Dear FBLA Adviser
This original message was sent on September 16. Who still has not received their National FBLA Welcome Kit -- high school or middle school? Please reply to me at bboncal@pafbla.us; I need to know that information to share with the national office. Any chapter that was active during 2021-2022 was supposed to receive this kit.
A picture of what the package looked like is at the end of the original email. A list of contents in the package is listed in the original email.
Bruce
ORIGINAL SEPTEMBER 16 EMAIL
Dear FBLA Advisers
National FBLA's long-awaited "Welcome Kits" have starting to reach FBLA High School and FBLA Middle School chapters. It is coming via the US Postal Service, and you should start watching for a very large 20 x 20 box/package. it will look like what you see below in the image.
For chapters that were active high school or middle school chapter in 2020-2021, a welcome kit is being shipped automatically. If you are a new or reactivated chapter, a kit will be sent after members have been entered into the National FBLA membership system.
Continue to be patient for another few days if you have not yet received yours. Please notify your school system mailrooms that you are looking for and anxiously awaiting the package. Please notify your school office that this package won't fit in a traditional mailbox and probably will be placed on the side.
If you are the new "primary" adviser at a chapter that was active last year (lots of advisers have retired or switched school systems) and we are just finding out about your new role, it is possible the package is addressed to the previous adviser.
In the package you will find lots of "stuff":
- Adviser Welcome Guides
- Adviser Pin and a President Pin
- Wristbands
- Decals
- Adviser Tote Bag
- Membership Recruitment Poster
- High School or Middle School National Competitive Events Poster
- Champion Chapter Poster
- Dry Erase Calendar
- Luggage Tags
FBLA Shop
National FBLA has replaced its prior Marketplace vendor with a new vendor, Centricity. Centricity is a very popular vendor and serves as the official supplier for some of the other National CTSOs. They know the student CTSO market. The new FBLA is known simply as the "FBLA Shop": https://fbla.mybrightsites.com/
The shop is now starting to display merchandise available for sale, but the current supply is limited and will continue to grow as the year moves forward. While you will find a lot of "uniform" stuff there, other things are starting to appear.
You can also find the link to the "Shop" at the top right of the National FBLA website at www.fbla.org.
