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Area 6 DECA! Have all of you signed up for WRLC yet? If not, you’re missing out on

a weekend of fun! This year, the Western Region Leadership Conference is being

hosted by Washington DECA in downtown Seattle. The conference will go from

November 15-18, and there are bound to be lots of exciting activities. Some things to look

forward to are:

* Hearing from bestselling author, Paralympic ski racer, and nationally known

inspirational speaker, Josh Sundquist

* Mock competition * Chapter Leadership Academy * Geoteaming

*Exploring Seattle *Attending a Jim Wand hypnotist show

Sign up for WRLC soon before all the spots fill up! There are a limited number of openings,

and all 14 states in the Western Region will be vying for them! I look forward to seeing Area

6 in Seattle come November!

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AREA 6 CHAPTERS:

Chiawana

Grandview

Hanford

Kamiakin

Kennewick

Pasco

Richland

Southridge

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

WRLC - 1

Running for office - 1

Spirit Award - 2

Member of the Month - 3

Retreat Recap - 3

The Movement - 4

DECA Direct - 5

Campaigns - 5

Chapter Visitations - 6

CHS DECA - 7

Calendar - 8

Trivia - 8

Interested in running for Area 6 President?

Is it your passion to lead, inspire, and reach the next level of your DECA experience?

Then becoming a DECA State Officer is right for you! Talk to your advisor today about

the process, AND email Britany DuVon (britany.duvon@wadeca-officer.org) for more

details & deadlines about the application. Area is December 13th so act now!

“Our aspirations are our possibilities.”- Robert Browning

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Other ways to get points...

Inside Story Headline

Spirit Award! The purpose of the Area Spirit Award is to get members, advisors, and chapters as a whole more involved in activities. A chapter wins by having the most points in their spirit award “account” at the end of the DECA year. Points can be obtained in multiple ways such as; attending an Area event, “liking” the Area 6 FB Page, sending Britany a picture of your

DECA Chapter, having a chapter visitation, or being the fastest email reply to any email updates Britany sends out. The winning chapter is given the trophy, shown at the left, to keep in their DECA classroom for the following school year. The trophy will be engraved with the school name and winning year. My hope is that future Area 6

President’s will continue the Area 6 Spirit Award, therefore the trophy will be a “traveling” trophy and have many different school names on it. The points for each chapter will be shown in each newsletter. If you ever have any questions about how your chapter got its points, ask Britany!

Spirit Award Points:

Chiawana - 58

Grandview - 3

Hanford - 132

Kamiakin – 147

Kennewick - 190

Pasco – 114

Richland - 224

Southridge - 82

**The Area President’s home chapter can only earn points for events that do not require the Area President’s attendance.

Area 6 Spirit Award!

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Megan Filippello

Area 6 September Member of the Month

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Megan is a senior at Kamiakin High School and has been in DECA for 2 years. She is

currently the President of the KaHS DECA Chapter and will be completing the 85

page School-Based Enterprise event at Gold Level.. She has given up an extra period

every day to devote herself to her DECA officer responsibilities. Megan is now a

manager at The Trading Post, (school store) and has proven

her dedication by giving up her lunches and working

countless hours at basketball games. Megan is involved in

many DECA activities which include the Area VI Officer

Retreat, Kamiakin DECA Officer Retreat, Junior Achievement,

Halloween House, Daddy Daughter Dance, DECA Week,

Kennewick Fall Leadership Conference, and many more!

Megan is also in extra-curricular activities - marching band,

harp ensemble, symphony orchestra, key club, link crew, tennis, national honor

society, youth group, and youth group counselor. Congratulations Megan on your

achievements, Kamiakin is lucky to have such a stand out President!

In early September, your chapter officers

joined Britany & Ashley at the Area 6 DECA

Officer Retreat held at Kamiakin High

School. With about 35 attendees and

advisors, we had a lot of fun planning and

sharing ideas about the upcoming year.

Britany & Ashley would like to thank all that

came and helped make the event a success!

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WHAT IT IS

The Movement is an international student-driven fundraiser for the Muscular

Dystrophy Association (MDA) in which all of DECA can participate. This project has

been organized by former Oklahoma State Officer, Jay Koontz, and DECA’s

National Officer Team. The goal of The Movement is to strengthen the MDA-DECA

partnership by uniting chapter efforts to support MDA through community service

or by raising funds for MDA research.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Get involved simply by raising money for MDA and serving them in your local

community. A toolkit will give ideas for fundraisers and service opportunities. It will

be sent to each chapter when they join online at https://www.ourmvmt.com/join.

