DECA
-DECA is an association of marketing students with 180,000 members in all 50 states and four territories in Canada.
-DECA helps marketing education students prepare for careers in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship.
-DECA provides the following:
- classroom instruction in economics and marketing management
- work experience using role-play and actual situations
- business-sponsored marketing competitions and events
- leadership, personal, and career development classes and workshops
DECA is dedicated to:
- Leadership Development
- Civic Consciousness
- Vocational Understanding
- Social Intelligence
William Blount DECA Service Projects Include:
- Sending supplies and clothing to victims of the Katrina Hurricane.
- Adopting a family at Thanksgiving.
- Providing Christmas gifts to children in need.
- Compiling boxes of hygiene products, school materials, and Christmas gifts for
children in the Gulf Coast area. The project was fondly known as the “shoe box” project.
- Designing a coloring and activity book for small children as part of a literacy project for
use in the public library.
William Blount DECA Sales Projects Include:
Spirit Pom-poms:
DECA students sold orange and blue pom-poms during homeroom classes for $1. These were great for football games.
Spirit Blankets:
Orange and blue fleece blankets were made by DECA students and monogramming was an option.
Christmas Critters:
Small reindeer, Santas, and snowmen that say “Merry Christmas” when you press them were sold during lunch to the student body. A small message was attached to the critter and delivered to the student of choice.
Easter Bunnies:
“A Bunny for your Hunny.” Different color bunny rabbits were sold to students during Easter. Each color meant a different thing. A message could be attached as an option.
