Saucon Valley HS's Future Business Leaders of America is running quite the impressive track record. In only its second year of operation, advisers Chad Shirk and David Miller, along with the club's various officers, seem to be doing something right. Functioning similarly to a true business, FBLA sells doughnuts every Friday morning at the busy intersections of Saucon's main hallways.

The club's array of colorful personalities doesn't hurt business either, as loud-mouthed salesmen advertise their delicious wares, charming students into buying. Additionally, a long-running competition among the club's officers and their teams has resulted over $2,000 for club trips and activities.

To raise money, FBLA also hosts a bi-annual dodgeball tournament involving middle school, high school and teacher teams that compete for both prizes and glory. The teams go all out, inventing creative names and costumes, going as far as wearing multi-colored tutus, face paint, and even scuba gear just for the fun of it. Open to public admission, the next tournament will occur sometime in the spring.

In addition to being talented in terms of fundraising, Saucon's FBLA club seems to be quite gifted with testing skills, as 23 of its 51 members (including four officers) recently qualified for FBLA states, set to take place in Hershey this coming April.

The club also strives to be involved in the local community, adopting Bingen Road and pledging to keep it clean. Over the holiday season, FBLA even partnered with the elementary school in order to donate gifts to kids in need. FBLA members would especially like to thank The Sprik Brothers Inc., Kehs Stucco & Plastering Inc, and Dan Dortic with Major Hyundai in Stroudsburg for helping them achieve many of their goals.

When asked about the club's overall goal for the school year, and what she hopes to see in the future, FBLA President Maria Sanchez was thoughtful.

"We set out with the purpose of improving our organization and community involvement, and I'm proud to say that I think we have achieved that," she said. "Even though I'm graduating, I hope to see the club continue to flourish and strive to achieve even more."

For more information about any activities regarding Saucon's Future Business Leaders of America, email Chad Shirk at Chad.Shirk@student.svpanthers.org.