Christmas Party Setup

We get the room at 1pm tomorrow so we thought we would start at 1:00pm decorating if you can not make it there give us a call or email we will be there through out the day. Thanks

Thanksgiving

Wishing you all a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. This has been a trying year for many, and yet we all have much to be thankful for. Our family and friends, the loving and giving community in which we live and the ability to help others. Through our efforts and the efforts of many other service groups we have provided food for those who are in need. Something to think about when we sit down to enjoy the bounty of our own tables.

Food Drive update

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Hey everybody, just a quick update on the food drive-

Thank you to every person that manned a table these last few weekends, thanks to you along with a donation from a local orchard we were able to fill three boxes for each of our 20 families! That is a mighty amount of food and more than just a Thanksgiving meal! Phi Beta Lambda helped provide sustenance for a large portion of the Walla Walla valley's disadvantaged families!

Additionally, the monetary donations we received were substantial enough that each of these 20 families also received a $25 gift card to Harvest Foods of Walla Walla to help purchase the "perishable" items that are needed to make a Thanksgiving dinner work like a turkey or a ham.

On top of that, a local business (who wished to remain nameless) was willing to donate 5 fresh turkeys to help us with our cause. Two things came from this. First, our twenty families were so well provided with their 3 boxes of food and their gift card that these turkeys were able to be given to alternate families that were in need. Second, this wonderful nameless company cared so much about what we were doing that they provided an additional five turkeys! This made a total of ten turkeys which meant we helped ten additional families with our efforts!

This club has made a huge difference this quarter and I am proud to know the many folks in this club that have labored to make fantastic things happen for our neighbors in Walla Walla, stand proud classmates, you are making a difference in the world, making it a better tomorrow!

COOK BOOKS ARE HERE

So the cookbooks came today there are 227, rember they give extra books to make up shipping price. So if anyone wants to pick up any they can contact me through here, facebook, email me, I will be giving some to Mike tomorrow also or you can call me at 509-540-2019.

Food Drive

So it was lots of fun this morning getting boxes ready for people. I am getting ready to go shopping for last of the stuff and it was suggested that maybe getting some fresh apples would be nice so I called Davis Orchards to see if they would be willing to sell some apples at a discount rate and they told me they would call me back. They called me back and said yes they could give us apples but instead of buying them they would donate some so I went and picked them up thinking it was going to be a couple of boxes. No I picked up 13 boxes of apples and a box of pears to go the other food that we got tonight.

CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAPPING @ SHOPKO THIS COMING WEEKEND

I would like to remind everybody that this coming weekend (11/28-11/29) will be the weekend we chose to do gift wrapping at Shopko. The sign up sheet was passed around on Tuesday and Friday, but not everybody was there to see it and sign up. We are still in need of help on both days. If you would like to help, but can't make it for the entire shift THAT IS OK. Even if you come and help for one hour all help will be welcome and much appreciated!

If you have signed up, but will not be able to show up for some reason or another PLEASE let me know or let somebody who is working the table already know if at all possible so that the table won't be left unattended or so we won't get too short handed.

As of right now this is the way the sign up sheet is:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 (7:00 AM - 7:00PM)

7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Jody Mathews
Alexzander Kimm
Maye Hofer

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Jody Mathews
Alexzander Kimm
Debra Ocanas

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Jody Mathews
Alexzander Kimm
LaKatherine Borgers

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CLEAN UP)
Jody Mathews
Alexzander Kimm
LaKatherine Borgers

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 (8:00 AM - 8:00 PM)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Kim Patzkowski
Alexzander Kimm
Dorothy Wilson

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kim Patzkowski
Alexzander Kimm
Nora
Juana

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Kim Patzkowski
Alexzander Kimm
LaKatherine Borgers

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (CLEAN UP)
Kim Patzkowski
Alexzander Kimm
Teresa Murphy

Again...if you would like to help PLEASE do not hesitate to show up. I would GREATLY appreciate it if I knew before hand so we can have a little bit of an idea of how many will actually be there, but even if you don't PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't hesitate to show up if you have some free time and wouldn't mind coming to help!

This will be a HUGE fundraiser for us again and I would LOVE to see this be successful!!

