Congratulations to Nashua South, Pinkerton Academy and Hillsboro-Deering, for being named “Diamond” Chapters by national DECA.  Jenn Scheffer at Pinkerton, Kathy Tremblay and Lesa McQuesten at South, and Marc Payeur at Hillsboro did a great job with this years membership campaign and really “grew” their chapters!  Pinkerton, South, and Hillsboro-Deering will be recognized on stage at the ICDC in Louisville for their achievement.   To achive Diamond status, a chapter needs to do the following: recruit 10 or more members than last year, or have 100% membership; recruit 10 or more alumni and/or professional members; implement 5 or more promotional activities before the start of school and November 15th; and implement a DECA Serve Day during DECA Week.  Kudos to these three New Hampshire chapters!  See you on stage at “Nationals,” in Louisville this April!!

Advisors, check out the Advisor page for copies of the CDC Registration and Conference information, as well as the projected program for the conference.

The City of Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce has voted to award the title of 2009 Citizen of the Year to the Hillsboro-Deering DECA Chapter! Every year the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce awards the title of Citizen of the Year to a citizen or Non-Profit organization who shows substantial contribution to the community in the areas of Leadership, Civic Affairs, Government Affairs, Community Activities, Charitable and Non-Profit Programs, Business Development, and Educational Programs.

Hillsboro-Deering will be honored at the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Celebration! The Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Celebration honors the 2009 Citizen of the Year, Hillsboro-Deering DECA, and 2009 Business of the Year. It will take place at American Legion, 538 W. Main St., Hillsborough on Saturday, January 30th! The celebration is open to the public and tickets must be purchased in advance at the Chamber office. Cost is $15 per person. The event will start at 6:00pm with a Cash bar, followed by an International foods buffet. The awards will be presented at 7:30 and entertainment will follow featuring Fred Marple, with tales from Frost Heaves.

Congratulations Hillsboro-Deering DECA for this tremendous achievement!

Londonderry DECA has once again had success in the National DECA on line Stock Market Game!  Teams from their chapter placed 4th and 8th in the North East Region, and are now eligible to compete at the finals at Nationals in April!!!! Congrats to Advisor Scott Greene and his students!

Pinkerton DECA, Nashua South DECA, and Hillsboro-Deering DECA attained Diamond Member Recognition from National DECA, having increased their enrollment and completed DECA promotional activities!  Congratulations to these fine NH DECA Chapters!

Somersworth DECA reports they are busy working on charity projects this Winter…

Seacoast School of  Technology DECA reports that they have collected 1002 cans for donation to the New Hampshire Food Bank, which has a large need for food and cash donations to meet the increasing demand due to the recession.  Thanks to SST on behalf of NH DECA for contributing to this worthy cause!!!!

Hillsboro-Deering DECA is in the TOP TEN for the North-East Region in both the Virtual Business Personal Finance and the Virtual Business Retailing on-line competition.   Their tradition of excelling in these events is alive for another year!

The NH DECA State Officer team is working on plans for regional CDC Prep Workshops, for February, to get ready for the State DECA Career Development Conference in March (“States!!”).  They are looking at having them in the northern and southern parts of the state so chapters nearby can participate.   Also considered are workshops in the western area and seacoast areas.  Stand by for developments…

IF YOU HAVE ANY CHAPTER NEWS TO SHARE, SEND IT TO THE STATE OFFICERS OR STATE ADVISOR TEAM!