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Hello Phi Beta Lambda
members! Now that school
is in full swing and you have
had the opportunity to at-
tend the Fall Seminar Series
and the National Fall Lead-
ership Conference, some of
you may be asking yourself
how to become more active
in PBL.
Well that’s easy, how about
joining the Ambassador
Program. It is an excellent
opportunity to learn more
about yourself and PBL and
earn an awesome plaque,
and all you have to do is
complete a few simple
tasks. First, attend the Fall
Seminar Series and/or Win-
ter Seminar Series. If you
have attended the Fall Semi-
nar Series, then you can
check that one off your list!
Write an article for our state
newsletter. After this article,
you have two more opportu-
nities to write, once in Feb-
ruary and once in May. The
article can be about any-
thing business related or
something your chapter has
done that you want to share.
Attend an FBLA Area Con-
ference. There are several
different locations and dates
for these conferences. If you
have any questions about
when and where conferences
can be held, you can email
any of the state officers. Bring
two door prizes to and attend
the State Leadership Confer-
ence. That’s an easy one! Af-
ter all our work throughout
the year, who doesn’t want to
go to the State Leadership
Conference? Finally, an Am-
bassador helps the officers
with any tasks they may need
assistance with. To start your
road to becoming an Illinois
State Ambassador, simply
visit the Illinois FBLA-PBL
website, http://www.il-
fblapbl.org/, and look under
resources for the Ambassador
application.
In addition to the Ambassador
Program, there is also our
Career Membership Achieve-
ment Program (CMAP). There
are different levels to CMAP
and each one involves tasks
that better your growth as a
business person and as a PBL
member. These tasks are
rather easy, and you receive a
pin for each level you com-
plete. To sign up for this pro-
gram, speak to your local
chapter adviser and they
will help you with your
login name and password.
Watts Humprey once said,
“innovation is the process
of turning ideas into manu-
facturable and marketable
form.” One way to market
yourself is to be active in
the organizations you’re
passionate about. I hope
you take the opportunity
to make the most of what
PBL and its programs has
to offer, and that they will
help you market yourself
in your future career and
even personal lives!
Heather Borowiak
Illinois PBL- State Presi-
dent
A Message from our President
Illinois Voice
P H I B E T A L A M B D A
Winter 2012 IL PBL Newsletter
Igniting Innovation
SWIC Holds Fundraiser
for Breast Cancer Re-
search
2
SIUC Involvement 3
UIUC—ISU Paintball
Event
4
March of Dimes 5
Walk Across Illinois
Info
6
EIU Chapter News 7
Inside this issue:
Christopher Reeve shared many of his
aspirations with the world but it is his
wisdom I find the most connected
with: “Once you choose hope any-
thing’s possible.” Hope is the last
opportunity for change to occur when
everything feels at a loss.
Southwestern Illinois College
Made Strides to Ignite Innovation for
Early Detection of Breast Cancer. On
October 27, Phi Beta Lambda mem-
bers choose to give hope and inspire
hope by participating in a 5K walk
hosted by the American Cancer Soci-
ety. Making Strides is not just a walk,
it is a day dedicated to honoring survi-
vors and remembering lost loved
ones. This becomes a truly uplifting
opportunity to gather and celebrate
the achievements made toward end-
ing breast cancer. Southwestern Illi-
nois College (SWIC) Abe Small Chap-
ter members are grateful to be a part
of this event in our community for the
fourth consecutive year.
As a returning team, the Abe
Small Chapter wanted to do better
than ever before. We could only do
this by making others involved out-
side of our organization. Each mem-
ber choose to honor a person for this
walk. Some choose their grand-
mother, others choose co-workers but
as a team we honored a breast cancer
survivor from our Business Division
Faculty. Mary Lutz is not just a profes-
sor at our campus, she is a supporter
of all Phi Beta Lambda avenues since
she too held a State Officer position in
the organization. Another professor,
Beth Burns, was a great resource to
design a team t-shirt. A graphic de-
sign student, Dakotah Hughes, cre-
ated a tee representing our team’s
and organization’s goals. Members of
SWIC PBL chapter promoted our Mak-
ing Strides team at a fundraising event
by selling Otis Spunkmeyer cookies
with pink m&m’s. With just two boxes
of cookies, Phi Beta Lambda raised
nearly $200 to benefit breast cancer
research.