Food Drive for the weekend of 11/21 - 11/22

Harvest Foods Sign-up Sheet

905 S. Second Ave.

Walla Walla

Saturday, Novemeber 21st

9:00 -10:00

Debra

Nick M.

10:00 - 11:00

Debra

11:00 - 12:00

Debra

Sunday, November 22nd
10:00 - 11:00
Debra
11:00 - 12:00
Jonathon
12:00 - 1:00
Alice P.
Barbara

Andy's Market
1117 S. College Ave.
College Place
Sunday, November 22nd
10:00 - 11:00
Nobody
11:00 - 12:00
Alejandro
Maye
12:00 - 1:00
Debra

Cookbook Update

Just got notification that the cookbooks should be here next week. So we can start selling more after Thanksgiving.

RE: Food Drive for the week of 11/09 - 11/15

Saturday at Harvest Foods PBL received the largest food donation so far during our Thanksgiving Food Drive. The local Cub Scout group came in, split up into teams and proceeded to fill nine, yes NINE, shopping carts with food and donated it to our drive!

Being the one from our class to be on the receiving end of such a generous donation, made the two additional hours I had not anticipated working well worth it.

If you forgot what weekend you signed up for, or are unsure of the hours you are scheduled to work, remember it will be posted here on the blog at the start of each week. You can also speak with Community Service during our Tuesday committees or ask to see the sign-up sheet at the Friday meetings.

UPDATE ON WRAPPING PAPER STATUS

I just checked the Fed Ex website and it says that as of this morning it was on a truck in Pasco to be delivered! Looks like we will be getting it a few days earlier than expected!

SHORT ON PERSONAL ENRICHMENT HOURS?!

Personal Enrichment Opportunities

November 18th, 2009
7:00 – 8:30pm
Want to take your success, passion and joy to new levels? Ready to make your dreams a reality? Most people dream big ... but end up sabotaging their own success with self-limiting beliefs and behaviors. "How to Get More from Life," a free mini seminar offered by local non-profit Foundations, helps you identify ways you’re sabotaging your own success and offers practical tips for achieving greater potential. Walk-ins welcome. Contact Kondi Kulisewa at 503-522-6526 or kondi@foundations1.com with questions.
http://www.foundations1.com/personal-success/cornerstone-free-preview/

Red Lion Inn
1021 NE Grand, Avenue
Portland, OR

November 19th, 2009
7:00 - 8:30pm
Bring the whole family to the Walla Walla Symphony Family Concert and Foodraiser free (with non-perishable food item per person) concert! Music includes Tzvi Avni's "Three-Legged Monster" with narrator Kevin Loomer, and young double bass player Jake Willard performing Capuzzi's "Concerto for Double Bass" with the Walla Walla Symphony.
http://www.wwsymphony.org/

Cordiner Hall
46 S. Park St.
Whitman College Campus

November 26th, 2009
7:30am - TBA
Thanksgiving Turkey Trot. A Fun Run to benefit the local Red Cross. Registration at 7:30, Race starts at 8:30 a.m. Call 525-7380.

Near 1st and Main
Walla Walla

December 5th, 2009
11:30 - 1:30
Holiday Baking Class. Holiday cooking demonstration. Lunch during the demonstration and take home holiday treats to share with family. $20/person.
http://cameoheightsmansion.com/intro.aspx

Cameo Heights Mansion
1072 Oasis Road
Touchet, WA

NEED SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS?!

Personal Community Service Opportunity

Valley Residential Services is looking for people to help decorate wreaths to be sold on Black Friday. Proceeds to go towards the purchase of a new wheel chair van.

Wreath Decorating Parties. Three dates to choose from or join us for all three Dates Nov. 13 & 17 & 20 2009. The sale event date will be Black Friday November 27th, the day after Thanksgiving. This is one of our final year events. We have 200 Wreaths to decorate some will have lights, many colors and beautiful styles, along with the traditional colors red & green. We need for our neighbors to help with decorating materials! Please! Valley residential being a non-profit agency, our CEO purchased 200 wreaths last year. We our continuing to raise enough money for our wheel chair van.

