp it up briefly in the toaster oven, and wrap it in foil. Meatless versions of chicken nuggets are also available and can be prepared just like the corn dogs. The trick is finding a brand that isn’t too high in sodium. Activity Idea: During lunch have the officer team discuss the program of work and ways to get involved in FCCLA this year, or have the class in charge of putting together the lunch items give a skit or presentation on the history of the sandwich! Integration Idea: Put a class in charge of getting the lunch items ready for making sandwiches, salads, and sundaes. Bring in a dietician to discuss the nutritional benefits of a sandwich for lunch, discuss the history of the sandwich or brown bag lunch. WEDNESDAY‐‐(if a student pays dues today—they qualify for treats the rest of the week) Slogan‐‐“ Join FCCLA: Dream It! Believe It! Achieve It!” Incentive: Pay your dues today and enjoy a dream bar! RECIPE for M & M Dream Bars Servings 24 Prep Time 15 mins Total Time 47 mins Ingredients: 2 cups oatmeal 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup coconut 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup melted butter 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk) 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 cup M&M' 1 cup chocolate chips Directions: •Combine oatmeal, brown sugar, flour, coconut, baking soda, and salt; add melted butter and stir until moist (the mixture will be crumbly). •Reserve 1 1/2 cups and press remaining crumbs into a greased 13X9‐inch baking pan (I line the pan with foil.). •Bake 12 minutes at 375°F. •Combine milk and peanut butter; carefully spread over baked crust. Sprinkle on M&M's and chocolate chips. Sprinkle reserved crumbs over chocolate pieces and lightly press crumbs down. •Bake 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool and cut! Activity Idea: Invite members in or out of class to ‘dream‐believe‐achieve by developing their own personal goals to achieve in FCCLA during this school year! Integration Idea: Incorporate the “Be A Better You” Unit from Power of One into your classroom this year! Upon completion, each student will have completed the first of five modules of this national program. Complete all five modules and your student members will qualify for national recognition! There is a tried and true lesson plan that can be found at www.fcclainc.org. Just type in ‘power of one lesson’ in the search box! 4 Questions To Ponder: 1. How will your chapter members use their imaginations to increase membership this year? 2. If this campaign doesn’t fit your needs, assign your executive council or one of your FCS classes the task of Membership Drive and it could be the beginning of a Publicize and Promote STAR Event. North Dakota 2011‐2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN THURSDAY‐‐(if a student pays dues today—they qualify for treats the rest of the week) Slogan‐‐“Join FCCLA: Imagine Yourself As A Leader!” Incentive: Pay your dues today – come to the meeting and receive a $100,000 candy bar! ‐‐Students who pay their dues today are eligible to come to a special chapter meeting hosted by local officers to learn more about FCCLA—consider inviting your District President or State Officer to speak at this meeting. Activity Idea: Each member is worth more than anything money can buy! Get them involved early by having them brainstorm and sign up for activities to get involved in right away! If you do some of the same projects year after year, get your new members involved! Encourage attendance at the District Leadership Meeting and involvement in STAR Events! Assign a veteran member to be their mentor during the first year!! Integration Idea: To tie in with Monday’s integration idea, perhaps another group of students in your beginning FCS classes who are learning the basics of FCCLA could create a jeopardy version of FCCLA facts and the FCCLA officers could be the contestants as a part of the first meeting! FRIDAY‐‐(if a student pays dues today—they qualify for treats the rest of the week) Slogan‐‐“Join FCCLA: Imagine Yourself As A Leader!” Incentive: Pay your dues today and receive a membership card and FCCLA pin! Membership cards can be printed at and pins can be ordered online through API found at www.fcclainc.org! **PLEASE NOTE: The activities listed above would work on any given day and during any given week—they do not have to be done in any given order and you could look at a four week campaign only doing events on Mondays and title –Membership Mondays!!** 5 Questions To Ponder: 1. How will your chapter members use their imaginations to increase membership this year? 2. If this campaign doesn’t fit your needs, assign your executive council or one of your FCS classes the task of Membership Drive and it could be the beginning of a Publicize and Promote STAR Event. North Dakota 2011‐2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES JOIN FCCLA Membership Awards Chapters who: ■ increase of total membership from 2010‐2011 to 2011‐2012 by: 3(3‐4), 5 (5‐9), and by 10 or more members will be recognized at the 2012 ND FCCLA State Convention. ■ increase their membership by 10 or more members will receive a free state convention registration to use for the 2013 state convention. Chapters may also apply for the following awards:
■ Chapter with the largest percent increase in total affiliated (local, state, & national) membership from 2010‐2011 to 2011‐2012. ■ Chapter with the largest percent increase in male affiliated (local, state, & national) membership from 2010‐2011 to 2011‐2012. ■ Chapter with the largest numeral increase in total affiliated (local, state, & national) membership from 2010‐2011 to 2011‐2012. ■
Chapter with the largest percent of total junior/senior school enrollment as members. Total school enrollment should include only grades where FCCLA is available. If membership is available as early as 7th grade, total should include grades 7‐12. The 2011‐2012 Membership Award Application can be found at: http://www2.edutech.nodak.edu/fccla/index.html 6 Questions To Ponder: 1. How will your chapter members use their imaginations to increase membership this year? 2. If this campaign doesn’t fit your needs, assign your executive council or one of your FCS classes the task of Membership Drive and it could be the beginning of a Publicize and Promote STAR Event.