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Our student members also collected non-perishable food items for the Middlesex Food Pantry and pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over 600 NJ FCCLA members competed in various events. We are so proud of the work our student members did in preparation for this conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>Illustrated Talk (Food &amp; Nutrition)<\/u>:\u00a0 Sophia Laffler, Jake McAllister, and Kyle O&#8217;Niel earned a\u00a0<i>2nd place<\/i>\u00a0<b>silver medal<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>Illustrated Talk (Personal Finance)<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0Akshat Gohil, Om Sonani &amp; Aryan Pansuriya earned a\u00a0<i>3rd place<\/i>\u00a0<b>silver medal<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><u>Financing your Future (Individual):<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Homa Zaerzadeh earned a\u00a0<b>gold medal<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>Financing your Future (Group):<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0Aastha Pansuriya, Maya Tenn, Angel Patel earned a\u00a0<b>silver medal<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>NJ-FCCLA What&#8217;s the Buzz<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0Jaime Bolliger earned\u00a0<i>1st place<\/i>\u00a0<b>gold medal<\/b>\u00a0with a\u00a0<u><i>perfect score<\/i><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>Cultural Food Fusion<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0Lorelei White, Micaela Britez and Jaime Bolliger earned a\u00a0<b>silver medal<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>Tune into FCCLA (Social Justice)<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0Nyla Islam earned a\u00a0<b>bronze medal<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7330 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_0185-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_0185-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_0185-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_0185-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_0185-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/rhs\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_0185-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 24, 2025, members from FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) attended the Fall Leadership Conference at The Pines Manor in Edison, NJ. 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