Class of 1999-2000

Gateway to Community Service For Youth

Mission Statement:

“Educating and motivating youth to lifetime community service in Hancock County”

Problem Analysis:

Lack of service opportunities
Items brought up at Social Issues Day
Decline in volunteerism
Recruiting practices

Action Plan:

Complete appointment of board of directors and hold retreat
- Elect officers and create curriculum
Develop brochure describing the program and inviting applicants
Recruit speakers/presenters, locate meeting places.
Distribute brochure and advertise program
Meet with local service agencies that are interested in participating
Finalize planning, begin reviewing applications.
Make final selections of participations and notify them

Group Members:

Sandy Abel
Teri Dunlavy
Rob Jackson
Hope Moran
Dorothy Swanson-Glancy

Public Information Access- Virtual Courthouse

Recognizing the Problem:

Hancock County did not have access to the latest technology for County officials, or resident

Analysis of the Problem:

Interviewed County Officials
- All believed that county needed electronic GIS as well as “Virtual Courthouse”
- Reduces phone calls
- Saves money from mailings
- Forms available online for residents/businesses

Action Plan:

Offer offices access to Internet
Offices to develop “wish lists”
Technology training
Communicate needs to task force
Obtain funding

Group Members:

Tim Higbie
Ann Johnson
Nancy Simpson

The 2018-19 Leadership Hancock County hits the home stretch with the first of three seminars on leadership on Feb. 6.

Meeting at Greenfield Banking Co., the class will hear presentations on servant leadership and boardmanship and will meet representatives from Hancock County service clubs and learn about what they do.

Because of time constraints, a tour of Greenfield-Hancock County Animal Management had to be canceled on Government Day Jan. 10. The board is discussing adding a tour to the next class day to make up for the canceled one.
BOARD INSTALLS NEW TREASURER

Dianna Hawkins, a finance professional at NineStar Connect, has been named treasurer of the Leadership Hancock County board of directors. She replaces Tony Zurwell.

Hawkins, a member of the Class of 2016, will oversee all of LHC's financial transactions, including expenses for class days, tuition payments, and monetary contributions to the organization.

Founded in 1996, Leadership Hancock County was conceived as a pipeline of sorts for emerging leaders. Since then, more than 400 people have gone through our program. On that roster of graduates are CEOs, political leaders, educators and key managers in dozens of organizations.
Our program works to foster leadership skills in promising students in an immersive, eight-month study of our communities and the qualities that go into making strong leaders. Along the way, enrollees learn how to work as part of a team, and they gain valuable insights into how to communicate effectively and contribute to their organizations in impactful ways.
If you or someone in your organization is on a leadership track in your organization, we'd love to hear from you.