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MVCTC
2017-2018 BPA Officers with guest speaker Mr. Roy
Hall. Pictured left to right – Logan Hayes (Sports
Marketing and
Management) Miami East; Parker Matson (Sports Marketing and Management)
Northmont;
Guest Speaker – Mr. Roy Hall; Kaitlin Thompson (Business
Ownership) Arcanum; Alison Pierce (Business
Ownership) Wayne; Morelia
Balli (Medical Office Management) Wayne; James Bucio (Computer Network
Engineering) West Carrollton; Jessica North (Sports Marketing and
Management) Eaton.
MVCTC
Makes Record Donation to Driven Foundation
James Bucio, BPA
Englewood, Ohio - The Miami Valley Career Technology Center held its
second Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter meeting on
September 26, 2017. The meeting included the appearance of former Ohio
State Wide Receiver, and founder of the Driven Foundation Roy Hall.
During the meeting, Mr. Hall was presented with over 7000 boxes of
Oatmeal and Mac and Cheese donated by the students and staff of
MVCTC.
The new BPA chapter officers for the 2017-2018 school year are:
President – Alison Pierce (Business Ownership) Wayne
Vice President – Logan Hayes (Sports Marketing and Management) Miami
East
Secretary – Jessica North (Sports Marketing and Management) Eaton
Treasurer – Kaitlin Thompson (Business Ownership) Arcanum
Public Relations – James Bucio (Computer Network Engineering)
West Carrolton
Parliamentarian – Morelia Balli (Medical Office Management) Wayne
Historian – Parker Matson (Sports Marketing and Management) Northmont
This month’s BPA meeting highlighted the Driven Foundation’s 8th annual
Holiday Food Outreach Food Drive that MVCTC had the honor to host. The
food drive took place from September 20th to September 22nd, and had
each of the five CTSO groups at MVCTC participate. The five CTSO groups
involved included, FCCLA, SkillsUSA, HOSA, FFA, and BPA. Overall, each
CTSO group helped contribute to the food drive and came to a total of
7461 boxes of Oatmeal and Mac and Cheese donated to the Driven
Foundation.
The Driven Foundation is built on recycling community adversity and
difficulties, and using them to motivate those who are challenged, to
produce a persevering, “never quit" mentality. We accomplish this by
offering specialized events and programs, that combat community and
individual shortcomings that seemed impossible to overcome. Driven is a
dependable organization of versatility.
Since 2008, Driven has distributed approximately 500,000 pounds of free
food to more than 4,200 Ohio families. Additionally, our Driven
Mentorship program for young men, birthday parties for children facing
life threatening illnesses, motivational speaking, and Community
Outreach Day fundraisers for other Ohio organizations are just a few
vehicles in which the Driven Foundation impacts the lives of families
and at risk youth.
The highlight of the meeting involved guest speaker and founder of the
Driven Foundation, Roy Hall, giving a speech to the audience about the
importance of helping one another. Hall grew up in South Euclid, Ohio
and played high school football at Brush High School in Lyndhurst,
Ohio. He later played college football at Ohio State and was later
drafted by the Indianapolis Colts. Hall later retired from football and
is currently President and co-founder of the Columbus, OH-based
nonprofit Driven Foundation. Hall spoke to the audience about how each
person must build him or herself up to help build up another person in
need. He also told the audience to not let personal distractions limit
their growth and to focus on helping others instead of focusing on
their own distractions.
The BPA chapter’s plans for the coming year include the upcoming Region
3 Fall Leadership Conference, taking place October 6, 2017 at
Greenville High School. The upcoming meeting is being organized by the
BPA Regional Officers; one of the BPA Regional Officers is MVCTC’s very
own Alison Pierce (Wayne), who is the President of the 2017-2018 BPA
Chapter Officers. In addition, the BPA chapter is looking forward to
celebrating the 10th anniversary of MVCTC’s annual BIT BPA Bootcamp,
where each program in the Business and Information Technology
Department go head to head in a rigorous and exciting obstacle course.
Lastly, the BPA Chapter will be preparing for future meetings and
competitions, aiming for many students to make it to the National
Competition this year in Dallas, Texas.
Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career and
Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in
business management, office administration, information technology and
other related career fields.
BPA has 43,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states. BPA is a
co-curricular organization that supports business and information
technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on
national standards.
What started almost 50 years ago as the Montgomery County Joint
Vocational School (JVS) has transformed in the Miami Valley Career
Technology Center (MVCTC). While the name has changed, the mission
remains the same. MVCTC is dedicated to providing training for
in-demand jobs and college-readiness skills for high school and adult
students across Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren Counties.
For more information about MVCTC, visit www.mvctc.com or follow MVCTC
on Facebook (Facebook.com/MVCTC) or Twitter (Twitter.com/MVCTC). For
more information about BPA, visit www.bpa.org, and for more information
about Roy Hall and the Driven Foundation, visit www.staydriven.org
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