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FCCLA Chapter Provides Support to Ronald McDonald House
Stone High School’s Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter has provided support to families at the Ronald McDonald House at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson for the past eight years. There are 336 Ronald McDonald Houses throughout the world. Ronald McDonald Houses provide housing to families with sick children in order to reduce the financial burden these families endure and to allow the families to be near their sick children during treatment. Families sometimes spend weeks and even months in these facilities. Stone High School’s FCCLA members collect money as well as need- Left to right: Ashley Johnston, Taylor Smith, Casey Lavender, Christopher Jones, and Detra ed supplies from the Ronald McDonald House Rayford wish list. FCCLA members visit the house in Jackson and provide support by sanitizing the kitchen and playroom, dusting furniture, and vacuuming and mopping floors. FCCLA members also provide emotional support by lending a sympathetic ear to the families. Chapter advisor Connie Guthrie said Stone High School FCCLA members encouraged other chapters throughout the state to consider volunteering their time and money to the Ronald McDonald House at last year’s FCCLA State Leadership Conference and STAR Events. For more information about how you can help the Ronald McDonald House, visit the website at www.ronaldmcdonaldhousems.com.
Left Photo: Gift in a Jar; Right photo (Left to right): Sami Reed, Ashley Murphy, Terrell Evans, Hannah Staton, and Kaylin Trombley
Culinary Arts Classes Use Their Skills to Raise Funds
Sharon James’ Culinary Arts classes at the Choctaw County Career and Technology Center conducted a “Gift in a Jar” fundraiser in December. Each jar contained the ingredients needed to make one of five varieties of cookies. Numerous skills learned in class were involved in this activity. Initially, the students had to convert the ingredients needed for one jar of cookie mix to the amount of necessary ingredients to fill more than 100 jars. Using their teamwork skills, the students then set up an assembly line measuring ingredients and filling the jars. Finished jars were decorated and labeled. Students were successful in their fundraising efforts and funds were used to purchase supplies for the culinary arts laboratory.
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