FBLA hosts successful stew night
PRESQUE ISLE — Presque Isle High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) group held the first stew night at the Presque Isle Snowmobile Club on Jan. 8.
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WINNING COOKS — FBLA parents who contributed a chicken stew or chili for the recent stew night included, from left, Kelly McHatten, Kimberly Hemphill, Marie Cash, Steve Spooner and Sue Graves. Also contributing but absent from the photo were Cathy Beaulieu, Addy Beck-Bell, Natasha Brewer, Marci Driscoll, Sarah Ellsworth, Hank Ford, Stacey Michaud and Ariana Patterson.
SWEET DETAIL — Presque Isle High School’s Future Business Leaders of America members, from left, Sierra Blade, Kylee Mejia, Emma Beaulieu and Mari Shaw help serve dessert during stew night at the Presque Isle Snowmobile Club. The group offered a big thank you to all of the parents who donated brownies, ice cream and soda.
WELCOMING COMMITTEE — FBLA students selling stew night tickets at the Presque Isle Snowmobile Club are, from left, Rachel Maxwell, Leslie Mejia and Lauren Graves.
CLEANING UP — Kailee Clark and Grant Hemphill, FBLA members from Presque Isle High School, wash dishes after the club’s recent stew night at the Presque Isle Snowmobile Club. 
Several chicken stews and chilis were enjoyed by many community members. The FBLA students sold tickets at the door and served stew and chili, along with brownies a la mode, to those attending. Following the meal they helped with cleaning up.
The annual state FBLA convention will be held March 13-15 in Portland. Thirty-one students from the local club will compete against students from 11 schools all representing the state of Maine by taking business-related tests and presenting projects that will be done prior to the event.
An activity offered through the Presque Isle Regional Career and Technical Center (PIRCTC), FBLA is a national organization of high school students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken business courses.
According to the SAD 1 handbook, the club’s goal is “to foster interest in and understanding of American business enterprise through the development of individual projects which contribute to the improvement of home, business, and community.” The club seeks to help students transition from the school atmosphere to the world of work.