Decorating to take place 2:30 – 5:00pm

Valley Residential Services
240 Bush St. (off Alder)
Walla Walla

PBL In The News

Club collects food for needy

Members of the Walla Walla Community College chapter of Phi Beta Lambda are collecting food items to give to needy families for Thanksgiving. Members will be at Harvest Foods the next two weekends, including from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14-15 and 21-22.

Members will also be at will also be at Andy's Market from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. the next two Sundays, Nov. 15 and 22.

PBL is also holding a fundraiser to pay for expenses to attend the PBL national conference in Nashville, Tenn., in June. They have collected their own best recipes and those from family and friends and compiled them into a cookbook.

The compendium contains 146 recipes, including appetizers, main dishes, desserts and others. The club is selling the cookbooks for $8. They may be purchased from any PBL member or advisor Mike Hays (527-4695).

Food Drive for the week of 11/09 - 11/15

Here is the sign-up sheet for this weekend, November 14th & 15th.

Harvest Foods

905 S. Second Ave., Walla Walla

Saturday, November 14th
9:00 -10:00
Marissa
Nick M.
10:00 - 11:00
Bruce
11:00 - 12:00
Juana

Sunday, November 15th
10:00 - 11:00
Marissa
11:00 - 12:00
Patricia D.
Kim P.
12:00 - 1:00
Alice P.
Patricia D.

Andy's Market

1117 S. College Ave., College Place

Sunday, November 15th

10:00 - 11:00

Kathy

11:00 - 12:00

Alice D.

12:00 - 1:00

Nobody

PBL Thanksgiving Food Drive Sign-Up Sheet

Harvest Foods Sign-Up Sheet
905 S. Second Ave., Walla Walla
(Two persons per hour per time period please)

Saturday, November 7th

9:00 – 10:00
Jonathan M.
Carrie Kim P.
10:00 – 11:00
Candyce
Carrie Kim P.
11:00 – 12:00
Michael
Candyce

Sunday, November 8th

10:00 - 11:00

Patricia D.

Kim P.

11:00 - 12:00

Patricia D.

Kim P.

12:00 - 1:00

Nobody

Andys' Market Sign-Up Sheet

1117 S. College Ave., College Place

(Two persons per hour per time period please)

Sunday, November 8th

10:00 - 11:00

Kathy

11:00 - 12:00

Alice D.

12:00 - 1:00

Nobody

** Pleas Note that when this sign-up sheet was originally made, times listed for Sunday's were not correct. They will by 10:00 - 1:00, not 9:00 - 12:00. If you had signed up for a 9:00 - 12:00 shift on a Sunday you don't actually need to be there until 10am. If this is a problem, and doesn't work with your schedule, let someone in community service know and we'll try and work you in somewhere. There are still open time slots for the other weekends.**

Haunted House helps the community

Our club put together the biggest hanted house that the Walla Walla valley has seen in decades, rivaling the famed JC events! We want to thank every single person that assisted with this fundraiser and community service event from the hands within the club to the assistance from private members outside the club! We want to thank the many local businesses for coming together and providing many of the items we needed to put this haunted house on and making the community that much closer!

We saw nearly 2,000 people come through our dreary doors and most of them had the courage to finish the spooky maze of maniacal madness! Each of our 20 scenes were widely discussed, often while the victim was watching behind them to ensure that nothing was coming after them!

With this 2,000 people, PBL managed to raise quite a bit of money. After paying for the debts incurred on this event and providing a small amount to the club for future events, PBL found themselves dividing up $8,000 to the following causes (which was approved by the club in this morning's meeting):

$2,000 - College scholarships for business students within our community college

$1,500 - YWCA domestic violence shelters

$1,500 - Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse

$1,500 - Literacy programs in our elementary schools

$500 - Valley Residential Services

$500 - March of Dimes

$500 - divided to 10 families in difficult situations for a better Christmas.

The companies that helped were many and each provided assistance to getting our haunted house off the ground in some manner or another. These companies are listed here:

Greiner Radiators

McDonald Zaring Insurance

Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse

Cascade Fire Protection Co.

