NORTH BAY – Two years ago, United Way Sudbury and Nipissing Districts launched a pilot project in Nipissing for the Young Leaders on Board Program. This award-winning program has been a huge success in Sudbury over the past ten years, and was well received in North Bay.
United Way’s Young Leaders on Board (YLOB) is a unique program that offers young people the opportunity to receive in-class board training in addition to volunteering at the leadership level as an intern on a local non-profit Board of Directors. This program provides leadership development to young adults, provides a recruitment pool of trained individuals for local boards, and strengthens the community at large. A strong board oversees a strong organization that can deliver superior programming to the community.
This year, in partnership with Contact North, United Way will again deliver the training for this program via web conferencing and is available to young adults in the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts.
People aged 20 to 35 can apply to participate in the Program, which runs from November through May. Application deadline is extended to Monday, October 24.
In addition to program participants, we are actively recruiting for host boards - local not for profit boards that are willing to mentor a future community leader.
For more information on how you can apply for the program, please contact Linda Dupuis, Community Initiatives Manager at [email protected] or 705-560-3330 ext. 222.
