FCSIFE Updates!

The Business Advisory Board meeting on October 15th was a success! Our BAB were really a big help when it came to brainstorming for ethics projects. We gathered so many great ideas that touched so many different areas of the community. Thank you to everyone who came that evening. We don't know what we would do without you!

The SIFE Walgreen's Training Conference was also held last week (Saturday 18th) at the UNF campus. The conference was full of a lot of new information and ideas for both new and veteran SIFErs. We had the opportunity to learn about the new judging criteria, team sustainability, and SIFE scholarships. Our Sam Waltons Fellows were also able to attend an advisor meeting. During the Conference we were able to interact with various SIFE teams from Florida and Georgia, share experiences and network. Business leaders from SIFE sponsor companies also attended and were there to share their experiences and answer any resume or interview questions that we had. Overall it was a really fun and informative day.

Presentation Team Auditions!

I would like to send a BIG congratulations to our new 2008-2009 presentation team:

• Kameron Lapp
• Stevie Schenk
• Alyssa Murfey
• Jaclyn Wilmers
• Katherine Bagget
• Jessica Welch

Everyone did a fantastic job with their auditions and we really have a great team to work with.

Thank you to all of those to came and sat as judges for the auditions

Coming Up:

Bob Kolenda- November 8th, 8am-3pm

>We'll be watching 12 O'clock high and discussing leadership and teamwork based upon the movie.

Avant Garbage Eco Art Show- November 7th

Greenovators

Thank you everyone for supporting SIFE!

Angie Vecchioni

FCSIFE Treasurer

SIFETreasurer@flagler.edu

Project updates from a few of FCSIFE’s project leaders…

A Bike is a Simple Machine…

Rosa Loves and FCSIFE are combining forces to give independence to community members of the St. Augustine area. Rosa Loves is a local non-profit t-shirt business that uses art and creativity to foster hope and encouragement through the aid of apparel. Each t-shirt is designed for a specific project; the proceeds from the t-shirts go to benefit that cause. Rosa Loves and FCSIFE's new project is directed to our local community. By commissioning recycled and used bikes to people who stand to gain independence and grow their economic opportunity.

FCSIFE's current job is to create info-packets to be dispersed into the community. Mike Fretto will be creating surveys to place with the info-packets. The survey is to better asses where the need is within the community. The info-packets will describe the process of receiving and fixing a bike and then giving the bike to the community member in need.
-Hannah Garner, SIFEVicePresident@flagler.edu

ARC Sandwich Shop…

ARC's Sandwich shop is rolling along really well. The Committee has narrowed down the name to five favorites and the official name will be chosen at the next meeting. We have been working hard on compiling menu options from competitors and we're starting to put together sandwich ideas that will make our lunch options unique (or at least really yummy!). ARC clients have been sharing their messages & thoughts and the business plan is beginning to take shape. We've set a goal to have the first deliveries start in January.
-Michelle Santorelli, SIFEHistorian@flagler.edu

Flagler’s Legacy Goes Green…

Flagler College Legacy on St. George St. is undergoing construction to enhance its natural resources. The Legacy, although very careful with expenses already, is going through an updating process to perform at its highest level of efficiency in an effort protect the environment. From changing light bulbs to tinting the windows, the Legacy will be going green to protect the environment, and cut the cost of operations. Hopefully, we can spread the good news of Gone Green to the rest of the community.
-Kacey Helbig, KHelbig@flagler.edu

The Avant Garbage Eco Art Show…

This is the third year Flagler College’s SIFE team is doing the Avant Garbage Eco Art Show. This year it will be held on November 7th in conjunction with the First Friday Art Walk. The art show challenges St. Augustine community members and Flagler College students to turn their trash into art and draw attention to the importance of environment conservation. All artwork submitted must be made primarily out of re-used materials. Along with the art show, we will be holding a silent auction with any art that the artists are willing to donate. All profits from the auction will go to a community program/organization in need.
-Sheila Acharya, SIFESecretary@flagler.edu

Get SIFEd!

FCSIFE has been busy getting our projects underway as well as preparing early for completion which will be held in Orlando in late March. At this past Wednesday’s general meeting Jessica Minch, former FCSIFE President and this year’s Miss Florida, spoke to the team about preparing for competition and auditioning for the competition’s presentation team.

Students from Flagler’s Reality Programming class, which is spearheading the Ken Amaro/Amaro’s Army project attended this past Wednesday’s general meeting and held auditions for an online spokesperson who will represent Amaro’s Army and introduce each program segment to online viewers. I’m excited to announce that Kameron Lapp was chosen as the spokesperson for this year’s Amaro’s Army program. Amaro’s Army segments can be seen twice a month on First Coast News, Jacksonville’s ABC/NCB affiliate. To view episodes online please go to http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx and type in Amaro’s Army under the video search box to see all of our videos and online segments.

The team is getting ready for a busy, but hopefully fruitful October with numerous upcoming projects and events. All of our events family friendly and open to the public and I strongly encourage you attend if you are available.

I’m proud to announce that this Saturday, October 11, 2008 will be our annual Kids’ Marketplace. The market will run from 11:00-3:00 at Saint Francis Field in conjunction with the eleventh annual Saint Augustine Greek Festival. Since this is the first year we are working with the Greek Festival we were limited to the number of students we could bring, we have twenty-five students signed-up to attend. Our project leaders for this program, Amanda Cassella and Sierra Rubright, have done a spectacular job preparing for this event. We hope to see you there!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 FCSIFE will be working with Rosa Loves for their second Anniversary Party at Café Eleven. The event will run all evening and will have some of Rosa Loves’ newest t-shirts which will be fundraising for current projects, including the Saint Augustine Transportation Project (AKA the Bicycle Project) co-sponsored by FCSIFE.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 FCSIFE will hold our first Business Advisory Board (BAB) meeting for the semester. The event will be held in Markland from 5:00 to 7:00, come and go as necessary. The primary focus of the evening will be brainstorming an ethics project which FCSIFE will organize and host second semester.

Saturday, October 18, 2008 FCSIFE will attend the annual Walgreens Training Conference sponsored by SIFE headquarters at the University of North Florida (UNF). This all-day event is an opportunity for FCSIFE to meet and work with SIFE teams throughout Florida and Georgia, as well as, business leaders throughout North Florida. The primary goal of the event is to bring teams together through team-building activities and to discuss the purpose and focus of SIFE.

We will be hosting auditions for our presentation team at our general meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The auditions will be a short monologue and a brief question and answer period in an effort to choose a dynamic group to represent Flagler College and FCSIFE at our annual competition(s).

We Are Currently Working On:
Legacy Goes Green, complete implementation by mid-October/November
Avant Garbage Eco Art Show, November 7th
Greennovators, November 14-20th
West Augustine Factory
ARC Sandwich Shop, January 1st
Rosa Loves, Business Expansion
Rosa Loves, Bicycle Project

As always if you have any questions or suggestions we would love to hear from you!

Thank you,

Jessica Welch, SIFEPresident@flagler.edu

Hannah Garner, SIFEVicePresident@flagler.edu