Stoneway Electric

Eagle Construction

WWCC

Norco

ProBuild East

Franz Bakery

The Coffee Place

Walla Walla Union Bulletin

Walla Walla Business Journal

Hasting's Entertainment

Domino's Pizza

Pizza Hut

Beginner's Mind Martial Arts

The Little Dojo

Tumac Machinery

Doug's Septic Service

Grassi Refrigeration

Trail's End Taxidermy

Gary's Paint & Decoration

Lightfoot's Towing

Jim's Glass Shop

K-Wheat

KORD

The Morgue Radio Show

Good Time Productions

Parties Plus

community service opportunity

Hi everyone, if you need community service hours there is an opportunity at Odd Fellows November 19th-21. They are having a Fall Bazaar and need helpers. I believe the time is 9:00 - 2:00 pm. Please email Heather Warner at hwarner@oddfellows.com for further information.

Temple of Terror! PBL's haunted house event...update

WOW! There have been a lot of busy hands down in the bowels of the old country store!
Saws have been buzzing, hammers have been pounding, gore has been spilling!
The scenes are getting knocked out and the trickery is getting polished up with everything coming together amazingly well!

The one thing we could see more of are volunteers inside the maze of madness! If any of you wacky PBL members know someone that enjoys frightening people or just wearing masks, send them down to us at the country store so we can get our spook on!

There are commitment sheets available to sign up on the wall at the Temple of Terror and there is plenty still to do for anyone that is just trying to kill some time before Thursday!

This Halloween event is going to be heck of a thriller and I am personally very proud to be a member of the PBL class that is putting this together! It may be a LOT of work, but it will be well worth the blood, sweat, and tears of pulling this scary event together when we get to see the class come together to scare the entire community!

Please send me the PBL meeting minutes

My email address is grammie2b@yahoo.com. Thank you. Jennifer Rand

BAKE SALE SIGN UPS AND REMINDERS

DON'T FORGET THE BAKE SALE IS THIS MONDAY! If you have signed up to work the table PLEASE do not forget. If for some reason you can't make it at the time you signed up please do your best to let either myself or somebody working the table already know that you will not be able to make it. Also could you PLEASE try to be on time to your scheduled time so that the people working the prior shift can make it to their next class or work on time! Here is the list of people who have signed up to work the table:

8:30 - 9:30
Alexander Kimm (Please do not forget to pick up the cash box PRIOR to the bake sale start)

9:30 - 10:30
Alexander Kimm
Melanie Lapsley
Alejandro Medina Meza
Marissa Potter

10:30 - 11:30
Jody Mathews
Melanie Lapsley
Barbara Kisling

11:30 -12:30
Melanie Lapsley
Patricia Bradford
W.G. Kincheloe
Kim P.

12:30 - 1:30
Melanie Lapsley
Patricia Bradford

Whoever is working the last shift of the bake sale needs to make sure that the cash box is given to the treasurer at the end of the bake sale so that funds can be deposited and accounted for!

If you can not remember if you signed up to bring items to the bake sale then here is the list of names that I have of those who signed up to bring items:

Jody Mathews
Melanie Lapsley
Patricia Bradford
W.G. Kincheloe
Marissa
Nick McShane
Debra
Jessica Masen
Denise Dennis
Candyce Conley
Maye
Sierra Morford
Laura Salgado
Kimberly Patzkowski
Teresa Murphy
Mike Hays

I ask that if you bring items for the bake sale you bring them to our table downstairs where the bake sale will be held BEFORE the start of class and before the start of the bake sale so that we will have adequate time to set up and make sure that all items are priced. It would be VERY helpful to us in pricing items if you could bring them already priced, BUT if you don't it is not a major deal...it just means we will need to set prices on more items. Please DO NOT FORGET that if you bring brownies, cookies, etc. they need to be INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED. If it is not individually wrapped then we have to sell it as an entire item which could mean that we do not sell that item. There are some additional requirements for the bake sale as far as what can't be brought (items that need to be kept cold, etc.), but I don't think we will have an issue with those and I will double check with Mike to ensure what those requirements are and to make sure that they are announced during Friday's meeting.

Thank you to everybody who has signed up to help! With all of the goodies that people are saying they will be bringing I think this bake sale will be a HUGE success!

Great appreciation for this blogspot!

