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Applications open for the Sherwood Trust Community Leadership Program in Milton Freewater

MILTON FREEWATER, Ore.—Sherwood Trust is convening a group of community-minded leaders of all experience levels for its 2022 Community Leadership Program in Milton Freewater, OR. The program runs February through September 2022. Applications are due December 10, 2021 and available online at http://www.sherwoodtrust.org/leadership. There is no cost to participants.

“Ideal candidates for the 2022 leadership class will be people who live and/or work in Milton-Freewater area” said Sherwood Trust Program Director Julia Leavitt. “Candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of formal leadership experience.”

For over fifteen years, the Community Leadership Program strengthens local leadership and community-building abilities with a hands-on, interactive program to develop leadership and community-building skills in southeast Washington and northeast Oregon.

In collaboration with Rural Development Initiatives Inc. (RDI) in Eugene, Oregon, this skill-based learning program focuses on developing community and organizational leadership skills of people in the region.

Sherwood Trust is a private, placed-based foundation that supports capacity-building to ensure that everyone in the Walla Walla Valley has a sense of belonging and contributes to a thriving region. Founded in 1991 to continue the legacy of Donald and Virginia Sherwood’s efforts to make the Walla Walla Valley a better place, it has invested more than $34 million to strengthen nonprofits and improve communities here.

For more information or to apply please contact: Julia Leavitt at Sherwood Trust at (509)

529-2791, or Julia@sherwoodtrust.org

 

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