"Tis the Season As FBLA Members Keep Giving

The holiday season is a time of giving, and Redmond’s FBLA members are never too busy to give more of their time and efforts. For the 3rd year now, members have volunteered to assist guests at Redmond’s annual ‘Festival of Trees’ event held at the Expo Center. The event is organized by the local Hospice organization; and at the event, local businesses decorate and donate beautiful holiday trees that are auctioned off to raise money for Hospice. The highest-bid tree this year was auctioned for $2,500. This year’s event was held during a time of the winter season when temperatures were sub-zero. But that didn’t stop the dedicated FBLA members from again helping at the festive event. Dressed in thick oats, knit scarves, thick gloves, knit hats, and hand-warmers, chapter members who helped with the community service activity this year were: Daniel Stealey, Hannah Johns, Chase Wilson, Jessica Brunot, Carlos Renteria, Daphne Lara, Dane Blume, Breana Handy, Sandy Johnson, and Carolann Perkins. The duties that FBLA members help with are the hat and coat check desk, as well as with assisting guests as they arrive and depart by giving them a ride on golf carts to and from their cars in the parking lot. Even though it was minus 15 degrees that night, FBLA members are already planning a repeat performance to help with the charity event next year. “It was so, so cold, but we had fun”, says member Daniel Stealey. “As long as we were able to come in and warm up every so often, it was OK”.