Participants of Leadership Venango will be required to work as part of a small group to plan, develop, and show leadership to others in a community based project.
Class of 2019
Team Business – Job Shadow Guide
Team Student – Student Survey
Team Educators – Virtual Reality Tours of Local Businesses
Class of 2020
The Class of 2020 group projects were all based on “communication”:
Team Community – Communication Directory
Team Business – Venango County Small Business Resource Guide
Team Youth – “Based upon informal surveys and anecdotal evidence, we were able to determine that our local schools didn’t know about and weren’t enjoying the benefits of the recently created Venango County Job Shadow Resource Guide. We created 30 second summaries to be read at each morning announcement in the high schools during a one month period that highlighted job shadow tips and descriptions of local professions. Essentially we wanted to “communicate” the Job Shadow Guide’s existence and contents to both the students and educators. We had three schools (OC, Franklin, and VC) on board and ready to get us scheduled when COVID hit.”
Class of 2021
MapMe – Recreation in Venango County
Class of 2022
Team A – Youth Volunteer Traning Workshops (These workshops have now been adopted by the United Way of Venango County and rebranded under the name Connect2Contribute, find more by clicking here)
Team B – Venango Speaks Podcast (This team created 2 initial episodes and then passed this project along to local Teens through the Oil Region Library Association, find more by clicking here)
Team C – Little Free Libraries (A Little Free Library was established along the walking trail at UPMC Northwest Hospital)
Click here for a newsletter article with details on each project.
Class of 2023
Team A – “Foundations for Leadership in Your Community”, leadership training day for high school juniors and seniors
Team B – Rethink Poverty simulation
Team C – Relaunch of the Be Here Venango Ambassador Program, with a focus on mentor matching
Class of 2024
Team 1 – Review and update of Job Shadow Guide (originally created by Class of 2019)
Team 2 – Created a mobile tour of the area, available here: https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/Pleasantville-The-Stories-of-Venango-County-9391
Class of 2025
Team 1 – Financial Literacy Resource Guide
Created a financial literacy resource guide for use by high school educators intended to provide secondary education professionals in Venango County with information about financial literacy programs and resources available to supplement classroom learning.
Team 2 – Community Philosophy Circle
Held a series of community philosophy circles that began with the question “How would you reshape society if you were building it from scratch?” Hosted a symposium/speaker event and continue to host conversations in the community.
Team 3 – Heart & Soul
Assisted the Venango Heart & Soul initiative in collecting stories from community members and hosting a community event. Learned about story gathering and continue to volunteer with the initiative.