Personally as a team captain
and as a member of this organization
community service has always been
an activity I found the most joy. It’s
weeks after the event and I can see
the same passion I have, in the mem-
bers of the SWIC Chapter. This has
now become the biggest delight of my
experience as a student and em-
ployee of SWIC but also as a Phi Beta
Lambda member. The Phi Beta
Lambda organization promotes the
same skills displayed in this commu-
nity service project. One exceptional
skill shown through the development
of this community service project is
networking and advocacy.
One thousand pairs of feet gathered to
enjoy a 5K walk hosted in Belleville, IL
and raised more than $22,000 in sup-
port of those losing and winning the
battle against Breast Cancer. Phi Beta
Lambda contributed by raising more
than $650 with 19 participants present.
Support ensures that the American
Cancer Society can be present in your
community-every day of the year,
creating the power to Pink Differently.
SWIC PBL Chapter pinks differently
by continuing to collect donations in
support of breast cancer research
through the month of December at
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/
abesmall and to meet our goal of
$1,000.
Hope is not an aspiration; it is
a state of mind. Hope creates a chance
for another to live. Live to the fullest.
Live with no regrets, and strive to do
the best. Phi Beta Lambda is leading
the way to a hopeful for those affected
by Breast Cancer. SWIC PBL makes a
continuous stride in the journey to-
wards less cancer and more birthdays
and most importantly igniting innova-
tion.
SWIC Chapter Hosts Walk to Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Research
“One exceptional skill shown
through the development of this
community service project is net-
working and advocacy.“
- Courtney McGowan
By: Cortney McGowan—SWIC
Page 2 Illinois Voice
The Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Gamma Phi chapter of Phi
Beta Lambda is offering general meet-
ings and special activities for the Fall
2012 – Spring 2013 year. Meetings are
held every other Thursday, and are well
attended, but we are still in the process
of recruiting new members. Recently,
we had two different speakers come
down to our meetings to talk about how
a cover letter and resume should be but
together. We have started to spread the
word about our meetings by hanging up
flyers and passing out handouts around
the SIUC campus. This semester our
chapter has launched a new Facebook
group. This group better serves our
chapter’s needs by allowing us to up-
load forms and flyers so that members
can access them from anywhere. Mem-
bers are also able to keep up to date on
our meetings and events by a constantly
updated calendar. Each member who
pays their dues receives a chapter t-
shirt and we have already matched our
previous years’ membership using this
incentive. We encourage our members to
participate in the CMAP program. Points
are awarded based on the level that is
completed. These points are used to-
wards the George Hargraves Outstanding
Member scholarship. The scholarship is
$250 and rewards one outstanding mem-
ber each year. This year the officers have
decided to provide additional incentives
for completing CMAP. Completion of the
Director level gets the member a free
pizza party. Completion of the Executive
level gets a member a free t-shirt, and
Presidential level award has yet to be
decided. Our chapter also participates in
numerous community, social, and fund-
raising events to give our
members a variety of dif-
ferent experiences. Be-
fore the spring term ends
in 2013, we are going to re
-elect officers to start out
the Fall 2013 – Spring 2014
year.
“Our chapter also participates in numerous commu-
nity, social, and fundraising events to give our mem-
bers a variety of different experiences.”
-Jerald Fox
Winter 2012 Page 3
SIUC Involvement
By: Jerald Fox– SIUC
Last month, UIUC PBL and ISU
PBL took the first step in creat-
ing what will hopefully be a
long and successful friend-
ship. Illinois State University
made the trip to The University
of Illinois for a friendly game of
paintball. In an effort to create
new friends, the teams were not
set by school, but split evenly
between schools. This made
getting to know someone new
essential for your team to work
together and to win. Everyone
who attended the event had a
fun time and future plans for
joint chapter events are in the
works. Partnering with the ISU
chapter has not only given
our chapter new friends, but it
has allowed the state's two
biggest chapters to cooperate
and exchange ideas. This will
help our chapters and the
state put forth more exciting
events and grow our mem-
bership. UIUC PBL strongly
recommends that other chap-
ters partner up with the clos-
est chapter to them and see
how far that new friendship
will take them.
