Red Cross Holiday Mail for Soldiers
The Red Cross has established a process to ensure that all cards sent to our service members are safe and arrive in time for the holidays. Holiday cards will be collected through a unique P.O. Box address through Monday, December 7. Cards from across the nation should be sent to the following address:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Every card received is screened by Pitney Bowes and distributed to participating Red Cross chapters nationwide. Once the cards arrive at the Red Cross chapters, they are sorted and reviewed by volunteers who then distribute them to service members, their families and veterans in communities across the country.

For more information, go to:
www.redcross.org/holidaymail

SkillsUSA Announces
2010 Lowe’s Grants Program
SkillsUSA has just announced a continuing partnership with Lowes. As part of their overall grant to SkillsUSA, Lowe’s will be awarding grants to local chapters of up to $10,000 each for community service projects or campus improvement projects conducted during 2010. Read more here.

SkillsUSA Theme Song Ring Tone
The chorus of SkillsUSA's Theme song is now available for you to download and use as a ring tone for your cell phone. Contact your carrier or cell phone manufacturer if you need instructions for installing ring tones on your phone.

Download it here.

How Green Are You?
The ultimate green challenge is here. Take this quiz to find out how Green you truly are. Get the details here.

Safety Community for SkillsUSA
The Ansell-sponsored website, www.SafetyCommunity.com, has created a dedicated group for SkillsUSA students, faculty and staff. The group was created to offer SkillsUSA leaders the opportunity to find safety training resources and share knowledge with industry professionals. The SkillsUSA group is located at www.safetycommunity.com/group/skillsusa.

The SafetyCommunity.com SkillsUSA Group features:
A tips and networking discussion forum for students, faculty, staff and safety professionals to share advice on education, best practices, training and safety.
Networking capabilities so that SkillsUSA leaders can connect and converse with professionals and experts in the field.

A helpful links section where students, faculty and staff can find links to websites that offers information on the safety industry and ways to get involved in the field.
News feeds with updated information on industry trends and happenings.

Enter the Safety Community Contest
Connect with 15 new SafetyCommunity.com members (non-SkillsUSA folks)

Post two original blog posts related to safety and how it relates to your coursework at SkillsUSA. Start or reply to one discussion in the Safety Community forums.

Grand prize: Five lucky winners will earn a $250 American Express gift certificate!

For more info visit here.

College/Postseconday Program of Work
SkillsUSA activities for college/postsecondary chapters
can be extremely valuable educational experiences.
It would be difficult to overemphasize the
importance of interesting and well-planned activities
for a chapter. Activities should be the center
for chapter involvement on campus, providing a
focus for what SkillsUSA is all about. Download the details.

Technical Career Information Available
If you want to learn about potential technical careers, what skills are needed, the occupational outlook, potential earnings and more, visit Career Voyages online. This web site is the result of a collaboration between the US Department of Labor and the US Department of Education. It is designed to provide detailed information and videos for students, parents or educators on a variety of careers in automotive, construction, energy, information technology, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, transportation and more.  More information is available at www.CareerVoyages.gov.