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NASCAR Driver and EMMY Winning Actor Team Up to Deliver Responsible Driving and Environmental Messages with NOYS
3/5/2012 1:14:39 PM, contributed by The Wire
NASCAR® driver Tayler Malsam and Emmy winning actor Bryton James have joined with Malsam's sponsor G-OIL® to form a unique alliance to develop traffic safety messaging for NOYS® and RADD® in support of the launch of Global Youth Traffic Safety Month® in May, 2012.The leading cause of death for young American children, teens and young adults, ages 5 to 24, is motor vehicle crashes.1 In 2009 about 3,000 teens in the United States aged 15 to 19 were killed and more than 350,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes.2 Under the direction of WM Marketing, the group's mission is to use the leverage of NASCAR and the interest of youth going green as a springboard to promote personal responsibility for our planet and its people, especially teens.
"Sustainability, a word linked to environmental practices, is really the long-term maintenance of responsibility," said Jeffrey Loch, President, and CMO of Green Earth Technologies, makers of G-OIL, America's first and only American Petroleum Institute, and USDA BioPreferred® certified bio-based full-synthetic motor oil. "Tayler and Bryton are perfect ambassadors as we team up with NOYS and RADD to help our youth recognize that personal responsibility extends beyond traffic safety to the environment."
"Launching at Daytona, Florida, with the support of the Florida Department of Transportation, RADD was proud to team up with G-Oil, NOYS, Bryton and Tayler to help promote year-round safety throughout the NASCAR Nationwide Series, beginning with a ramp up to May as Global Youth Traffic Safety Month. This partnership is a great way to spread our shared mission of living a safe and sustainable life style," said Erin Meluso, president of RADD, the Entertainment Industry's Voice for Road Safety.
"NOYS is grateful that young leaders like Bryton and Tayler are joining forces to help us make some "noise" for Global Youth Traffic Safety Month. Joining together with G-Oil, Bryton and Tayler, we'll support traffic safety and environmentally safe resources to sustain a safe and healthy world, said Sandy Spavone," executive director of National Organizations for Youth Safety® (NOYS).
The team's spokespersons are rising lights in different worlds. Tayler Malsam, 23, driver of the #19 G-Oil Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series earned runner-up honors as 2009 Rookie of the Year in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series. Bryton, 24, an Emmy winning star of CBS' daytime drama "The Young & The Restless" has been a philanthropist since he was a child star on "Family Matters." Together and separately, they support the team's complementary road safety charities, NOYS and RADD, both of which are also supported by Toyota Motor Sales, USA.
Bryton will help voice-over future G-OIL commercials and appear at selected NASCAR races. Malsam and the #19 G-OIL Toyota Camry team will work with WM Marketing and RADD to create opportunities throughout the year to "Make NOYS" by raising awareness among teens and adults that personal responsibility - for the environment and each other's safety is the only sound choice.
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CTE: Learning that Works for America
2/1/2012 3:14:42 PM, contributed by The WireCTE: Learning that works for America from NASDCTEc on Vimeo.
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A Semester of Service
1/17/2012 10:56:02 AM, contributed by Madison College (WI) BPA(Note: This story was written and submitted by Madison College BPA. Your chapter can publish stories about your chapter, too! Click here for information about the BPA.org Custom Chapter System.)
During the 2011 fall semester, the local BPA chapter at Madison College got involved with four community service projects assisting four different organizations: East Madison Community Center, Catholic Multicultural Center, Toys for Tots, and Badger Childhood Cancer Network. The activities ranged from collecting and donating items to helping parents pick out Christmas gifts for their children to helping set up a holiday party for families who have been touched by childhood cancer.
East Madison Community Center & Catholic Multicultural Center
The Executive Leadership Team (ELT) at Madison College hosts a school wide community service project every year and invites all the student clubs to participate. This year the East Madison Community Center (EMCC) was chosen as the beneficiary. The EMCC has been around since 1966 and offers educational, recreational, and assistance programs for families, adults, and children.To make the project more fun, ELT had a prize for the club who collected the most items from November 12 - December 2. Although the BPA club did not win, they helped the college collect 1935 items! These items went toward the food, household items and clothing distribution that EMCC hosts on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Before the Madison College BPA chapter knew about the school wide community service project, they were brainstorming on potential service projects. One of their members worked as a summer intern six years prior at the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) and inquired with the CMC how the club could assist them. The CMC has been around since 1946 and like the EMCC offers many programs that serve those in need.
The CMC volunteer coordinator suggested the group collect items such as food, personal essentials, and winter accessories. Once the school wide project was proposed, they decided to collect items for both organizations, but extended the collection deadline for the CMC to the end of the semester.
Toys for Tots
Advisor Jeff Quinlan and member Emily Cauthen at Toys for Tots event
“I wasn’t able to participate last year so I didn’t know what to expect,” says BPA member Emily Cauthen. “But it was great! I couldn’t believe how many toys filled the exhibition hall. And it was fun to learn about the children I was helping pick gifts for. One of the dads I assisted was so appreciative of a gift card he received for groceries. He was shocked; not only could he give gifts to his three children, but also have the ability to buy food for his family!”
Badger Childhood Cancer Network
The fourth community service project was discovered by one of the BPA members while she was at work. She struck up a conversation with a customer checking out, who happened to be the Holiday Party Chair for the Badger Childhood Cancer Network’s (BCCN) holiday party. They needed volunteers to prepare for the party in mid-December by donating gifts and gift cards, wrapping gifts, and setting up the space. Volunteers were also needed during the actual party, which was hosted at the Madison Children’s Museum.
