Gainesville High School’s DECA chapter recently held DECA week with a full week of festivities to support and raise awareness of DECA and the COE program.
The week’s activities were kicked off on Friday, October 5, with DECA Game Night. A Guitar Hero 2 tournament was held to raise money for the DECA chapter. The tournament was divided into the same levels that the game is divided into: easy, medium, hard, and expert. Twenty people entered the tournament and enjoyed competing with their friends for victory. The winners were: Jordan Stewart—expert and hard, Melissa Stewart—medium, and Colton Gardner—easy. Those who were not interested in competing enjoyed watching the competition and the movie, School of Rock.
The week continued on Tuesday, October 9, with Dress For Work Day. Members of DECA dressed up in the clothes that they wear to work. Wednesday was Teacher Appreciation Day. DECA gave teachers cookies to show appreciation for their support of DECA projects and students. DECA also provided them with free delivery from Subway for lunch.
Thursday, October 11, was DECA’s Community Service Project Day. DECA members went to each class and collected donations for Faith Home in Honduras. The class that raised the most money was given a prize. Two retired teachers from Gainesville are currently serving in Honduras at Faith Home so this project is close to many people’s hearts. I am proud to report that $119.52 was raised to support Faith Home. The DECA chapter also voted to raise the donation to equal $240.00—the amount of money it takes to support a child at Faith Home for one year.
The week concluded with Diamond Scavenger Hunt. DECA Diamonds were placed all around the school. The student who collected the most throughout the day was given a prize. The winner of DECA’s scavenger hunt was Jeremy Hambelton. The scavenger hunt raised awareness within the school for DECA.
A bulletin board highlighting DECA members and projects was displayed during DECA week.
By Megan Turner, Gainesville DECA Reporter
By Megan Turner, Gainesville DECA Reporter
1 comment:
I love the guitar hero idea. People love that stuff! we could use something fun like that to raise money for MDA!...just an idea!
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