The SkillsUSA Geary Awards and Recognition banquet took place on Thursday, April 10th, at 5:00 PM. Chapter officers, active members, as well as parents and alumni gathered together to celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of the SkillsUSA Geary Chapter. 6 of 8 officers were present at the Awards Ceremony; 2 officers had prior engagements. The SkillsUSA Geary officers demonstrated the Opening and closing ceremonies and the SkillsUSA Geary Alumni and Friend's association provided sweets and refreshments. First Christian Church graciously provided a venue since the original venue for the banquet burnt to the ground.

The SkillsUSA Geary chapter competed in the SkillsUSA Oklahoma NW District Spring Leadership Conference last week. Five members competed and three of those five placed in the top six in their contest. Competitors: Connor Bernhardt and Lucas Posey in Customer Service and Jayrivers Cooper, Abby Everly, and Sophia Everly in Job Interview. Connor placed 2nd, Lucas placed 3rd, and Abby placed in the top 6 of job interview contestants. Jayrivers also got elected to serve as a SkillsUSA Oklahoma NW District Officer for the upcoming school year!

The SkillsUSA Geary activities committee carried out a Christmas Drive-In Movie. Everyone in the community was invited. SkillsUSA Geary provided snacks and refreshments including popcorn, hot chocolate, and candy canes. Thank you to the First Christian Church of Geary for allowing us to use their vacant lot to cast the movie. Another big thank you to the Geary First United Methodist Church for allowing us to use their facilities to cook the popcorn and heat up the hot chocolate.

The SkillsUSA Fall Leadership conference took place on Friday, October 4th, 2024, from 9AM-2PM at Metro Technology Center - Springlake Campus. Fall Conference is an introduction to new members into SkillsUSA. SkillsUSA Geary used this to recruit new members to the chapter. The SkillsUSA Geary membership committee recruited 8 new members. Members took part in five-minute breakout session where they learned about how to run the chapter. For new members, the breakout sessions introduced them to the world of SkillsUSA.

On this day, in 1965, VICA was born. After many years of change, VICA eventually became SkillsUSA in 2004. Today we celebrate the 59th birthday of the organization. 

The 2024 SkillsUSA Geary Awards and Recognition Ceremony took place on Monday, April 2nd, 2024 @ 6:00 PM in the Gym at Geary High School, 300 South Blaine Avenue, Geary, OK 73040. The banquet was sponsored by the SkillsUSA Geary Alumni & Friends Association. Officers, past and present members, as well as business and industry partners, parents, school administration, and city of Geary officials were in attendance. Awards were given recognizing the outstanding students in the chapter and the outstanding community members and partners in the area. Refreshments were served to everyone throughout the banquet.

For the last 3 years, Primos Café of Geary has put on a community Christmas dinner for the impoverished citizens in the area. Owner Lupe Hernandez believes that everyone should be able to have a hot meal on Christmas. This year, SkillsUSA Geary had the honors of serving food onto the plates that were handed out. They formed an assembly line and got to work. These meals were served in house, delivered to surrounding communities and even delivered to a homeless shelter in Oklahoma City. Over 600 plates were served, 300 of which were made by the SkillsUSA Geary Chapter Officers. The officers also helped pack over 100 candy sacks to be handed out to kids when they get their toy and meal. Big thanks to Lupe Hernandez for allowing us to help out!

August 28th-30th 2023