LHS Future Business Leaders Attend National Conference
July 29, 2010
Although damaged by an historic flood only two months ago, the city of Nashville, TN welcomed over 5,000 Future Business Leaders of America students, including seven members from Linn High School, to their FBLA National Leadership Conference. With true southern hospitality (and the request for flexibility), the city and tourism department made arrangements to make the students experiences at the July 14-17 conference “Simply the Best!”
Students attending from Linn were LeAnn Cook, Kayla Ohlde, and Emily Ross who competed in the Business Financial Plan event and Robyn Meyer and Paige Nutsch who competed in the Web Site Development contest. Each of these teams earned the right to compete on the national level by placing first at the FBLA State Leadership Conference in March.
Meyer and Nutsch, whose entry consisted of a web page about the Linn FBLA Chapter, placed 9th among 58 competitors. They walked the stage at the Awards Ceremony and each received a plaque for their outstanding efforts. The site can be viewed by accessing http://usd223.org/pages/fbla2009/index.htm
The group also participated in campaign activities and meetings for their Mountain Plain Region and they attended some of the excellent workshops offered by the conference organizers. There was also time for some site seeing in the city.
Their trip was made possible by the kind support of members of our communities and area businesses who sent cash donations and supported the fundraisers so these students could experience the activities and compete at a national conference. “We can’t thank our supporters enough for funding the girls costs to attend this conference, it may not have been possible without their help,” states adviser Murlana Kern.
While the downtown area of Nashville is almost fully open and ready for visitors, there remains a great deal of the residential area and the area around the Gaylord Opryland Hotel (where the conference was originally scheduled to take place) that is still suffering from damage and in need of repair. Kansas FBLA is organizing an effort to send items and money to help the residents who were so gracious to its members during their visit.
