In December 2009, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the National Financial Capability Challenge. They said that along with getting the economy back on track and getting smarter about financial regulation, we also need to make sure all Americans – but especially our youth – get the financial education they need to help them take responsibility for their financial futures. Treasury and Education are committed to working together on this issue.

The Challenge – an awards program for educators and high schools students that aims to encourage the teaching of personal finance – is our first step in a new partnership.
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Welcome Nevada FBLA to an exciting year! Your state officer team is very enthusiastic and has gigantic plans to make this year Simply the Best! Nevada FBLA has many great conferences this year to help members become Simply the Best, including the Fall Leadership Extravaganza, National Fall Leadership Conference, regional events, the State Business Leadership Conference, and the National Leadership Conference. These conferences are a huge opportunity to network and learn and many of these conferences can be life changing. Take advantage of every opportunity! Attend as many conferences as you can! Represent your state, school, and yourself well at these conferences!

Remember to check back here, and the national website, www.fbla-pbl.org, regularly for important information, updates, and events. I have confidence that this year Nevada FBLA will reach new limits! I believe and have confidence in my state! Be proud you’re from Nevada! Good luck this year and be “Simply the Best!”

In Inspiration,

Carmen Puentes
2009-2010 State President
Nevada FBLA
 

Dress and Impress Clothing Program

We received a considerable donation of women’s professional clothes for DECA and FBLA members. In order to distribute them to members in need, the DECA Southern Nevada Vice President, Antares Vargas put together a website for students to select items. Natalie Pinkney, FBLA Southern Region VP, assisted in getting the clothes sorted, sized and photographed. Students who are in need of professional dress, just go to the website, select what they want, email us and the clothes will sent to you.

www.dress-and-impress.webs.com

2009 Fall Leadership Extravaganza

MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE

2010 Nevada High School Business Plan Competition

Get ready for the upcoming 2010 Nevada High School Business Plan Competition and Student Entrepreneurship Conference! To find out more information about deadlines, the official rules and more download the following resources today.

• Flyer
• Official Rules
• Intent to Compete Form

Nevada FBLA 2008-09 State President Named Nevada’s
Savviest on Finance

By Emily Richmond, Las Vegas Sun
Mon, Apr 6, 2009

Izack Tenorio, a junior in Clark High School’s Academy of Finance, understands the roots of the nation’s economic crisis, its effect on world markets and the potential risks of the government’s bailout and recovery plans.

Tenorio is arguably the most financially literate high school student in Nevada. He won a statewide competition that tested his knowledge of business and economics and will represent Nevada at the national championships for the event sponsored by DECA, an association of marketing students. (Read More)

  Reach for the Stars Scholarship

The Nevada State Education Association is announcing their “Reach for the Stars” scholarship for any graduate of a Nevada public high school.  Applications are due March 20 and available on the web at www.nsea-nv.org . Click on the “Reach for the Stars” logo for more information. 

Important Albertsons
Community Partners Action Item

Dear Friends,As many of you know, we have been earning much needed funding through the Albertsons Community Partners Program. We need your help to continue earning funds. Even if you have linked your Preferred Savings Card to our organization in the past, you need to re-link your card number in order for us to continue earning funds. Link (or re-link) your Albertsons Preferred Savings card to our organization now at: www.albertsonscp.com. All you need is your Preferred Savings Card Number and our Organization ID. It will only take a minute and will help us greatly. Nevada FBLA's Community Partner ID number is: 49001015963 You must relink your card at the website above by February 28, 2009 in order to keep earning funds for our organization. Please pass this notice around to your friends, relatives, co-workers and neighbors so they can link their cards for us as well. If you do not have a Preferred Savings card, you can get one at any Albertsons or online at Albertsons.com. Every time you shop at Albertsons and scan your linked Preferred Savings Card, we will earn back up to 4% of your shopping dollars! Thank you for your support!

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Some of you may have heard of Twitter; others not. If you have, then you know how cool it is! If you have not, then you are about to know!  Twitter is one of the fastest growing and most unique social networks in the world! Many students are already signed up for Twitter. One of the great beauties of Twitter is that it is both an internet blog site and a mass text message vehicle. If you are already a member of Twitter, please FOLLOW “NevadaFBLA”.  If you’re not yet a member, please sign up! Make sure to link your mobile phone number and receive text messages. To sign up, go to www.twitter.com and register and learn all about it.  Follow “NevadaFBLA”.  Here is how Nevada FBLA will use Twitter this year: Nevada FBLA will be sending out Twitter updates as SBLC information continues to update, and while we’re on site at the SBLC, we’ll be sending out “Twitter” notices as finals are posted and results are in, along with other exciting updates during the conference. If you’re unfamiliar with Twitter, ask other students– they’ll help you through the process. It could also be an easy way for you to start distributing chapter information – get yourself signed up, have your members “follow” your twitters, and you simply send one message, and it forwards a mass text message to all of your followers.

Get on board with the latest social networking phenomenon; Twitter.  To sign up for Twitter, or to follow Nevada FBLA, go to www.twitter.com. 

Attention Sponsors

Click the link below for the current Nevada FBLA Business Partnership Program. If you have any questions about sponsoring Nevada FBLA please click here.

• Nevada FBLA Business Partnership Program (PDF)
• Nevada FBLA Business Partnership Program Form (DOC)

Visit the Sponsors & Partners page to see current sponsors.