America Award Activities

SERVICE (Complete four (4) activities from this section. The first two (2) 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
Participate on a committee to plan a free enterprise project to promote American Enterprise Day. (Complete the interactive Project Activity Report form, and prepare a copy of a news release.)

Activity 4
Do something special for Adviser Appreciation Day during FBLA-PBL Week for your local or state adviser. (Write 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.)


EDUCATION (Complete two (2) activities in this section. The first one (1) is required.)

Activity 9
Required. Entrepreneurship. Complete the interactive Current Events Internet assignment.

Activity 10
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 11
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 12
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.)


PROGRESS (Complete eight (8) of the activities listed below. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 13
Required. Complete the requirements for Membership Mania or recruit three new Professional Division members.

Activity 14
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 15
Participate in the National Fall Leadership Conference or the Institute for Leaders.

Activity 16
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 17
Attend a service organization meeting (e.g., Jaycees, Rotary Club, chamber of commerce, March of Dimes), and give a presentation about FBLA. (Prepare a letter to the organization's president summarizing what you learned and an outline of your presentation.)

Activity 18
Submit an application for the FBLA Distinguished Business Leader Scholarship.

Activity 19
Read an article in Tomorrow's Business Leader, and write a one-page summary of your reaction to the article.

Activity 20
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 21
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 22
Develop a chapter promotional exhibit about your FBLA chapter for parent-teacher conferences or for a school event. (Upload a scanned photo of your chapter exhibit and write a paragraph describing the effect on the chapter.)

Activity 23
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 24
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.)