NEWS
PHOTO COURTESY OF EUNSU LEE
AUTISM AWARENESS
FBLA x Best Buddies HENRY MA
4 | DESIGNED BY STELLA JIA
writer
Throughout January 21 to January 24, the Community Service Project Chair of FBLA and Best Buddies hosted an Autism Awareness Week with different activities hosted on different days of the week. This is one of the few times that organizations other than ASB have held an Awareness Week. In the past, FBLA has also hosted different weeks, a good example being the AE week. Junior Eunsu Lee, Community Service Project Chair of FBLA directed this week along with
the Best Buddies Club to raise awareness for autism in our community. FBLA and the Best Buddies Club have also made different adjustments for their Autism Awareness Week. They have shortened the Awareness month into a week and decided to move Autism Awareness Week from April to January. Created in 2010, the main purpose of the creation of Autism Awareness month was to recognize people living with autism. During this month, there would be events and educational activities to increase the understanding and support of autism. As of 2017, 170 countries from all over the globe participate in
Autism Awareness month. Similar to the Autism Awareness month, FBLA has also included fun activities into their Autism Awareness Week. Each day of the week had specific activities centered around the idea of having the most outreach to the student body. The very first activity that FBLA hosted was the distribution of stickers. This decision was made because sticker distribution was one of the most efficient and appealing ways to connect with the student body. All the stickers had a color scheme of blue and held different interesting facts. The next day, FBLA decided to
