LCC Phi Beta Lambda Initiates Community Service Project

The Mu Omega Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) at Lenoir Community College initiated a community service project and connected with a Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter in Goldsboro.
PBL-FBLA chapters from LCC and Rosewood High School met at the Marion Edwards Recovery Center Initiatives (MERCI) warehouse recently and packed 375 health kits and 89 flood buckets in support of the ISABEL flood victims project. These kits included personal health, sanitation, and cleaning supplies to help the flood victims throughout eastern North Carolina.

LCC PBL invited the FBLA chapter from Wayne County to participate in the project associated with The Marion Edwards Recovery Center Initiatives (MERCI) located in Goldsboro in the Rosewood community.
MERCI is a program of the North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church. As an outgrowth of the disaster recovery effort following Hurricane Floyd, MERCI not only works with families affected by disasters, but also with low income families looking for a better way of life. Using volunteer labor, MERCI repairs and replaces substandard homes in eastern North Carolina while helping the families adjust to the financial and maintenance issues of home ownership.

The warehouse also serves as a center for training disaster relief workers; storing emergency response materials; and collecting, sorting, and boxing food, clothing, and medical supplies for the NC Conference’s worldwide mission projects.

This project is only one of the many community service projects LCC PBL has planned for the upcoming school year to help supply resources and gifts to surrounding communities.

FBLA-PBL is a non-profit educational association of students preparing for careers in business and business- related fields. The FBLA division is for high school students interested in a business or business-
related career. The PBL division is for college or post-secondary students pursuing a business or business- related career. The Professional Division is for business people, educators, parents, and anyone who has an interest in and supports the goals of FBLA-PBL.

Pictured left to right, front, are: Rebecca Clark, Rosewood High FBLA; Katelyn Miller, LCC PBL; second row, Teri Ives LCC PBL; Sabrina Martin, Rosewood High FBLA; Dondi Duff-Byrd, LCC PBL; back row; Walter Martin, LCC PBL Advisor; Steven Millard, Rosewood High student, Kim Miller, LCC PBL Vice-President; and Jennifer Jones, LCC PBL.