Emily Cauthen, Elizabeth Sieger, Stacy Dayton, and Sierra Sieger after wrapping gifts
“BCCN is made up mostly of parents who at one time had a child battling cancer. They have been there and now do everything they can to lighten the burden on other families,” says Holiday Party Chair Elizabeth Sieger. Sieger is a parent who knows what it’s like to raise a child fighting cancer. Her seven year old son, Hudson, began his battle with leukemia when he was 22 months and now is cancer free.
“I was able to sit at the greeting table [and] I enjoyed watching all the children and parents coming in,” shares BPA member Stacy Dayton, who volunteered for gift wrapping and during the holiday party. “You could tell in their eyes how grateful they were to have people plan a big party for them at no cost. It was really amazing to just watch the children having so much fun and enjoying themselves. It was one of the most eye opening experiences I have ever had.”
The BPA chapter at Madison College was able to reach out to four organizations in just a few months and will strive to continue to make a positive impact in their community. When the spring semester begins in January 2012, they will start planning new community service projects.
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Free Registration For The Economist's Which MBA? Online Fair
1/9/2012 9:54:04 AM, contributed by The WireTo BPA Post-secondary Advisors and Students:
You may already know that business school is a great opportunity to learn new skills, advance your career and increase your salary. But how will you know which program is right for you?
At The Economist's Which MBA? Online Fair on February 6th and 7th, you'll get inside access to dozens of business schools across the world.
Registration is FREE, and enables you to:
- Talk with admissions officers, current MBA students and alumni
- View webinars and videos with advice from MBA experts
- Join chat sessions about student life and special programs
- Download brochures, videos and school applications
http://registermbafair.whichmba.com/?source=bpa
I look forward to seeing you at the Which MBA? Online Fair.
Sincerely,
Amy Hollingsworth
Director of Strategic Initiatives
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Minutes Paper Saving Project
1/5/2012 2:10:15 PM, contributed by WITC Rice Lake
Article by: Courtney Krenzke-MasrudPictured Left to Right: Jennifer Zinsmaster (Local Parliamentarian) and Sarah Heller (Local President)
First, the Rice Lake BPA e-mails out the minutes a few days before each meeting and ask for any corrections. This gives members an opportunity to read and correct the minutes before we get to meet helping to eliminate the number of errors. When, minutes have errors they have to be reprinted and reapproved.
Second, the Rice Lake BPA has stopped preprinting minutes for members for each meeting. Because we did not always have a definate number of people attending every meeting, we were continually printing too many minutes which resulted in a waste of paper and ink. Now BPA members have two options for viewing the minutes at meeting. Number one, they can preprint a copy of the minutes for themselves to bring to the meeting from the e-mail. Number two, members can view the minutes on the overhead PowerPoint that Sarah Heller puts together for every meeting.
Third, members can download the minutes off the Local Rice Lake BPA Local Archives Web page. As soon as the minutes are approved they are loaded on the the Web page at www.bpa.org/c/ricelake/5.
Members seem to be liking these options because it gives them the right to choose what they want with out wasting anyone's personal printing allowance. Some members like to keep copies of all the minutes for themselves while other would throw them away as soon as the meeting is over because they don't like to keep track of them.
" I love not having a pile of minutes that have to be thrown away at the end of the meeting!" Courtney Krenzke-Masrud "We save so much paper this way and yet those who want to have a paper copy can!"
.5 hours per set of minutes to upload to site & insert into PowerPoint x 10 sets of minutes = 5 hours
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Congrats to New BPA Chapters
12/21/2011 10:48:13 AM, contributed by The WireCongratulations to the following New Chapters who have qualified to receive the 2011-2012 Membership New Chapter Swag Bag. New Chapters who registered and paid membership by the Nov. 1 early registration deadline qualified to receive a New Chapter Swag bag filled with BPA goodies!
Asa Phillip Randolph Academies of Technology, FL
Brenda Brown, Advisor
Indiana University Bloomington, IN
Keith Dayton, Advisor
Shakamak Jr./Sr. High School, IN
Dena Irwin, Advisor
Rushville Consolidated High School, IN
Andrew Dunn, Advisor
New Haven High School, IN
Gayle Topp, Advisor
IN Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, IN
Kenneth Stuart, Advisor
Pewamo-Westphalia High School, MI
Richelle Deo, Advisor
Eaton ISD Career Preparation Center, MI
Jamie Hess, Advisor
Madison High School, MI
Sandy Rohlman, Advisor
Edsel Ford High School, MI
Janice Hathaway, Advisor
Havre High School, MT
Heather Haney, Advisor
Opheim, MT
Becky Dowden, Advisor
Floyd High School, NM
Caleb Dodd, Advisor
Lakota West High School, OH
Bonnie Graman, Advisor
Pickaway-Ross Satellite/Circleville High School, OH
Mary Wingett, Advisor
Byng Junior High, OK
Nancy Renes, Advisor
McCall Middle School, OK
Linda Kisinger, Advisor
Shannon Learning Center / BISD , TX
Rhonda Sparks, Advisor
John H. Reagan Early College High School, TX
Arcelia Girod, Advisor
Memorial High School, TX
Jyusef Larry, Advisor
Seabrook Intermediate School, TX
Jerry Lyne, Advisor
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BPA Featured in Jump$tart Newsletter
12/7/2011 2:30:53 PM, contributed by The WireBusiness Professionals of America was recently featured in the the Jump$tart newsletter!
Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of pre-kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources. Jump$tart strives to prepare youth for life-long successful financial decision-making.
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National President Jay Mulakala Speaks at the 2011 ACTE Conference
11/21/2011 11:17:55 AM, contributed by The WireClick here to read the whole article.