Junior Leadership Cumberland

Thank you to our JLC Partner Sponsors for their support of our organization this year and our JLC 2025 Class! Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Highmark Inc. Playa Bowls Carlisle UPMC Volvo CE We are grateful for their generosity in giving back to our high school students in Cumberland County and providing them with the opportunity to develop important leadership skills. The support our partner sponsors provide throughout the year allows us to offer this program to high school juniors and develop effective leaders for the future of Central PA! #PartnerSponsor #EffectiveFutureLeaders #JLCumberland #JLCProud

Yesterday, our JLC Class of 2025 held their March Session at Volvo CE in Shippensburg! It started out with an icebreaker activity presented by a group of the students before Coach Mike Greene of IntegrityWorks Coaching presented on Habit 5: Understand then be Understood. This habit involves?listening before speaking, and it can help build strong relationships and avoid conflict. Before lunch, the students were welcomed by Volvo and went on a tour of the customer center. Then, they heard from Volvo employees on a Career Exploration Panel where they talked about different areas of a global company in a local location. To end the day, the students discussed Gratitude with Stacey Clark and then worked on their service project, which will be completed at their April class session. We can't believe the next session will be the last for the #JLCClassof2025! #StudentLeaders #FutureLeaders #JuniorLeadershipCumberland #EngagingLeadership

On Wednesday, February 5th our Junior Leadership Program met for the first time in 2025 at Members 1st Federal Credit Union’s Administrative Headquarters in Enola. They started out the day with an ice breaker activity led by the students and then learning Habit 4: Think Win-Win presented by Coach Mike Greene of IntegrityWorks Coaching. Then Christy Pavlakovich, Chief Administrative Officer at Members 1st Federal Credit Union presented about their organization. Then they heard from our Elected Officials Panel, which included Cumberland County Judge - Jessica Brewbaker, PA State Auditor General - Timothy L. DeFoor, M.S., Carlisle School Board Member - Bruce Clash, and Cumberland County Commissioner - Kelly Neiderer. Thank you to these elected officials for speaking to our students and highlighting what you do as elected officials. Thank you also to our JLC Board Member, John W. Friend, Vice President with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology for moderating the panel discussion. Before and after lunch, Kelli Gift Owner of Striving 2 Thrive presented a Colors Assessment and Activity with the students. The Kolbe Colors Assessment is a unique evaluation which identifies the natural work preferences and communication styles of each individual. The Kolbe test is a unique evaluation which identifies the natural work preferences and communication styles of each individual. To finish out the day, the students completed a Resume Workshop with Donovin Lindsay, President of College Knowledge Foundation. Thank you to all of our presenters for this informative session and the students are already looking forward to next month’s session! #JLC2025 #StudentLeadership #JuniorLeadershipCumberland #FutureLeaders

On Wednesday, our Junior Leadership Class met at Carlisle Construction Materials for their last session of 2024! They started off with an ice breaker activity led by a group of the students and then Coach Mike Greene of Integrity Works Coaching presented on Habit 3: Putting First Things First. Afterwards, different groups of students rotated through going on a Research & Development tour of the facility, hearing a college search presentation from Donovin Lindsay with College Knowledge Foundation, and a discussion about why community service is important. After lunch, they listened to a Career Panel discussion with members of the Carlisle Construction Team before finishing out their day. Our JLC class will be taking a break for the holidays in January and will be back to meeting on February 5th! See you in 2025! #JLC2025 #JuniorLeadershipCumberland #FutureLeaders

On Wednesday, our Junior Leadership Class met for their November session at Highmark Caring Place and had a full day of learning! They started the day with a presentation on Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind by Coach Mike Greene of IntegrityWorks Coaching. Then Donovin Lindsay of Premier Career presented on LinkedIn, including the importance of networking, how to create their profiles, and talking about the long-term benefits of using the website. The class completed activities with the Highmark Caring Place and CARLISLE KIWANIS CLUB FOUNDATION. They also heard a little bit about Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and the options that they provide in Higher Education from Kelly Griffith, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions, before finishing out the day. We’re looking forward to learning the next habit and meeting for the last time in 2024 in December! #JuniorLeadershipCumberland #JLC2025 #FutureLeaders

