Area 7,

Did you enjoy WRLC?

Well in a this week you will

get the chance to show off

your skills at this year’s Area

Career and Development

Conference. Here you are

competing to the State Career

and Development Conference. Good luck, and I

hope to see you there! Feel free to come introduce

yourself to me! I am also still eager to visit your

chapters. I have gotten the chance to visit Olympic,

North Mason, Emerald Ridge, and Rogers. If you

would like me to come to your chapter feel free to

email me or text me with

your name and chapter!

Kayla Heitzman

Area 7 President

253.985.0289

Kayla.heitzman@wadeca-

officer.org

Area 7 President, Kayla Heitzman

AREA 7 CHAPTERS

Bonney Lake

Bremerton

Central Kitsap

Curtis

Emerald Ridge

Gig Harbor

Graham Kapowsin

Klahowya

Lincoln

Mount Tahoma

North Mason

Olympic

Peninsula

Pierce County Skills Center

Port Angeles

Puyallup

Rogers

South Kitsap

Stadium

V OLUME 1 ISSUE 3

DECEMPBER / JANUARY2012

Message from Kayla 1

WRVP, WRLC, Dress Code 2-3

WRLC Dress Code 4-5

MDA Movement, RMHC 6-7

ICDC, Chapter Visits 8-9

Misc. 10-11

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

WRLC 2012

Re-cap

V OLUME 1 ISSUE 3 P AGE 3

This past November you as members had the chance to visit

Seattle for this rare event! Josh Sundquist kicked off this

four day conference with his inspirational and comical

presentation. This led into the days of informative breakout

sessions ranging from college informations to competition

help. Your chapters got to bond while doing active GeoTeam-

ing, and the conference came to a close as friends, advi-

sors, and state officers took the stage for some hilarious

hypnotism. But, wait . . .There was more! As members of

Washington DECA you had the exclusive opportunity to be pri-

vately hypnotized at the Washington Only closing session.

You also got to hear the owner of Dick’s Drive-In talk

about how his iconic Seattle restaurant came to be while

participating in the some fun trivia for prizes! It was a

packed four days for DECA members across the Western Region

to Ascend and Thrive in preparation for ICDC in Anaheim,

California. I hope many memories were made and all of you

from Area 7 who attended had a great time!

Ladies:

Area Conference

Dress Code

NOT DRESS CODE

No cleavage Skirts shorter than 3” above

the knee (& Bodycon skirts!)

No yoga pants No tank-tops (unless under a

blazer or jacket)

Keep mid-

riffs/back/shoulders cov-

ered.

DRESS CODE

Dress slacks, dress khakis

Skirts (Pencil)

Button Up Blouses

Dress shoes

**Remember to dress

to impress: business

professional**

Boys:

NOT DRESS CODE

No sweatpants

No Headwear

(HATS)

Undergarments may

not show

(UNDERWEAR)

DRESS CODE

Slacks

Button-Up Shirts

Sweaters

Ties

**Remember to dress

to impress: business

professional**

NO JEANS

The Movement is an international student-driven fundraiser for the Mus-

cular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in which all of DECA can participate.

This project has been organized by former

Oklahoma State Officer, Jay Koontz, and DECA’s

National Officer Team. The goal of The Move-

ment is to strengthen the MDA-DECA partner-

ship by uniting chapter efforts to support MDA

through community service or by raising funds

for MDA research. Get involved simply by

raising money for MDA and serving them in

your local community. A toolkit will give ideas for fundraisers and

service opportunities. It will be sent to each chapter when they join

online at https://www.ourmvmt.com/join.

Luke Christie, MDA Chairman

this year’s

collection item:

Ziploc BAGS

Washington DECA has supported the Ronald McDonald House Chari-

ties for about 5 years now. The

purpose of the Ronald McDon-

ald House is to of- fer families a

home away from home while their

children are under- going treatment

for various diseas- es and conditions.

Families are asked to pay $25 a

night, but some cannot meet this.

This is where Washington DE-

CA comes in. At FLC and SCDC

“Miracle Minutes” are held and raise

almost $2500! That can provide

help for 100 fami- lies.

Every year, your State Officers set a monetary goal, as a state. This

There will be a Miracle minute

at Area Conference, re-

member to bring your spare

change to donate!

P AGE 8

Will you

THRIVE in

Anaheim

DECA goes to Anaheim for ICDC this year!

Visit Disneyland and California

Adventure, experience

Universal , and much more this year at ICDC.

ICDC 2013

April 23-28

CHAPTER VISITS!

HOW TO SCHEDULE A CHAPTER VISIT:

1) Consult with your Chapter

Advisor about having Kayla

come.

2) Contact Kayla by email or by

Facebook

3) Discuss a date that works for

both parties

You can reach Kayla by:

Email: kayla.heitzman@wadeca-officer.org

Phone (text with name & school): (253)985-0289

Or on Facebook (name/school please!)

Your 2012-2013 State Officers

Rylie Ploeger Area 1

Anna Pischer Area 2

Madi Lobet Area 3

Nicole Nguyen Area 4

Tyler Dyer Area 5

Britany DuVon Area 6

Coleman Johnson Area 8

Robert Cabrales Area 9

Austin Woodring Area 10

Madison Czarapata Area 11

Amy Rosi

State President

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Washington

DECA on

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like them on

Facebook!

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Facebook!!

Congratulations to everyone who has qualified for Area

Conference!!!