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The 2022 SCAFCS Annual Conference
The Many Faces of FCS
Thursday & Friday, February 17-18, 2022 
Embassy Suites Columbia on Greystone
Columbia, SC

NOW is the time to Register!
Plan on attending the Conference AND the Pre-Conference!
Look at the Newsletter (page 11-12) for a glimpse of the Tentative Program.
Then either download the Registration form (page 13), click on the digital registration (have your smartphone and your Credit Card ready to scan the QR Code to pay), or send your form and a check through the mail ($5 fee for checks).

AAFCS Announces 2021 FCS Day Activities
Submissions were to be sent by November 22, but may be open.
Celebration December 3!
​FOOD - FASHION - FURNISHINGS - FAMILY and MUCH MORE!
FCS truly does tie them all together - 
Join us for a birthday celebration, regardless of the weather!
It's FCS Friday on December 3, 2021 - 
It's FREE!
We're going to use the apron to "tie" in a little fun!
In previous years, AAFCS encouraged you to dine -
But, this year, it's time for Family and Consumer Sciences to really shine!

FCS is the key to success in today’s complex and challenging world.  FCS provides the tools, the know-how and the resilience to meet any challenge head-on.  From learning the value of a dollar, knowing how to prepare healthy meals and having the confidence to seek out and grasp opportunities, a foundation in FCS IS a foundation for a successful life. From homes, to schools, to communities, and everywhere in between, FCS professionals use an evidence-based approach to help people lay the groundwork for long, healthy and successful lives.

With its many content areas and multiple practice settings, let's show everyone how "FCS Ties it All Together" for #FCSsuccess!  And, to commemorate the profession and its founder, Ellen Swallow Richards, we celebrate her birthday -- December 3!  This year, we will bring together multiple content areas of food and nutrition, culinary and food science, family relationships and lifespan development, and fashion design/textiles to provide several opportunities for EVERYONE to engage in the celebration! 

ABOUT THE 2021 THEME
With the increased popularity of cooking, the rising craft movement, and interest in retro fashion and vintage look, the apron has made a comeback.  While aprons have many benefits, the most important is likely the functionality and protection they provide.  The apron can also tie to many careers!  Chefs in homes and restaurants appreciate a good apron (or chef coat) to keep their clothes clean.  Aprons allow for a safe and hygienic working environment.  In fact, the apron or lab coat is listed as one of the required pieces of protective equipment in the lab.  

The apron has long been a symbol of generosity and hospitality!  One of its most noteworthy qualities is helpfulness.  Like the apron, Family and Consumer Sciences professionals "give generously" to the individuals, families, and communities that they serve and are some of the most hospitable individuals!          

NOTE:  Go to the FCS Ties it all Together site and click on the Template button for the Ppt format for submission. Go to:
https://www.aafcs.org/aafcs-events/all-events/fcsday/aafcs-events-fcsday-2021-activities

To celebrate FCS Day 2021, AAFCS is inviting “FCS Ties it all Together” Design submissions from students and professionals.  Show us your creative fashion side - be creative, be unique, and share your most inspiring designs. Submissions are being accepted for the following categories:
​ Apron (any style), Chef Coat, Lab Coat                                                    Deadline:  November 22

AAFCS is inviting students and professionals to don their apron or lab/chef coats and snap their photo in the kitchen or foods lab preparing or testing their favorite healthy recipe.  Submissions are being accepted for the following categories: Individual Group (Examples include Secondary or Post-Secondary Students, FCCLA or 4-H Members, Families, or Professional Colleagues)                                                                           Deadline:  November 22

Do you have an “apron” story?  What stories could be told if aprons could talk?  Whether it is a serious chef apron/coat, a frilly dinner apron, a grilling apron showcasing your favorite team, a stained work apron, or even your grandmother’s hand embroidered apron, everyone who dons an apron has a personal or professional story to tell about their own history or adventures.  Where did you get the apron? Who taught you to cook?  Do you have a memorable food preparation/cooking experience involving the “apron”?  What or who inspired your love of nutrition, food, science, and/or wellness?  To celebrate FCS Day 2021, AAFCS is inviting students and professionals to share their own personal or professional story tied to or inspired by an apron, chef coat, or lab coat and to include a picture of the apron or coat.
                                                                                                                          Deadline:  November 22

The last 2021 Virtual Conference was held Saturday, February 20, 2021; it was spectacular!  If you didn't get your program copy for future reference, click the button below. Photos and write-ups are found in the Spring, 2021 Newsletter (See Newsletter widget on top line.).  Ppts are available in Conference Updates link in the tool bar. 

Checks and donations for the AAFCS Fund Development collection or Donations to sponsor half of student membership for a student through HUGS ($25) can be made out to SCAFCS and sent to the VP Finance, Glenna Mason, 3160 Jackson Drive, Orangeburg, SC 29118.


​From the South Carolina Department of Education
Dr. Eleanor Glover Gladney 
​Family and Consumer Sciences Booklet 

113th AAFCS Annual Conference
June 25-27, 2022
​Orlando, Florida

Make plans to attend. Make hotel reservations at the 
DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld.

AAFCS National Conference Community of Apparel, Textiles, and Design Juried Showcase

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The 2021 Community of Apparel, Textiles, and Design Juried Showcase
Deadline was March 22, 2021, so NEXT Year, please plan to submit prior to March.  To identify specifics about the juried showcase, please click on the links below to see what was done in the past.
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 Say YES to FCS: Filling the FCS Educator Pipeline  This initiative is available to encourage      consideration of Family and Consumer Sciences Education as a profession. For more information, please visit      https://www.fcsed.net/fcsed/recruit/recruit-commit 

FACS Faces and Places 
Click here to sign up online for a Data catalog of FACS professionals in SC.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ofFytzECcfBKm2pt3MV01ZzKIs489f2pg8xwqZf80Dw/edit#heading=h.ip3y6982gwwp
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Dr. Bonita Manson (now living in Texas) and Dr. Ethel Jones (now working in Louisiana) catch up with SC friendship and news. Gone from SC, but still beloved members.
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Dr. Bill Whitaker (newly appointed in May to the Council for Accreditation, the official accrediting body of the AAFCS, and as of September 2019, the SCSU Acting Associate Provost of Academic Affairs) and Dr. LaToya Jackson accompanied SCSU Poster Presentation nutrition student, Anitra James.
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SCAFCS Counselor Kimberly LaNell Ray with Kimberley Myers, SCAFCS VP - Program-Elect smile for the camera! Enjoying the AAFCS Conference!
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SCAFCS President Jean Pesce and Melody Weatherford, EASE Curriculum Showcase Chairman, take a moment to laugh and enjoy.
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The stainless steel Gateway Arc of St. Louis . . . caught by the rim by our 2020-2022 President, Jean Pesce!
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Congratulations to Dr. Ethel Jones, AAFCS Treasurer! She is now serving as part of the national Board. She served SCAFCS as Vice President-Finance for years and did a stellar job! She's third from the right and the one wearing royal blue.