Business Professionals of America sounds like the type of club your grandfather who worked in finance his whole life would join in highschool 50 years ago, but if you take a look just beyond the surface, I think you’ll come to figure out the possibilities the club holds for you and your future. Even if you are unsure of your future, the club can serve as a guide for any future endeavors towards a career or lifestyle. Take me for example, do I have any interest in a future profession in business? Nope. I’m headed for medical school, and yet joining this organization has opened a window of possibilities for me.
Let’s start with community service and its benefits; not only does it benefit the community you serve, but it benefits you as well. Service hours are great to display on college applications, and it shows your commitment towards a cause. As well as that, they have a plethora of beneficial qualities like increasing social awareness and worldview, increasing responsibility, developing empathy and communication skills, and are even proven to help students perform better in school.
But if that doesn’t convince you, let the skills you learn influence you. Taking part in a business-based organization like BPA allows you to learn valuable skills such as leadership, how to market yourself, fact based thinking, and a whole range of others.
Finally, by competing in competitions and helping others, you are recognized and awarded. Plenty of recognition and awards exist within BPA to set you up for success in the future, like the BPA Merit Scholar Award, Chapter Activities Award of Excellence, and Marketing & Communications Award, just to name a few. Your good deeds and efforts can be admired locally and even nationally, which can help you prove your worth to your working society. You may be in high school, but you can always contribute to a cause, and with a cause like BPA, you wouldn’t want to miss it.
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