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Various organizations and groups of people felt
the benefits of FCCLA and VIA's ass ista nce.
z aries of sc hool when demonstrating their drive to help, Davidson said.
FCCLA and VIA didn't limit themselves to the bound-
Sharing similar goa ls, VIA, Volunteers in Action, influ-
enced others to show their charitable side when they
but rather extended their reach throughout the loca l
community.
"We had lots of students give blood, which made it
FCC LA, Family Career and Community Leaders of hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross.
America, made it their goa l to ass ist as many people as a hu ge success. It was a fairly quick and easy way for
possible. One of their major se rvi ces was baking close to them to get involved," freshman Alyssa Vest sa id .
50 dozen cookies to se nd overseas to our troops. Th e volunteers also participated in th e Crop Walk
"Making that many cookies was fun, of co urse, but where they passed out water to the runners. Part of the
knowing that the so ldiers were go ing to enj oy them was coll ections were given to the Omaha Food Bank.
very fulfilling," freshman Somi Singh sa id. "The farther people walked or ran, the more money
For Valentine's Day, FCCLA crafted cards and deco- we raised for the sta rving people of the world," sen ior
rated va lentines and cupcakes to deliver to Remington Cassie Barrick sa id.
Heights Retirement Center. Striving to be positive assets to the community
"It showed the res idents that the students , the school, through serv ice , FCCLA and VIA aided many organiza-
and the co mmunity ca re about them," junior Rachel tions, while also encouragin g their peers to take action .

A. Knitting a square patc h to add to the quilt for the
Si enna Francis House is sophomore Haley All en. "Doing
this se rvice acti vity made me rea lize how fortunate I am,
and I rea ll y enjoyed giving to peo ple in need," Allen sa id.
B. Freshman Faith Williams parti cipates in a se lf- defense
cl ass at th e FCCL A Distri ct Leadership Conference . Th ere
were many workshops at th e conference, including
Afri ca n drumming lesso ns and stepping. photos by Ankita
Sarawagi and contributed by Andrea Eggleston

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