Take a look at what the chapters in NORTH DAKOTA are doing this month!

Drake – Anamoose:

The Drake-Anamoose FBLA chapter has had a busy month filled with opportunities for leadership, service, and fun. On October 5th and 6th, members attended the annual Fall Leadership Conference, where they joined FBLA chapters from across the state to participate in workshops on leadership, communication, and professionalism. Students also had the chance to network with other members and hear from inspiring speakers who encouraged them to pursue their goals with confidence. Later in the month, the chapter attended MSU Tech Day, sponsored by SRT, where members explored careers in technology and gained hands-on experience with innovations in cybersecurity, communication, finance, and software. In addition to these events, the chapter held its October monthly meeting, where members enjoyed painting pumpkins together. A fun, creative way to celebrate the fall season and build camaraderie within the chapter. The Drake-Anamoose FBLA chapter also stays active in the school community by running the concession stand during home games, raising funds for future activities while serving fans and families. Another highlight of the year is the student-run coffee shop, which gives members valuable experience in customer service, teamwork, and business operations. Through all these events and activities, the Drake-Anamoose FBLA chapter continues to demonstrate leadership, creativity, and dedication to both personal and community growth. In addition to these accomplishments, the members have begun preparing for the State Leadership Conference by signing up for events.

Glen Ullin:

 

Grand Forks Central High School:

October was a busy month for Grand Forks Central FBLA. We attended and brought 24 students to the ND Fall Leadership Conference. Most of the students were new to FBLA or our chapter officers. Students had a great time and learned more about FBLA and what to expect throughout the year. GFC FBLA Also submitted registration through the national office and we registered 26 students. That shows a growth already and we are expecting more members to attend and become a member of our chapter and compete at the State Leadership Conference. We have also had a couple chapter meetings and officer meetings. We are in the process of setting up a tour of the UND Nistler College of Business, we have invited a local businessman to come and speak to our chapter, and we are going to do a hot chocolate fundraiser where we will also promote FBLA and encourage students to attend the next meeting. Finally, GFC FBLA was award the Summer Starter for Champion Chapter! We are now working to finalize the Shaping Success portion of Champion Chapter and should have that all completed by the next deadline.

Hatton/Northwood:

We have been busy working on BAAs and LEAD. We have about half of our members started, and 5 have almost completed. We have been very busy this month working on Community Service Projects and Event Planning projects, each of which has met twice. We went to the Long Term Care Facility and played bingo on October 28th. We are also getting people to come in and help us with our Food Drive starting the beginning of November. We were Co-sponsors with the Senior class to host a Halloween Bash where we served have a meal a meal that was a pasta bar, garlic toast, and dessert. We had around 40 items donated for the silent auction, and had a Haunted House. We made over $3,000, which was donated to a lady in our community who is going through chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer. Her son is one of our members. We had a Buddy-up event where new members were helped with our more seasoned members, and they did a word scramble, and the winners received Oreo Cookies. We held an auction during Homecoming Week where we auctioned off a volleyball and a football that had the team’s signature on them, and they were sold to the highest bidder during the homecoming game. We made around $400. We attended FLC, where we had 14 members attend. We had a Spirit Day where our members wore their new shirts, and we posted it online. We had about 90% of our members were their shirts. We held two nights of concessions for fundraising for our chapter during this month. About half of our members participated in these events. They worked during a shift or they brought bars for this event. We made around $700 from both events. We are doing Thanksgiving Baskets for the needy families in our communities. We had the local banker come in and talk to our members about customer service and banking. We have completed and submitted the Shaping for Success Champion Chapter with 1800 points submitted 2 ½ weeks ahead of time. We are working on our Food Pantry Drive and getting a speaker lined up and a poster made to be put around the school and community. We are also partnering up with the local church and Thrivent organization to help us with this project.

