SCCC DECA was among 645 chapters that achieved Thrive Level recognition during the 2023-2024 school year and will be commended at DECA’s International Career Development Conference (ICDC) held April 27-30, 2024, in Anaheim, California.
Each fall, DECA offers four campaigns for chapters to complete as part of their program of leadership for the year. These campaigns are designed to grow membership engagement and build lasting partnerships within the school and local community. Chapters that achieve Thrive Level receive a commemorative pennant, flag and plaque. The chapters also have an opportunity to participate in ICDC.
In order to receive Thrive Level recognition, the chapter completed three out of three chapter campaigns, including the community service campaign, ethical leadership campaign, and promotional campaign. Alternatively, the chapter participated in the membership campaign, which challenged the chapter to attain two of three goals: recruit 20 professional members, recruit 20 alumni members or increase student membership by 20 more members from the previous school year. SCCC DECA was able to earn achievement status this year in the membership campaign by increasing their student membership by 20 more members than last year.
The SCCC DECA members who contributed to the Thrive recognition included all chapter members with the assistance of their advisor, Kerry Henley. Efforts by this year’s SCCC DECA leaders and members included helping to collect food, painting pumpkins to be
distributed to nursing home residents, helping raise funds and needed items for the animal shelter as well as working with local businesses and participating in the Ethical Leadership Challenge. “Our leaders and our members work hard to represent their chapter in a positive light. We love to give back to the community and work with local businesses to help them thrive. I am very impressed with this year’s projects, and our projects have helped us
to achieve many of our goals this year. I cannot wait to see how well everyone does at district competition in February. It’s another exciting year. Said Kerry Henley, DECA Advisor.