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Wilburton Mayor Proclaims Business Club Celebration
(Press Release 04-03-06)
Hank Mooney, Office of Public Information

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EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE PBL CELEBRATES FBLA–PBL WEEK

Wilburton Mayor Karin Woodruff signs a proclamation in celebration of FBLA–PBL Week in February. Lambda Lambda chapter officers watching are President Jayme Darragh, Hatfield, AR; Student Senate Representative Mandy Atkinson, Wilburton; Secretary Jessie Goodin, Eufaula; Vice President Phylicia Karch, Canadian; and Treasurer Amanda Mayhew, Wilburton.

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 12–18, 2006, as NATIONAL FBLA–PBL WEEK in the city of Wilburton.