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| County Legislators Keith Valentine; Karen Deyo; Dorothy Prest and Forrest Cotton present a check to student volunteers during the volunteer recognition reception held in Catskill last Friday. Claude Haton/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers |
FCCLA receives award from legislature’s Youth Fund
By Susan Campriello
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
CATSKILL — The Family Career and Community Leaders of America Catskill Middle and High School chapter received last week $1,595 from the County Legislature’s Youth Fund last week. The money will help the club grow in size and expose its members to more service projects, club advisers said.
County legislator Keith Valentine, along with fellow legislators who represent Catskill, Forest Cotten, Karen Deyo and Dorothy Prest, presented a check to the students during the County’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Program banquet where they served and bused tables.
“This is a perfect time to recognize the youth because it is this kind of development and leadership skills that are developed while you are in your early years that are carried you,” he said. “Our Youth Programs were just to recognize just these types of organizations.”
Catskill Middle School club adviser Elizabeth Levin said announcing the award during an event recognizing volunteers was appropriate.
“Our students are here seeing the seniors as role models,” Levin said.
Valentine said the legislature decided to support the club after observing club members serving food to senior citizens at last year’s luncheon.
Cotten added that the work students accomplish through the club helps build career skills and adult interaction skills.
FCCLA clubs promote character development, creative and critical thinking skills, practical knowledge and communication skills through a focus on every member of a family.
Currently, the 35 middle and high school students in the club participate in Students Taking Action with Recognition, or STAR, events.
In its fourth year, club members help organized a Martin Luther King Jr. dinner and a coat drive. The club also delivers food to families before Thanksgiving.
This year, club members took a Red Cross training course and will offer to babysit three- to six-year-old children to give parents a “date night.”
Catskill High School club adviser Kelly Martino said the additional money will help the club compete on a regional, state and national level. Students present community service projects at competitions, she said. Competing also develops and tests students’ public speaking skills, she said.
Students who compete at a national level can win scholarships.
Martino said the club does not raise its own funds, so receiving gifts like the legislature’s award is exciting.
“This is going to be huge for us to build up not only funds but also excitement in the club to have been recognized,” she said.
District Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Farrell was also present for the award.
To reach reporter Susan Campriello, call (518) 943-2100, ext. 3333, or e-mail scampriello@thedailymail.net.
County legislator Keith Valentine, along with fellow legislators who represent Catskill, Forest Cotten, Karen Deyo and Dorothy Prest, presented a check to the students during the County’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Program banquet where they served and bused tables.
“This is a perfect time to recognize the youth because it is this kind of development and leadership skills that are developed while you are in your early years that are carried you,” he said. “Our Youth Programs were just to recognize just these types of organizations.”
Catskill Middle School club adviser Elizabeth Levin said announcing the award during an event recognizing volunteers was appropriate.
“Our students are here seeing the seniors as role models,” Levin said.
Valentine said the legislature decided to support the club after observing club members serving food to senior citizens at last year’s luncheon.
Cotten added that the work students accomplish through the club helps build career skills and adult interaction skills.
FCCLA clubs promote character development, creative and critical thinking skills, practical knowledge and communication skills through a focus on every member of a family.
Currently, the 35 middle and high school students in the club participate in Students Taking Action with Recognition, or STAR, events.
In its fourth year, club members help organized a Martin Luther King Jr. dinner and a coat drive. The club also delivers food to families before Thanksgiving.
This year, club members took a Red Cross training course and will offer to babysit three- to six-year-old children to give parents a “date night.”
Catskill High School club adviser Kelly Martino said the additional money will help the club compete on a regional, state and national level. Students present community service projects at competitions, she said. Competing also develops and tests students’ public speaking skills, she said.
Students who compete at a national level can win scholarships.
Martino said the club does not raise its own funds, so receiving gifts like the legislature’s award is exciting.
“This is going to be huge for us to build up not only funds but also excitement in the club to have been recognized,” she said.
District Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Farrell was also present for the award.
To reach reporter Susan Campriello, call (518) 943-2100, ext. 3333, or e-mail scampriello@thedailymail.net.
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