Owen J. Roberts High School 1977 Yearbook (Pottstown, PA) - Full Access

stuff.'' ''i think i'/1 ·oin needlework club.'' ''but that's It's amazing what an organization like FBLA can do for a person. If you'd have asked me a few years ago if I would be speaking before hundreds of people in my senior year, I'd have laughed, but that's what I am doing. It's all be– cause FBLA gave me an opportunity to develop skills I never knew existed. FBLA gives you a chance to compete with your peers doing what you do best, whether it be shorthand, typing, or public speaking. The feeling of com– petition can only be matched by the feeling of winning, and knowing you're the best FBLA has kept me constantly on the move this past year, and through my many trips I've met people and gone places I never would have without this organization. I've seen this organization at all levels-local, regional, state, and national. It, in my eyes, is the number one organization ever and hasn't even got a dose competitor. How many organizations you know of are run by high school students putting forth a combined effort to make it the best in the nation. - Edith McElroy