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VI A members meet to (A. Sophomore Sarah Jaekels buys a fl ower from FCCLA members junior Mal-
discuss schedules and make lory Fl ynn and sophomore Emily Shaw. The club sold fl owers during lunch for
plans for their volunteer students to give to their Valentines. photo by Alex Jetter B. Advisor Lance Ott
tim es. VI A vo lunteered looks over a volunteer schedule for VIA members. Members of the club spent
within th e community to as- time volunteering and organi zing charitable events th at benefited others. photo
sist people in need. by Molly Gibson C. Sophomore Megan Olsen tapes posters around the school to
photo by Molly Gibson promote fl ower sales fo r Valentine's day. FCCLA sold seasonal items as a way of
raising money for the club. photo by Alex Jetter]

Being part of the Family, Career, programs: we volunteered at Scare Fest
Community Leaders of America and community and them. and at the ALS dinner banquet," sopho-
Volunteers in Action provided students "It was very flexible so you could more Candace Yong said.
with many different kinds of opportuni- devote as much time as you want to Along with helping the community,
ties. the club and still help other people out, students found that the clubs provided
Helping out the community, holding which was a big benefit for me," senior them with hidden benefits.
bake sales, volunteering, and learning Wren Westin said. "I really liked interacting with people,
how to demonstrate good leadership Many students that were involved and because of FCCLA I was able to
qualities were all part of both VIA and in VIA spent the time they had with meet so many new people and talk to
FCCLA. the club volunteering so the club could everyone. I also liked being able to help
"In VIA we did all sorts of activities, reach its goal: to reach out to the com- out the community in any way that I
such as the blood drives, elementary munity. could," junior Alyssa Evans said.
school carnivals, and honey Sunday. My Students in FCCLA also reached out With the time that was donated by
favorite part of this group is helping and to the surrounding community with students to both VIA and FCCLA activi-
interacting with people in the commu- volunteering. However, the members ties, the community benefited in many
nity" junior Ashley Herring said. reached out in a different way than VIA. ways, and along with the community,
Since VIA had many activities going "My favorite part is that we aid the the students who had given their time
on , the club could work with students to community in a different way than other and volunteered, also benefited.