Future Business Leaders Help Fight Child Labor Cycle

by Adam Reid

(December 8, 2005) At Mamaroneck High School, the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is teaming up with Free The Children on a project that combines business skills, holiday candy baskets, and fundraising to help support school children in developing countries.

Free The Children will be selling holiday baskets such as these to help pay for schools around the world.

FBLA is a nationwide student organization dedicated to teaching its student members practical business skills. It holds written, oral, and hands-on computer competitions at the state and national level. These include events such as public speaking, mock job interviews, and creating a business plan.

For 63 years, FBLA has focused on teaching its student members business skills, but this year, the MHS FLBA chapter is branching out to provide other students with the same opportunities. Through its American Enterprise Committee, MHS FBLA has been teaching the local chapter of Free The Children entrepreneurship.

Free The Children is a charity that raises money to help pay for schools around the world. By supporting education in countries such as Sri Lanka, Kenya, and China, Free The Children hopes children will not be forced into labor at very young ages. Visit freethechildren.org for more information.

As a big promoter of hands-on learning, FBLA is working to create an actual business for Free the Children. While the main goal is to teach the philanthropic students skills that will aid them in all future projects, this business will also be raising funds for the charity.

The business will be selling holiday candy, featuring original candy baskets put together by the MHS members of Free The Children. Items range from a bag of white chocolate covered pretzels or Christmas chocolate balls, costing $4.75, to a Hanukah candy basket, costing $15.75. The item in highest stock, the Christmas candy basket, offers a “chocolate extravaganza” at a cost of $11.75.

Anyone wishing to place an order, make a donation, or get answers to a question, e-mail freethechildren.mhs@gmail.com

Adam Reid is Chairman of the MHS FBLA American Enterprise Committee

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