COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT
Community Service Project provides chapter members with the opportunity to showcase their community service projects within their school and/or community. The project must be in the interest of the community and designed for chapter participation. This competitive event consists of a pre-judged report only on the state level.
Event Overview
Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 1, 2 or 3 members present the chapter project
Event Category: Chapter Event
Event Elements: Pre-judged Report only on the state level
Pre-judged Component: 17-page report due by date specified in the State Conference registration packet
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Critical Thinking, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork
District
Check with your District leadership for District-specific competition information.
State
Eligibility
· FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 1 (or earlier date specified by District Director) of the current program year.
· Members must be registered for the SLC and pay the state conference registration fee in order to participate in competitive events.
· Members must stay in an official FBLA hotel in order to compete.
· Each competitor can only compete in one individual/team event and one chapter event (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Partnership with Business Project).
Recognition
· The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.
Event Administration
· This event has one part on the state level: pre-judged report
· Pre-judged Report
o Submission Deadline: A PDF of the report must be uploaded in the conference registration system by the date specified in the state conference registration packet.
o Number of Pages: The report will be no more than seventeen (17) pages.
o Report Specifics
§ The first page (front cover) should include the name of school, state, name of the event, and school year (2024-25) on the cover.
§ The second page must include a table of contents and each page must be numbered.
§ Divider pages and appendices are optional and must be included in the page count.
§ Reports must describe chapter activities conducted from the end of the 2024 State Leadership Conference to the end of the 2025 State Leadership Conference.
§ Reports must describe one chapter project that serves the community. The project must be in the interest of the community and designed for chapter participation. Include:
· Description of the project
· Chapter member involvement
· Degree of impact on the community
· Evidence of publicity received
· Project evaluation
o Restricted Items: QR codes and links cannot be included in the report.
o Competitors must prepare reports. Advisers and others are not permitted to write reports. Reports must be original, current, and not submitted for a previous NLC.
o Pages must be formatted to fit on 8 ½” x 11” paper.
o Reports should follow the rating sheet sequence.
o The report is pre-judged before the SLC.
o Pre-judged materials will not be returned. Reports submitted for competition become the property of FBLA. These reports may be used for publication and/or reproduced for sale by FBLA.
Scoring
· The report score will be used to determine the winners.
· Judges must break all ties.
· Decisions of the judges are final.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
· FBLA meets the criteria specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act for all competitors with accommodations submitted through the conference registration system by the registration deadline.
Penalty Points
· Competitors may be disqualified if they violate the Competitive Event Guidelines or the Honor Code.
National
Be sure to see the National guidelines at https://www.fbla.org/divisions/fbla/fbla-competitive-events