America Award Activities

SERVICE (Complete seven (7) activities from this section. The first three (3) are required.)

Activity 1
Required. Complete the FBLA Recruitment Project. (Please upload a copy of the report. Complete project details are located on the interactive form.)

Activity 2
Required. Create a online chapter scrapbook presentation (PowerPoint) highlighting some of your chapter's activities. Distribute this at a chapter meeting (Upload a copy of the presentation and include a 100-word description on how it helped chapter communications.)

Activity 3
Required. Participate on a committee to plan a free enterprise project for elementary students. As part of this project, prepare a free enterprise board game or card game (i.e. bingo, etc.) to help students learn these concepts. (Complete the interactive Project Activity Report form, prepare a copy of a news release, a description and rules for the game, and a scanned photo of students playing the game.)

Activity 4
Do something special for Adviser Appreciation Day during FBLA-PBL Week for your local or state adviser. (Write and upload a one-page summary of what you did for your adviser. Include a thank you letter to your adviser in proper business format.)

Activity 5
Plan an adviser-approved social activity for your local chapter. (Complete the interactive Project Activity Report form.)

Activity 6
Volunteer to work on a project in conjunction with a charity such as the March of Dimes or a state-sponsored service project. (Attach a 100-word essay on what you learned.)

Activity 7
Plan and participate in a literacy project. (Prepare a memorandum to your local chapter adviser describing the benefits that you gained, complete the interactive Project Activity Report form, and prepare a press release.)

Activity 8
Participate in a service activity sponsored by your school or the community. (Write a 100-word summary of the project.)

Activity 9
Contact local businesses to find door prizes for members for drawings for local chapter meetings. (Upload a copy of the letter to businesses requesting this and a summary/review of this activity as a recruitment tactic).

Activity 10
Help your local chapter sponsor an environmental slogan contest in the school. (Upload a copy of the contest rules and create a flyer promoting this activity).

Activity 11
Work with your local chapter adviser to plan a special Power Lunch meeting with chapter members. Invite a guest speaker from business and prepare a program. (Upload a copy of the letter inviting the guest speaker and a copy of the program).


EDUCATION (Complete six (6) activities in this section. The first four (4) are required.)

Activity 12
Required. Entrepreneurship. Complete the interactive Current Events Internet assignment.

Activity 13
Required. Technology. Complete the E-Portfolio project by using the interactive template. Some of the items that will be included will be a title page, a letter to the viewers , a table on contents, photographs, voice recording, videos, scanned documents, projects, etc. (Complete the interactive template).

Activity 14
Required. Technology. Create a TBL Magazine cover for the Spring issue of Tomorrows Business Leader, FBLAs national magazine. The theme for the magazine is Focus on the National Leadership Conference. Include at least one photo on the cover as well as a bulleted list of articles that are inside this edition. (Upload a copy of the magazine cover.)

Activity 15
Required. Communications. Develop a television commercial (using electronic media such as PowerPoint, video, etc) 28-32 seconds in length addressing the topic of Global Warming. The following must be used: full screen graphics as much as possible, some animation, and sounds effects. (Upload a copy of the commercial).

Activity 16
Communications. Plan and prepare a report for district/regional, state, or national competition (i.e., Business Plan, American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, or Partnership with Business Project.) (Upload a copy of the report, prepare a 500-word summary of the project, and present at a local chapter meeting-include an outline of the presentation with your documentation.)

Activity 17
Entrepreneurship. Participate in a co-op, internship, or 25 hours of a job shadow experience, and submit a 500-word report with appendices to include at least two scanned photos, a letter from the business that you worked with, a news release prepared for your local newspaper, and two additional items of supporting documentation. Give a presentation at a local meeting. (Upload this report and an outline of the presentation.)

Activity 18
Communications. Complete a leadership project (e.g., prepare and present a workshop for a chapter or state event, help plan a chapter or state event, present a workshop about leadership to elementary students), and prepare an electronic presentation describing your project. (Complete the interactive project activity report form, and upload a copy of a presentation/PowerPoint. Present at a meeting and upload two items of supporting documentation from your project.)

Activity 19
Communications. Submit a feasible, detailed plan to President and CEO, Ms. Jean Buckley, for a new nation-wide project. This proposal must be at least two pages in length, include a budget, and a bar graph for pie chart. (Upload a copy of the proposal).

Activity 20
Technology. Prepare a podcast about how FBLA has helped your future career. (Upload a copy of the podcast).


PROGRESS (Complete ten (10) of the activities listed below. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 21
Required. Complete the requirements for Membership Mania or recruit 2 Professional Division members.

Activity 22
Required. Secure a letter of recommendation about your leadership skills and why you are deserving of the America Award from your adviser. (Upload a copy of this letter.)

Activity 23
Participate in the National Fall Leadership Conference or the Institute for Leaders. (Upload a summary of the benefits gained from this experience).

Activity 24
Help present the FBLA new member induction ceremony or officer installation ceremony at a local, district/regional, or state meeting. (Upload a copy of an agenda or a program.)

Activity 25
Help create a chapter FBLA Lending Library where FBLA members can donate books, and anyone in the chapter can take them and either keep them or return them. (Upload a copy of the project report form).

Activity 26
Submit an application for the FBLA Distinguished Business Leader Scholarship. (Upload a completed application form).

Activity 27
Read an article in Tomorrow's Business Leader, and write a one-page summary of your reaction to the article. (Upload a copy of the summary).

Activity 28
Plan an activity for your local chapter in which you participate in a joint project or social event with an FBLA-Middle Level or a PBL chapter. (Complete the interactive Project Activity Report form.)

Activity 29
Meet with a local leader such as a mayor or state legislator to discuss the benefits of FBLA. (Write a press release about this activity.)

Activity 30
Visit at least one school that does not have an active FBLA chapter or FBLA-Middle Level chapter. Meet with school officials to encourage them to charter or reactivate a chapter. (Prepare a 100-word description of the experience.)

Activity 31
Invite a school administrator to a chapter meeting, a state meeting, or a state- or national-sponsored FBLA conference. (Upload a copy of a letter.)

Activity 32
Create child safety brochures and help develop an informational presentation for students. (Upload a copy of the brochure and an outline of the presentation.)

Activity 33
Attend a community patriotic, historical, or cultural event. (Write a one-page paper about the event and included at least one scanned photo).

Activity 34
Create flyers concerning a 3-Point Paper pledge: reduce paper consumption, rethink paper sources, and recycle what is left. On the back of the flyer include signatures for businesses to sign this form. (Upload a the flyer and a copy of at least two signatures from businesses that have signed the pledge form).

Activity 35
Make a personal visit to an elected official. Dress in business attire. Research and discuss Perkins Funding. Take a photo with the official. (Prepare and upload a press release and a copy of the photo).