On Wednesday our 2025 JLC Class met for the first time for the year at Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Company in Mechanicsburg! They started off the day with an ice breaker activity run by one of the student groups followed by a presentation on Habit 1: Be Proactive by Coach Mike Greene of IntegrityWorks Coaching. Then they were able to take a tour of the station and learn about the services that the fire fighters provide. A recent graduate of the program, Adam Skoczynski came back for a class discussion on how JLC impacted his leadership style and then Donovin Lindsay of College Knowledge did a DASH Presentation. Finally, they finished out the day with a panel discussion with our JLC Advisors. It was a great first day and the students can’t wait until the next session!

Congratulations to the Junior Leadership Cumberland Class of 2024! We had an amazing morning celebrating their graduation at Central Penn College! Our students gathered while we recognized their accomplishments, heard from class speaker, Macy Kiker with Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, and our sponsors of the JLC Program in attendance, John W. Friend, Vice President of Harrisburg University of Science & Technology and Paulo Oliveira of UPMC. We also awarded the recipient of the 2024 Gift Legacy Alumni Scholarship Award to Jonathan Chang '23 with $1,000 towards his future education. Thank you to our Program Partners: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Highmark Inc., M&T Bank, Playa Bowls, UPMC, and Volvo Group. And Supporting Sponsors: CARLISLE KIWANIS CLUB FOUNDATION and Striving 2 Thrive. A big thank you to all of our JLC Committee Members: John G Anthony II, Scott Coburn, John W. Friend, Vice President, Megan Frye, Robb Keith, Donovin Lindsay, Jeannette Louise, Nicole McCartan, M.B.A., PhD(c), and Eric Sands. We wouldn't be able to bring this program to the community without local support and these important sponsors. #JLC2024 #JLCProud #FutureLeaders #LeadersofTodayandTomorrow #JuniorLeadershipCumberlandPA

Thank you to our JLC Supporter Sponsors, CARLISLE KIWANIS CLUB FOUNDATION and Striving 2 Thrive, for the 2023-2024 year! We appreciate that they are helping us build future leaders through the support of our Junior Leadership Program this year. Carlisle Kiwanis Club is a service organization made up of caring men and women from the Carlisle area community. They provide the opportunity for people of all ages to work together on a variety of service projects. If you are not a Kiwanian, all hands and hearts are welcome! Learn more at www.carlislekiwanis.org. Striving 2 Thrive uses Kolbe wisdom to help employers identify employee’s innate strengths to empower them to thrive in their role with the organization. Empowered employees feel valued and appreciated, ultimately increasing the quality of everything they do. Learn more at www.striving2thrive.com. #SupportingSponsors #JLC2024 #BuildingFutureLeaders

Yesterday was our last JLC Class Session for this year! We can’t believe that the year has finally come to an end and we will be celebrating all of our students accomplishments in May at Graduation ?????????? ?? The session was held at UPMC Fredrickson Outpatient Center in Mechanicsburg and started off with an Ice Breaker Activity and presentation from Coach Mike Greene of Integrity Works Coaching on Habit 6 & 7: Synergize & Sharpen the Saw. Then the students heard from a panel of representatives from UPMC before learning about College Interviewing from Donovin Lindsay of College Knowledge Foundation. After a delicious lunch provided by UPMC the students finished out the day with Mock Interviews, a discussion of the program and Ah-Ha’s. Thank you to our host sponsor, to our dedicated committee members, and for all of you for following along with the #JLC2024 class this year. Here’s to these amazing group of students and future leaders in our community! #leadersoftodayandtomorrow #juniorleadershipcumberland #jlc2024 #juniorleaders