Forming Friendships Through Paintball
“Partnering with the ISU chapter
has not only given our chapter new
friends, but it has allowed the
state's two biggest chapters to
cooperate and exchange ideas.” -
Azeem Khan
By: Azeem Kahn—UIUC
Page 4 Illinois Voice
As most of you know, November is Prematur-
ity Awareness Month. November 17th is
World Prematurity Day. As a member of Phi
Beta Lambda we know how involved this or-
ganization is with March of Dimes (MOD). I
personally have a great passion for MOD,
and here is why.
On June 19, 2006, at 32 weeks of my preg-
nancy I went to my doctor’s appointment for
my regular checkup. Little did I know that I
was going to have to go in for a stress test
followed by an emergency c-section. Need-
less to say my little Carter was born at 32 ½
weeks. That’s 7 ½ weeks early. He was 6 lbs
2 oz. and 19 in long. I thought everything
would be fine be- cause he was a normal size
baby. Before I could come out of recovery
my little baby was rushed to St. Johns Hospi-
tal and admitted into their NICU. They said
that he was born with a heart murmur and his
lungs had not developed so he could not
breathe on his own. I was terrified; I didn’t
know what that meant for him. Finally after I
was able to get out of the hospital I went to
Springfield, which was 30 miles away from
where I lived. My baby was in an incuba-
tor, and all around were other babies that
were premature as well. The only differ-
ence was my baby looked full size. There
were babies in there that
would literally
fit in the palm
of your hand,
and they all
had some simi-
lar issues.
Carter was on a
ventilator, had
a feeding tube,
and was hooked up to so many different
machines. When I got to visit him I could-
n’t even hold him, I had to touch him
through the incubator. He didn’t get to eat
from a bottle for the first time until he was
a few weeks old. This is actually a good
thing for a preemie. Finally after almost 2
months I was able to bring my little
Carter home, he came home at 5 lbs 1
oz. Throughout the last 6 years he has
had to undergo many different obsta-
cles. As a preemie he was at risk for
breathing complications, increased
ear infections, and is a little smaller
than some his age. Carter has to have
regular breathing
treatments to help with
his asthma, and now
has an inhaler that he
uses daily to help pre-
vent attacks.
Now you may be ask-
ing yourself, why is
she telling me this? Well that is be-
cause MOD focuses on helping fami-
lies with babies in a NICU. They also
support research aimed at preventing
birth defects, premature birth and
infant mortality. Our goal as a state is
to raise 20% more in total this year. In
October at FSS we kicked off the year
with a mini walk and it was very suc-
cessful. Also, we are already starting
our Walk Across Illinois, you can get
full details on how to participate at:
http://www.il-fblapbl.org/pbl/
resources/. If you scroll all the way
down to the bottom of the page you
will see the guidelines tab as well as
individual and chapter mileage track-
ing tabs. This program is also detailed
out in this November Newsletter.
Now that we know what our goals as a
state are, what are we going to do
about it? Here is my challenge to you,
let’s get involved in a MOD fundraiser,
and help raise awareness. With all of
us working together we could help
make a difference!
Happy November!
“MOD focuses on helping families with babies
in a NICU. They also support research aimed at
preventing birth defects, premature birth and
infant mortality.”
-Candi Pucek
Winter 2012 Page 5
Premature Awareness Month
Mini-walk at Fall Seminar Series—October 20, 2012
By: Candi Pucek—IL PBL State Treasurer
Editor’s Note: As a state,
one of our goals is to in-
crease funds raised in our
state for the March of
Dimes. You can read more
about how to do this through
Walk Across Illinois on the
next page.
The goal of the Illinois PBL “Walk
Across Illinois” March of Dimes Fund-
raiser is to raise money for the March
of Dimes while raising awareness of
the dangers of premature birth. The
goal as a State is to walk enough miles
to cover the entire state of Illinois from
north to south, about 390 miles.
