Promoting FCCLA
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
FCCLA is a national, nonprofit, career and technical student organization for students in Family and Consumer Sciences education. It is the only student and technical student organization with family as the focus. FCCLA has helped students develop into future family members, and community leaders since 1945. Currently, FCCLA has over 200,000 members in over 5,500 chapter across the U.S., Puerta Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Our Eight Purposes
- to provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life
- to strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society
- to encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
- to encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony
- to promote greater understanding between youth and adults
- to provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities.
- to prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society
- to promote Family and Consumer Sciences and related occupations
Why Join FCCLA, the Ultimate Leadership Experience?
FCCLA is fun, looks great on a college application, allows you to travel, to compete, to meet to people, to learn speaking skills, and to develop confidence. FCCLA helps students develop career skills and learn to balance career and family responsibilities, strengthen home and family life, develop a personal leadership style, experience the satisfaction of helping others, observe Family and Consumer Sciences related careers, build supportive relationships with teachers in a less formal atmosphere. FCCLA is the ultimate way to prepare for college, careers, and life. FCCLA creates memories that will last a lifetime.