Kudo's to the person or people who got this blogspot up and going. What a spectacular idea!! It is a perfect way for me to keep up on what is going on with PBL. I really miss being more involved, but because of my work schedule, I am limited right now. I am working between 32 and 40 hours per week, keeping up with a 20 credit schedule, and homework. My email is grammie2b@yahoo.com. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Hey all! Just wanted to share a few pictures I finally got ahold of.

Don't we look awsome?!?




Our wonderful executive officers. (Left to right)
Lakatherine Borgers, Kimberly Patzkowski, Tip Linden,
Joshua Conley, Candace Conley



A big thanks to David Walk "Media Dave" for taking these pictures.

And also I would like to annouce that we officially have a camera for event
picture taking. Again, the great workings of David Walk. He gave me a crash
course on picture taking. Any pictures taken I will submit to him for quality
approval and he is working on setting up a screen saver for PBL. So....need
pictures taken during an event? I'm your woman!

Temple of Terror! PBL's haunted house event

Thanks to everyone in the club for the support and assistance in getting this project off the ground, it is a short amount of time to get it set up but there are so many dedicated people working on this project that it is coming along amazingly well!

For anybody interested in assisting in the setup of this project, every weekday after 1:30pm, the doors are open and there is someone there willing to put you to work! Additionally, on the weekends, usually after 1pm are a safe bet to get some work time in.

The plastic for barriers are scheduled to be in on Monday and we will really get to rockin' and rollin' once that is set up! Until then, we could use people that are handy with constructing minor props (like tables and such). We are also looking for ANY crazy donations to make this fright fest really POP!

Quick update on the Holiday Gift Wrapping

We are still moving forward with this project. I spoke with Walmart yesterday and unfortunately we will not be able to use the space like we had originally anticipated being able to. We are looking into a few additional places, but we would LOVE any suggestions for other places that may be good to do holiday gift wrapping.

Class Updates

Wednesday is presentation day and I have the following students listed as giving a presentation:
Group 1 WG
Group 2 Debra
Group 3 Alice D
Group 4 Alice P
Group 5 Marissa
Group 6 Bruce
Group 7 Laura

If you missed the group discussions on Monday you owe me a paper on the topic and it must include some outside reading sources on the topic.

Next Monday the 19th we will have a whole class discussion on team player/understanding the company. Wednesday we will have breakout groups again on Leadership and the presentations for that subject will be on Monday the 26th.

Remember in addition to the Monday, Wednesday class projects, you must attend Tuesday PBL committee meetings and Friday PBL meetings (attendance has seemed to be lower on those two days). You also must be active in club fundraising, professional development and community service projects. (and it looks like there a many great projects to choose from!)

See you in class!

Mike

About the blog

It seems that a lot of people are getting on here which is excellent! If you would like some brief tutoring or explanation as to how to utilize this online tool, please ask as I want to help everyone have a voice in this very motivated club!

One thing I would suggest when writing a post (if you haven't done so already) is to attach some labels to the message before you post it (the place to do this is just under the text editor). By including labels, you are increasing the keyword search percentage for the club and ranking it higher (theoretically) in search engines.

Also, learn how to add links or modify text colors, maybe even add a picture for double the Spearmint fun!

Again, just ask and ye shall receive!

Community Service Fall Happenings

THANKSGIVING DINNER FOOD DRIVE
This is the time of year to say “thanks” and to be thankful for all that we have, and all that we have to offer our neighbors. So this fall PBL has decided to hold a Thanksgiving dinner themed food drive.

Club members will be collecting the non-perishable ingredients for a complete Thanksgiving dinner, such as stuffing and instant mashed potatoes, canned veggies and fruit, canned pie filling and pie crust mix, foil pans and pie pans, canned gravy and broth, etc., as well as gift certificates or money donations to purchase turkeys. Everything we collect will be turned into boxed Thanksgiving dinners for area families in need. Each box (or basket, since they will be delivered in laundry baskets) should feed an average family of four (2 adults/2 children).

The food drive is scheduled to begin November 1st 2009, with donation drop-off sites at participating Walla Walla and College Place grocery stores. Look for our box on the WWCC campus, too!