Hazen:

In the month of October, the Hazen chapter did many fun things. During our chapter meeting, we went over the events going on during the month, then we played the cup grab game to get the members up and moving to have some fun. On October 18th, we went to the Haunted Fort Lincoln in Mandan with our school’s FFA and FCCLA chapters. October 25th, we held our first Students in Service activity. Our chapter brought grades K-12 together to make cards for our local healthcare workers, then had a fun filled night of bingo, scavenger hunts, coloring, and movies. Finally, on October 28th the Hazen chapters of FBLA, FFA, FCCLA, and HOSA got together at our school to carve pumpkins and have pizza.

Linton High School:

The Linton FBLA chapter had a busy month of October. Our officer team attended the Fall Leadership Conference in Bismarck, where we set goals for our chapter. We also discussed officer duties and the BAA awards. As a chapter, we are working on ND Go For Gold and Shaping Success. These two projects help guide our Program of Work and monthly activities. Our community service project is well on its way, focusing on Veteran Appreciation. Our members have spent time in the elementary and middle school classrooms teaching students what it means to be a veteran and the importance of showing our gratitude to service members. We have started our first fundraiser selling popcorn through Poppin Popcorn, along with working concessions and selling our school store items at home sporting events. As a chapter, we lined up a business tour of the Kirkwood Mall, and we will be attending the One Million Cups in November. One of our members is organizing an American Heart Association awareness project. We had held our first chapter professional dress day. Our chapter T-shirt designs were finalized and ordered, and will arrive for American Enterprise Week. We had a Linton Chamber of Commerce meeting this month that two of our members attended. The Chamber had asked for more students’ voices in its activities, and our chapter was the first to volunteer to attend!

Mandan High School:

Trick-Or-Treat for canned goods, students go around the community and ask for any canned goods that they want to get rid of. All donations that we get, get donated to our food pantry located in the high school.

Maple Valley:

This month was a great start of our second year of FBLA in our school district. We attended FLC with 11 students this year! That’s four more than last year and the members really enjoyed it! At our monthly meeting we this month we went over the different competitive event options and members are now able to find the ones they want to compete it. We are excited to see where this chapter goes this year! Stay tuned!

May-Port CG:

During the month of October, the MPCG FBLA chapter started competing in partner program events. Many members competed in the Stock Market Game, Virtual Business Challenge, and LifeSmarts. Members were also introduced to their newest fundraiser, the month of money. Each member is to sell 5 tickets priced at $50 each. Along with regular meetings, members also began to set their events for the SLC through a Google form and meeting with advisers. Members will each receive a chapter shirt next month.

Minot High School:

Community Service Project: This month, our chapter hosted a major community service initiative called the Winter Gear Drive. The goal of this project was to support families in need during the harsh winter season in North Dakota. To spread awareness, we created and distributed posters throughout the community and shared them across various social media platforms, including radio, television, newspaper and our own instagram and multiple facebook pages. We encouraged community members to donate new or gently used winter clothing items such as coats, hats, gloves, and boots that they no longer needed. After a successful collection period, we reached out to local elementary schools to help identify families who could benefit most from this. We then hosted the event at our school where families were invited to come and pick out any items they needed for themselves or their children, completely free of charge.This project was an incredible opportunity for our chapter to give back to our community, and we’re proud of the positive impact it made during a time when warmth and support are especially important.

Our chapter is working hard to raise funds for our upcoming State and National FBLA Conferences! Our officers and members are selling boxes of World’s Finest Chocolate for just $2 each. Not only will this fundraiser help support travel and registration costs for our chapter, but it also benefits our members by giving them an opportunity to develop their communication and sales skills. Every bar sold brings us one step closer to reaching our goals and representing our chapter at the next level!

Minot North:

Chapter officers attended state FLC, we participated in a Trunk or Treat event with our school’s DECA, we fundraised for our chapter by working concessions at volleyball games, we also had a guest speaker, Wendi Baggaley, for a lesson/talk parliamentary procedure.

