FLORENCE, S.C. – Twenty-six South Carolina residents, primarily from the Pee Dee, are participating in the Non-Profit Leadership Institute at Francis Marion University.
Initially funded by a $75,000 grant from the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation of Florence, the institute provides leadership training for non-profit groups in the Pee Dee region. The effort is also being supported by an evaluation grant from the PSARAS Foundation of Columbia.
The first session of the seven-month training program was held Sept. 20 and the second and third sessions were held Oct. 24 and 25. The fourth session is slated for Nov. 22.
Topics include leadership; program development and delivery; human resource development, including board members and volunteers; effective financial resource development and management; programmatic and organizational issues related to data collection and reporting; visibility, including managing external relations; and case studies.
Fred Sheheen, former commissioner and executive director of the S.C. Commission on Higher Education, is director of the FMU institute.
For more information, contact the FMU Foundation at 843-661-1481.
Participants in the Non-Profit Leadership Institute at Francis Marion University
(Hometown: Name, Organization)
Bennettsville: Carole Bowdre, Hospice of Marlboro County
Chapin: Pi Johnson, South Carolina Nurses Foundation
Columbia: Renatta Loquist, South Carolina Nurses Foundation
Dillon: Johnnie Luehrs, Dillon County Chamber/Dillon County United Way
Florence: Sally Bugg, The Byrnes Schools; Ronald Chatham, NESA; Frank Crow, Florence Regional Arts Alliance; Susan Goldstein, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area; Linda Mitchell Johnson, Senior Citizens Association; Eric Jones, Eastern South Carolina Alliance; Sue Palumbo, Florence Little Theatre; Paul Pittman, Circle Park Behavioral Health Services; Madie Robinson, Pee Dee Healthy Start Inc.; Spencer R. Scott, Florence County First Steps; Ruth Thomas, Family Connection of South Carolina Inc.; Ellen Tisdale, FDTC Foundation; Jane Tuttle, individual; J. Austin Watson, Lighthouse Ministries
Georgetown: Jim Dumm, Tara Hall Home for Boys; Pat Strickland, Georgetown United Way Inc.
Hamer: Ruth Norris, Christ Church, Unity
Hampton: Kim Wilson, People Empowering People
Manning: Marguirite DeLaine, Briggs. v. Elliott Organization
Marion: Gloria Sawyer, Morning Star Christian Academy
Myrtle Beach: Shirley Wright, Rape Crisis Center
Summerton: Bea Rivers, Briggs-DeLaine-Pearson Foundation
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