Future Award Activities

SERVICE (Complete 3 activities from this section.)

Activity 1
Donate ten (10) hours of service to an educational or service organization (e.g., March of Dimes, parent-teacher association, chamber of commerce).

Activity 2
Help your chapter adviser(s) with activities to celebrate American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week.

Activity 3
Participate on your chapter's community service project committee. (Prepare a 100-word summary describing what you learned from participating on this committee and how it benefited you.)

Activity 4
Participate in a promotional or fund-raising project for the March of Dimes. (Complete the Online Activity Report form.)

Activity 5
Help plan a social activity for your chapter. (Prepare a 100-word description of the project.)

Activity 6
Write a one-page report on a service organization in your community and present it to your chapter or a business class.

Activity 7
Other-As designated by local adviser. (Prepare a description of 100 words or less.)


EDUCATION (FBLA members must complete three activities from this section.)

Activity 8
Accounting. Using a spreadsheet, create a one-month budget for yourself or for your local chapter.

Activity 9
Entrepreneurship. List at least ten (10) goals (related to school, career, and profession) for yourself and your future and include a description of how you plan to accomplish each one.

Activity 10
Communications. Read a business article or story from Tomorrow's Business Leader, FBLA's national publication. Write and upload a one-page letter in proper business format summarizing and reacting to this article. Address the letter to your local chapter adviser.

Activity 11
Marketing. Write and upload a one-page paper on a marketing career.

Activity 12
Entrepreneurship. List five (5) personal strengths and one personal weakness. Write and upload a 100-word summary on what you can do to overcome the weakness.

Activity 13
International Business. Collect advertising related to international business. Describe your findings to your local adviser in a one-page memo in proper business format.


PROGRESS (Complete four activities. The first three activities are required.)

Activity 14
Required. Bring a friend who is a nonmember to a local chapter FBLA meeting.

Activity 15
Required. Complete the Future Award test with a score of 92 percent or higher.

Activity 16
Required. Attend at least two (2) local chapter meetings.

Activity 17
Invite a business leader to speak at a meeting. (Write a letter inviting this businessperson to your meeting.)

Activity 18
Attend a local chapter activity/event. (Prepare a 100-word summary describing this event or activity.)

Activity 19
Memorize and recite the FBLA Creed at a chapter meeting and explain your understanding of this creed as it relates to your future and to the business world.