 

Nedrose High School:

The month of October kicked off with 13 of our 23 members attending the Fall Leadership Conference in Bismarck. This was great opportunity for new and returning members to network and get excited for the upcoming year. We even had 2 more students join after learning how much fun members had at FLC. Members have served concessions at 2 volleyball games so far and have been selling world’s finest chocolate like crazy to help raise funds for our chapter. We ended the month with a Chapter Work Day where 11 members attended. They spent the afternoon working on their BAAs, Student Challenges as well as looking at what events they want to compete in this spring.

Red River High School:

October was a busy month for RRHS FBLA! Our chapter attended FLC in Bismarck and had a blast! We also collected and submitted our dues. We did a community service project where we painted pumpkin ornaments with the residents of Edgewood Independent Living Center. We are still working on the Stock Market Game, a fundraising event with ND Coffee Roastery, and a food drive in the works!

Stanley High School:

The Stanley FBLA chapter had a productive and exciting October, filled with leadership experiences, fundraising success, and plenty of chapter spirit. The month began with select members attending the North Dakota FBLA Fall Leadership Conference in Bismarck. Our own Payton Lystad represented Stanley FBLA in a leadership role by helping to facilitate the conference and leading a workshop. Our chapter kicked off the second day of the conference bright and early Monday morning with a chapter breakfast at IHOP. Back at school, Stanley FBLA held two chapter meetings during October. This year, our chapter is focusing on helping members prepare for competitive events leading up to the State Leadership Conference (SLC) in the spring. At our first meeting, we discussed objective test events, giving members insight into study strategies and event selection. Later in the month, we explored role play events and what judges look for during competitions. Attendance was especially strong at our last meeting—though the donuts we served might have had something to do with that! On the fundraising front, our chapter continued to manage the school’s snack vending machine, which remains one of our most successful projects. In fact, at one point this month, we made over $700 in just three days! Members have also been busy selling Little Caesars Pizza kits, with delivery and pickup expected in November. As October came to a close, our members were already looking ahead to our third annual Mini Spirit Week, held during the short school week in November. The event includes themed dress-up days, snacks, and treats attached to the FBLA locker signs in the hallways. The week will also feature our participation in Tech Day at Minot State University, where eight members represented Stanley FBLA in various competitions. We’re proud to share that three members placed in the top three of their respective events! Meanwhile, other members have been showing off their business skills by competing virtually in the Stock Market Game, applying what they’ve learned in real-world financial scenarios. To wrap up the month, Stanley FBLA celebrated the addition of two new members who joined at the end of October. We also hosted a Pumpkin Carving and Cookie Decorating Night on October 24 for all members. It was a “BYOP – Bring Your Own Pumpkin” event, and our chapter provided cookies, frosting, and plenty of snacks. Nearly 50% of our membership attended, which we consider a huge success—especially for a 7:00 p.m. Friday night activity! Overall, the Stanley FBLA chapter is proud of the energy and involvement our members have shown so far this school year. We’re feeling positive about our progress and excited for what’s ahead in November and beyond!

Tioga Public School:

In the month of October, the Tioga FBLA chapter was able to achieve a lot. One of the first things we did was take our officers to the Fall Leadership Conference. They got the opportunity to go to workshops, and listen to great speakers. The second event our chapter was fortunate to be able to participate in was the MSU Tech Day event. At this event, members competed in various business-related events. We were proud to have four members place:
1st Place Presentation Software – Kiya Sparks
2nd Place Cybersecurity – Henry Rhode
2nd Place Personal Finance- Dwayne Declaro
3rd Place Spreadsheets – Taylor Brown

A fundraising accomplishment we had this month was our chapter fundraiser. Our FBLA chapter decided to open a drink shop in the mornings at our school. We have made a good amount of profit, the members are learning vital customer service skills, and the students love being able to get a drink in the morning.
For community outreach, our chapter also participated in the Pumpkin Fest event that the Main Street businesses hosted. Chapter members organized a fall themed coloring activity and book reading for children that visited the Tioga Soda Shoppe during the Pumpkin Fest event.
Overall the month of October has been a very busy and successful month for the Tioga FBLA Chapter.

 

Thank you to all of the Chapters who submitted their news!