ARCHIVES
Months/Years

Submitted story & photo

Wilburton Mayor Karin Woodruff signs a proclamation in celebration of FBLA–PBL Week, February 13–19, 2005. Lambda Lambda chapter officers watching are Lindy Morgan, President from Wilburton; Hiroki Sawayanagi, Treasurer, Nagano, Japan; Chris Mervyn, Reporter, Wilburton; Tommy Gonzales, Student Senate Representative, Clayton; Jenna Gonzales, Parliamentarian, Clayton; Amber Cole, Secretary, Wilburton; Belinda Keith, Historian, Stigler; and Carmen Beers, Vice President, Hartshorne.

Future Business Leaders of America–Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. (FBLA–PBL) is a nonprofit vocational student organization that prepares students for careers in business and business education. Its 250,000–plus members and advisors in 12,000 chartered chapters include students from the United States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Europe. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.

Text for proclamation:

WHEREAS, Future Business Leaders of America–Phi Beta Lambda is a non–profit educational organization whose first chapter was established in Johnson City, Tennessee, in 1942; and

WHEREAS, this organization has grown now to encompass over 250,000 members nationwide in high schools, colleges, universities, career and technical schools, and private business schools; and

WHEREAS, FBLA–PBL is a professional business organization dedicated to bringing business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs; and

WHEREAS, members perform community service activities and strive to build a student's understanding of the realities of the modern business world; and

WHEREAS, FBLA teaches high school students basic business and leadership principles, and PBL helps university, college, technical and business school students to make the transition from school to work;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, the Honorable Karin Woodruff, Mayor of the city of Wilburton, do hereby proclaim February 13–19, 2005, as NATIONAL FBLA–PBL WEEK in the city of Wilburton.