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Making a Difference with Community Service

9/5/2014

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Making a Difference with Community Service

            Community service is the connection between Florida DECA, our over 9,000 members, and the communities that we all reside in across Florida. One of the most important outreach options a chapter may be faced with is the opportunity to contribute to charitable organizations that make a difference in the lives of others. By choosing to make a contribution, whether it be volunteering you time, raising money, or holding a item collection drive to donate items to the organization, your chapter is directly impacting the lives of individuals in need. This desire to be a part of something bigger is so deeply imbedded in the principles of DECA that Florida DECA as well as International DECA both hold fundraisers of some sort at their conferences to benefit a charitable organization.

As we start a new DECA year, we encourage all schools to discuss the possibility of spending some of your year organizing a way to make an impact in your community. So how can a chapter start to look for a charity in their area? Every city or town is different and the cause that your chapter choses to donate to will likely vary from that of another chapter. We suggest that each Chapter Officer Team looks to their local communities to identify not only what the needs are, but also to find an attainable and realistic goal to pursue throughout the year. This can be accomplished through different websites as well as making a phone call to your city hall to find out what items (or volunteers) local charities may need. Secondly, your chapter will want to reach out to the charity and find out how much of the item (or volunteers) they can accept. If you plan to collect items from your members, plan out how you will deliver the items to the charity once the drive has concluded. Lastly, be sure to promote your drive or volunteer event. Use social media, your schools phone-home or Closed Circuit Television program to get the word out to students not currently in DECA. Also, have students sign up to works shifts or to bring in items (whichever is needed). Overall, working with a local charity will definitely take some time and effort to develop, though the connections and the experiences your members will gain are priceless. A great questions to always keep in mind is “When this year comes to a close, how will my chapter have made our mark?”


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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Florida DECA
    • Start a New Chapter
    • Helping Hands >
      • Helping Hands History
      • Helping Hands Achievement Award
      • Helping Hands Collections
      • Nominate Your Charity for Helping Hands
    • Leadership >
      • Board of Advisors
      • Florida DECA, Inc.
      • Who's Who at DECA, Inc.
      • Contact
    • Districts of FL DECA >
      • District 1 & 2
      • District 3
      • District 4 & 5
      • District 6
      • District 7
      • District 8
      • District 9
      • District 10
    • Awards and Honors >
      • Honorary Life Membership
      • Outstanding Service
      • Hall of Fame
      • Awards of Merit
      • Eagles Dare to Achieve Award
      • "100 Club" Chapters
      • Officer Coordinators' Award
      • Diamond Chapters: Annual Business Plan
      • Annual Business Plan Chapters
  • Conferences
    • DECA STATES!
    • Future Dates
    • FL CDC Results
    • 2021-2022 Conferences
    • Travel Ventures
  • Competitions
  • Members
    • Alumni
    • DECA DIRECT
    • DECA Scholarships
    • Dollars for Diamonds Scholarships
    • DECA in College
    • ShopDECA
  • Advisors
    • Advisors Page
    • Advisor Resources
    • Logos-Chapter
  • FLDECA Officers
    • Team 65 Officers
    • Team 66 Candidate Information
    • FL DECA ABP Center
    • International Officers from Florida DECA
    • Past Officer Teams >
      • Past Teams Team 60 to 36
      • TEAM 64 2021-2022
      • TEAM 63 2020-2021
      • Team 62 >
        • Team 62 Blog
        • Team 62 ABP for Chapters
      • Team 61 >
        • Team 61 Blog
        • Team 61 Annual Business Plan
      • Team 60 >
        • President Matthew Webber Team 60
        • Executive Vice President Laura Valiente Team 60
        • Vice President Chad Doback Team 60
        • Vice President Christina Delgado Team 60
        • Vice President Kassidy Braziel Team 60
        • Vice President Logan Mills Team 60
      • Team 59 >
        • President Justin Team 59 Blog
        • EVP Anya Team 59 Blog
        • VP Matthew Team 59 Blog
        • VP Sydney Balfan Team 59 Blog
        • VP Shannon Team 59 Blog
        • VP Marina Cepeda Team 59 Blog
      • Team 58 >
        • Team 58 President--Wesley Lopez
        • Team 58 EVP--Manni Arango
        • Team 58 VP--Morgan Barse
        • Team 58 VP--Landon Counts
        • Team 58 VP--Justin Degen
        • Team 58 VP--Julian Wright
        • Team 56 >
          • Team 54
          • Zack >
            • Zack's Video Blog
            • Zack's Blog
          • Ana >
            • Ana's Video Blog
            • Ana's Blog
          • Cameron >
            • Cameron's Video Blog
            • Cameron's Blog
          • Michael >
            • Michael's Video Blog
            • Michael's Blog
          • Tamir >
            • Tamir's Video Blog
            • Tamir's Blog
      • Team 55 (57) >
        • President Tamir Rabinovich
        • VP Nicholas Bourdon
        • VP Nicole Donato
        • VP Wesley Lopez
        • VP Angel Vazquez-Seda