Town Talk: A conversation with Rick Gardner – DECA Chapter Advisor

In this Town Talk, our publisher Mike McCool with Rick Gardner. Rick is the Business & Marketing teacher and the DECA Chapter Advisor at Warren County High School.

Next month he will lead a group of 20 students headed to the DECA International Career Development Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.

DECA is one of the many CTE (Career and Technical Education) organizations offered by Warren County Public Schools. DECA works to prepare our students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA’s Comprehensive Learning Program integrates classroom instruction, preparing members for colleges and jobs; applies to learn with project-based activities; connects students with local businesses and promotes competition to drive members to excel and improve their performance.

To raise the money needed to send these students to Nationals, the DECA Chapter is having an event on April 2, 2022. They will be selling BBQ Carolina-Style Pulled-Pork (1/2 lb)  or Chicken, (2 leg quarters).

Here is the link to the order form. Use the form to order and on Saturday, April 2 between 12:00-4:00 pm, pick-up your order at the cafeteria entrance to the school. They will accept cash, checks (made payable to “WCHS DECA”), and credit/debit cards. Please note that chicken/pork BBQ is the only menu items being sold, there are no sides being offered.

The DECA Chapter has also setup a GoFundMe page. The goal is to raise $8000 to cover the student registration, hotel and transportation. The dealine is April 10, 2022.

This is a “once in a LIFETIME” experience! Please consider investing in the lives of the these young student.

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