Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

Our purposes:

1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life.
2. To strengthen the function of the family as the basic unit of society.
3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community.
4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony.
5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults.
6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities.
7. To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today’s society.
8. To promote family and consumer sciences, family and consumer sciences careers and related occupations.

Vision: 

Family and Consumer Sciences Education focuses on the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society while strengthening the well-being of individuals and families across the lifespan.

Goals of Family and Consumer Sciences Education:

To prepare students for family life, work life, and careers related to family and consumer sciences by providing opportunities to develop and apply the knowledge, skills, and behaviors for:

• Becoming responsible citizens and leaders in family, school, community, and work settings.
• Promoting optimal nutrition and wellness across the lifespan.
• Managing resources to meet the needs of individuals and families throughout life.
• Balancing personal, family, school, and work lives.
• Addressing problems of a diverse environment by using critical and creative thinking skills.
• Functioning as effective providers and consumers of goods and services.
• Working independently and cooperatively.

Our Mission:

To promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner, and community leader, members develop skills for life through -

• character development;
• creative and critical thinking;
• interpersonal communication;
• practical knowledge; and
• vocational preparation.

Program Emphasis of FCCLA

• is the only in-school student organization with the family as its central focus.
• is a vocational student organization that functions as an integral part of the family and consumer sciences education curriculum and operates within the school system.
• provides opportunities for active student participation at local, state, and national levels.

FCCLA Creed:

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage
And high hope.

For we have the clear consciousness of seeking
Old and precious values,
For we are the builders of homes,
Homes for America’s future,
Homes where living will be the expression of everything
That is good and fair,
Homes where truth and love and security and faith
Will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage
And high hope.

Colors:

The colors are red and white. Red symbolizes strength, courage, and determination; personal qualities leading to happiness through a positive self-image. White symbolizes sincerity of purpose and integrity of action: qualities that help individuals build a better tomorrow.
 
Flower:

The red rose represents the organization because it gives joy through its beauty and fragrance. It symbolizes a desire for beauty in everyday living.