Community Oriented by VP Kassidy

One of DECA's guiding principles is Community Oriented. Today, I'm sharing the five steps to planning a community service project.

• Find an Area in Need

        The first step is to find someone or somewhere in need. By checking out the news or social media, one can recognize different groups in need. Pay attention to recent natural disasters or outbreaks.

• Alert the Medias

        Once you began planning the logistics of the service activities, you should plan the promotion of what you're doing! Make sure to post about it on our chapter social medias. Also, if it's a larger event, reach out to local news outlets for coverage in the nightly news or newspapers. One of your chapter members can also write an article for DECADirect.org detailing your efforts.

• Complete the Service Project

           Reach out to chapter members and your peers to help out in the activity. It's important to get the most people you can to help to cause the largest impact.

• Reflection

         After the service activity, host a meeting reflecting on your actions. Here, you can decide as a group whether or not it was a success. It's also a great way to start planning your next activity!

• Celebration

        Regardless of the amount you raised or people you helped, you did something to benefit a community! This is something to celebrate. Make sure to host a small celebration to encourage members to keep on helping in their communities.