The following is a list of dates and times we will be set up outside area businesses to collect donations:
Sunday, November 1st
Saturday, November 7th & Sunday, November 8th
Saturday, November 14th & Sunday, November, 15th
Saturday, November 21st & Sunday, November 22nd

Saturdays: 9:00 – 12:00 Sundays: 10:00 – 1:00

We will need people to work these shifts. You may work the whole shift, or only an hour of one. A signup sheet will be available shortly, as will a list of confirmed locations.

Thanks Josh

This will be a great thing for our club and I hope many members will participate. I am not comfortable with process yet, but hope to have time to drop a pearl of wisdom or two.

Highway Clean-Up

Highway Clean-Up this Saturday was a success! The weather cooperated and it actually turned out to be a pretty nice day. I wanted to thank Joshua Conley, Terry Newson, Jennifer Rand, Jessica Mason, Michael Brown, and Kathy Hendrickson for giving up some of their Saturday to help out with the litter patrol. Another big thank you to Mike for supplying the refreshments. THANKS EVERYONE!

A little thanks & the first what's happening post

First off I would like to thank Josh for getting this started. IT LOOKS GREAT! I am excited to see this blog grow and blossom into so much more. While there are few posts on here now, this blog will soon grow into a place where we can keep each other updated on what is going on in PBL and post ideas we have to get some help devoloping them into bigger ideas. With that being said...I would like to give everybody the first update with what is going on in the Fundraising group.



This quarter is off to a HUGE start for fundraising and I am VERY excited to see what other ideas we will have develop throughout the rest of the quarter and also throughout the coming year. Here is what we currently have going on!



1. Halloween Themed Bake Sale

On Monday October 26 there will be a Halloween themed bake sale from 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM under the knee (our usual spot for bake sales). If you are interested in helping work the table or bring some goodies and have yet to sign up on the sign up sheet PLEASE CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW. The more help we have the better! We are requesting (not required) that we have home baked goodies since they seem to sell better and faster, BUT (as stated above) IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE HOME BAKED. I am a mother of two and understand how tight things can get and how busy you can get between everything going on so don't feel bad if you can't do home baked, but want to bring something.

2. Holiday Gift Wrapping

We are currently working on securing a facility to do some holiday gift wrapping on the biggest Christmas shopping days of the year. We all know what days those are......this year those days will be November 27-29 (if we can get a facility secured for all those days!). We are currently looking at working things out with Walmart to use the empty space where Blimpies use to be located just inside the grocery side doors. Once we have a facility secured for usage there will be many more updates, but I wanted to give everybody a "heads up" to save the date because we anticipate this to be a HUGE fundraiser and will need all the help we can get on this one (we all know how crazy that first Christmas shopping day can be!).

3. Cookbook

We are working on completing a cookbook that was compiled last year. In our Tuesday meeting we will be discussing the putting together of a sub committee for the cookbook to make the final decisions on design before it will be brought to the club to approve/deny the amount to be spent on the cookbook. We are pushing to get this done soon so that we can get the cookbook sent in and back in time to sell for Christmas.

4. Christmas Party

In our Friday meeting we decided to move forward with putting together a Christmas party. While no date is set in stone yet, it was suggested that we have it on December 12 this year. When more updates are available I will make another post with the updates.



These are all the updates that I have for you currently. As more updates come available I will make them known to you on here and in our meetings. Thanks for all the help so far and I look forward to this being a GREAT quarter!

Great Job!

Thanks Josh for all your hard work in developing this blog site. I am excited at the prospect of having a great tool like this to help improve and enhance communications within our club. I plan to use it frequently and students should watch for reminders about class, shared materials I find that might be interesting and of course-"stories".

The one positive side to having a blog is that if you get tired of my stories you can delete or ignore them! But Josh has assured me he is working on a way to monitor this, so soon I will be able to catch when you are ignoring me lol.

Welcome

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The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia. FBLA-PBL is a non-profit organization of high school ("FBLA"), middle school ("Middle Level"), and college ("PBL") students, as well as professional members ("Professional Division") who primarily help students transition to the business world. FBLA-PBL is the largest student-run business related organization in the world, with 253,365 members. Local FBLA-PBL chapters are often connected to their school's business education department.

This specific blog follws the activities of the Walla Walla Community College chapter of PBL through events and activities that are developed by the local club members.