This fundraiser is structured in a way
that every chapter in the state can par-
ticipate in one common goal regard-
less of membership size. Get on your
walking shoes, go into your communi-
ties for donations, and let’s all become
Champions for Babies!
Participation Guidelines:
Donations should be collected as a
per mile rate (in $1 increments)
Once donations are collected, the
chapter must perform a mini-walk
for awareness
Mini-walks must be done in a pub-
lic and unenclosed space (i.e.
around the campus quad, walking
trail, local outdoor track, or
around a downtown city block)
About 17 blocks to cover a mile
(block size varies, 17 is an aver-
age)
Mini-walks should have walkers
holding signs or banners describ-
ing the mission of the March of
Dimes or the dangers of prema-
ture birth. To find more informa-
tion on the organization itself,
please visit
www.marchofdimes.com.
The mileage covered by a chap-
ter is cumulative (i.e. 10 members
walking 10 miles equals 100 miles
covered)
Donors may pledge an open do-
nation with the number of miles to
be walked being open ended
Open donations should only span
the duration of one walk
An unbiased third party and/or a
chapter adviser should verify the
mileage walked
Once the mini-walk for awareness
is complete, a chapter represen-
tative should contact the donor
with the verified mileage to col-
lect the donation
Checks should be made out to:
March of Dimes
Donors may also pledge a closed
donation instead.
Closed donations may be collected
ahead of time
The donor must specify a mileage
rate for the donation
(i.e. for $100 donation the donor
could specify a rate of $2/mile, $10/
mile, etc.)
The chapter must then organize a
walk to cover the appropriate mile-
age
The chapter may walk multiple do-
nations in a single mini-walk
No participant may walk at more
than one rate at a time
No participant may walk for more
than one donor at a time
Multiple participants may walk for a
single donor at the same time
Use the Individual Walk Tracking
Form (see state website) to assist
with this.
Use the Mileage Tracking Form
(see state website) to help keep
track of your chapter’s pro-
gress
Walk across Illinois
By: Illinois State PBL Officer Team
Page 6 Illinois Voice
The individual walk tracker
and mileage tracker forms
are located on the state web-
site: www.il-fblapbl.org.
Winter Seminar Series: January 26, 2013 at Eastern Illinois University
IL PBL State Leadership Conference: April 5 & 6 2013 in Effingham, Illinois
PBL National Leadership Conference
& Institute for Leaders: Anaheim, California
IFL: June 21 & 22 2013
NLC: June 22-25 2013.
Thank you from your 2012-2013 officer team:
pus. We have been conducting meet-
ings in a more productive environ-
ment. With the new work ethic we
have established, several committees
have been established to help en-
hance our chapter. Being a small chap-
ter, new members are able to quickly
obtain a position and make a differ-
ence within our chapter.
Our goal for the up-in-coming semes-
ter is to be noticed as an organization
within the Lumpkin College of Busi-
ness and Applied Sciences, gain more
membership, and to put on a success-
ful Winter Seminar Series in January.
Beginning this semester, Phi Beta
Lambda at Eastern Illinois University has
been in the remolding and restructuring
phase. With a fresh new set of campus
officers, our chapter has been better
than ever before. With great leadership,
all Phi Beta Lambda members have the
opportunity to succeed. Leadership is
important in the business world because
it helps you connect and reach out to
your customers, employees, sales reps,
accountants, and all the countless num-
bers of people connected to your busi-
ness.
Our chapter members are motivated by
each other’s thoughts and ideas. Going
from a chapter of 6 to one of 20+--
everyone is lending a hand and making
our organization stand out on cam-
EIU PBL Makes Plans for Growth
State President: Heather Borowiak
State Vice President: Nick Gregory
State Secretary: Jennilee Benda
State Treasurer: Candi Pucek
State Adviser: Tina Dierkes
State Liaison: Kevin Hoffman
FBLA-PBL State Chair: Darlene Shannon
Igniting Innovation
www.il-fblapbl.org/pbl
By: Mitchell Gurick—EIU
Winter 2012 Page 7
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