CONTACT INFORMATION

JAY KOONTZ | FOUNDER OF THE MOVEMENT

jkoontz@ourmvmt.com

MORGAN THOMPSON | DECA NATIONAL PRESIDENT

decamorganthompson@gmail.com

DECA WEEK IS NOW DECA MONTH

We shouldn’t have to celebrate DECA’s

awesomeness in just one week, so now November

is DECA Month. This allows chapters flexibility in

choosing a “DECA Week” that best suits their

schedules, or celebrate DECA the entire month!

The Movement

Because the ones who

are crazy enough to

think they can change

the world are the ones

who do change the

world. - Steve Jobs

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DECA DIMENSIONS IS NOW DECA DIRECT

For the first time in 20 years, the organization’s magazine is taking on a new design,

name and most importantly, a new concept. This fall, meet DECA Direct, a new age

magazine that now features both DECA and Collegiate DECA members. The new concept

blends print and interactive content. You’ll notice more integration with social media,

encouraging you to interact with authors on Twitter and leave comments on Facebook.

You’ll eventually be able to read articles trough social media and create conversations

with members from across the globe. DECA Direct will be a work in progress throughout

this year. In addition to the social media additions, we’re also making the magazine

more visual and including questions at the end of each article.

DECA CHAPTER CAMPAIGNS

THRIVE with your DECA chapter this year by participating in DECA’s five chapter

campaigns. View the information inside this flyer (http://www.deca.org/_docs/

pageattachments/DECA_Campaigns.pdf) for cool ideas. For all of the campaigns except

the Membership Campaign, you will submit your entries at the web address provided

inside this flyer. Recognition for the Membership Campaign will be determined based on

your membership submitted in the online membership system. Outstanding submissions

may be highlighted on DECA Direct.

Meet Victoria Cana, your Western Region Vice President. Victoria lives in New York City

studying Public Relations at NYU. Make sure to connect with her at WRLC!

“Like” the WR DECA Facebook page facebook.com/wrdeca

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Chapter Visitations

Having Britany (President), Ashley (VP) Amy Rosi (State President), or

Mr. Cooper (WA DECA Staff) attend any chapter event gives your

chapter 50 points towards the Spirit Award! So far I have visited

Pasco DECA, Hanford DECA, Kennewick DECA, Southridge DECA,

Kamiakin DECA & Richland DECA.

Here’s how you can schedule a visitation:

1. Consult with your advisor about having a speaker attend

2. Contact the speaker via Facebook or email

3. Figure out a date that works for both parties

4. Earn 50 points towards your Spirit Award account!

“Do not follow

where the path

may lead. Go

instead where

there is no path

and leave a

trail.”

- Harold R.

McAlindon

“Like" Area 6 DECA to stay connected! facebook.com/area6DECA

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Chiawana DECA Serves the Community Bailey Grow, CHS DECA President

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Chiawana DECA has always made it a major priority to help in the community every chance we

get. Throughout the year we work very closely with organizations like the Edith Bishel Center, Safari

International, The Tri City Americans and Goodwill. Not to mention the times we work the concession

stand at our school’s sporting events throughout or the times we are asked to babysit small children

during conferences and open house nights at our school. We help host many various events for the

Edith Bishel Center. Some of these events include, Dinner in the Dark, the haunted forest and the

Howl-O-Ween party. Aside from competing in the Project Goodwill competition each year, we also

have a donation trailer at our school where all teachers, faculty and students along with members of

the community are encouraged to donate their gently used items to those in need. The CHS DECA

officers worked at a Hockey for Haiti game hosted by the Tri City Americans, where all the proceeds

went to fund a home for children in Haiti. Although many of us could use the finances ourselves, we

are all very willing to donate our time to those in need. By volunteering at these events throughout

the year, our team gains a sense of pride in knowing that we helped from the goodness of our hearts.

Sometimes organizations are so thankful for us that even though we volunteered to help, they will

donate money back to the CHS DECA fund in recognition of our hard work. We take great pride in the

many events and competitions we attend each year. However our true spirit comes from knowing that

as a team, we are able to help others’ desires become reality.

Bailey Grow

CHS DECA President

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Trivia Question: The first five people to email Britany the company

names of ALL FIVE logos gets 15 points towards their Spirit Award!

Save the date!

October 30th - Area planning meeting (advisors)

November 6th - Election Day!

November 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 - WRLC in Seattle!

November 22nd - Thanksgiving

December 13th - Area 6 Competition, Convention Center

December 20th - Winter Kids Carnival, Pasco HS

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