November 15th marked the celebration of American Enterprise Day. FBLA recognizes American Enterprise Day as a day to celebrate our free enterprise system. This day is a focus on our rights to pursue whatever career we desire, and our right to entrepreneurship and free enterprise itself. President Jimmy Carter first proclaimed American Enterprise Day in the late 1970's. This eventually developed into an FBLA-PBL program called "Getting Involved," an awareness program under a grant from the Chevron Corporation. That made it for three reasons: To get local chapter members involved in their business community, placing particular emphasis on the free enterprise system, and to provide opportunities for members of the local business community to become involved in the process of educating tomorrow's business leaders, and to generate activities which promote American enterprise on November 15 and throughout the school year.
             "Getting Involved's" first component, an economic education packet, was introduced in 1982 following research into the needs of local chapters. A film and a free enterprise poster were added in July 1983. Chapters across the nation reported their "Getting Involved" success stories in surveys conducted in the spring of 1983 and 1984. Selected chapters were asked to share their success stories at seminars presented during the 1983 and 1984 FBLA-PBL National Leadership Conferences. A Data Bank Report was also published featuring the success stories of all chapters surveyed.
             On Monday, December 8th, the KS-FBLA state officer board traveled to Topeka, Kansas for a proclamation signing by Governor Sebelius proclaiming Saturday, November 15th as American Enterprise Day in Kansas. The officers were able to meet with Governor Sebelius and talk with her about American Enterprise Day and what it means to their communities. The proclamation will be available on the state web-site....