Leadership Franklin County programs have graduated over 925 area residents. Our legacy LFC Community program, founded in 1985, was expanded in 2009 to include the LFC Youth program. The two programs provide hyper-local opportunities for leadership skill development with a focus on community leadership, team building, and networking.
Designed and delivered by a dedicated base of community volunteer business leaders, our LFC programs provide a unique venue for personal and professional development. LFC steering committees deliver these quality programs year after year.
Graduates continue to volunteer all over our county and participate in our active LFC Alumni group.
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LFC Community
LFC Community is the flagship leadership program founded in 1985. The mission of LFC Community: “Developing an inclusive continuum of civic leaders engaged in the advancement of the quality of life in Franklin County.” Participants undergo a nine-month course where they learn about leadership and their community.
Applications open in January and close at the end of March. Applicants are interviewed in April and May with up to 25 students accepted. The tuition to participate in the program if accepted is $1,500 per person; there is a limited number of available scholarships provided by the LFC Alumni. The course begins in September with a two-day mandatory team-building retreat and includes monthly sessions, on the second Wednesday during the workday, from October through April.
Students also work on a project with a local nonprofit during the course, separate from the monthly sessions. All students will present the results of their team project at the graduation ceremony in May. Students can expect to receive leadership training, learn how to maximize work in teams, and expand their knowledge of key areas of Franklin County.
Please review the Student Participation Policy before applying.
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CLASS of 2024-2025 COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS: Nonprofit, educational, or governmental organizations, with an IRS Determination Letter showing proof of nonprofit status, are eligible to apply to become an LFC project partner. The projects chosen will start in Fall 2024. We encourage organizations to carefully read the new project proposal packet, specifically the required project proposal checklist and grading rubric. The selection committee will include LFC Steering Committee and Mentors.
Proposal Packet (this is a fillable Word Document once downloaded) > 2024 Leadership Franklin County RFP
Our new project application process requires organizations to attend a mandatory virtual information meeting. Two meeting date options are available. Register to receive the Zoom information (click to register): Monday, May 13, at 9 am or Tuesday, May 21 at 1 pm
2024 TIMELINE
Mandatory Virtual Info Meetings - Monday, May 13, or Tuesday, May 21
Proposal Deadline - Friday, June 21
Proposal Status Announcement - Friday, August 9
LFCC Retreat - First Meeting with Project Organizations - Saturday, September 7
Leadership Franklin County Community is sponsored by F&M Trust
LFC Youth
LFC Youth began in 2009 with the mission: "To create a community of young people who are actively engaged in responsible, ethical, and effective leadership."
Key curriculum components of LFCY include: The Five Practices of Exemplary Student Leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, Encourage the Heart PLUS learning in public speaking, diversity & inclusion, and service-learning in our community. LFC Youth volunteer at Scoop-a-Palooza and the Run Your Ice Off 5K at IceFest. Students begin their journey in May of their freshman year with graduation the following April of their sophomore year.
The program is open to a selected group of incoming sophomore high school students (public, private, or homeschooled) in Franklin County. Interested students can apply in their freshman year. This highly competitive selection process involves an interview and requires two mentor recommendations to be submitted with student applications.
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Applications are closed for the Class of 2024-2025. Our next recruitment cycle will begin in late October 2024 for freshmen interested in applying for the Class of 2025-2026.
LFCY BROCHURE
2023 LFCY Graduation Program
LFC Youth Alumni
Leadership Franklin County Youth is sponsored by Wilson College.
LFC Alumni - 2023 Alumni of the Year Nominations deadline 3.1.2024
LFC Alumni stay involved in the community and are busy in many volunteer organizations all around Franklin County.
The LFC Alumni Committee is a group of Alumni focused solely on the engagement of our Alumni through events, and volunteer opportunities. The group works with IceFest Pa hosting the Run Your Ice Off 5K at the end of the weekend and coordinating the Log On Leash Up Virtual 5K Pet Walk in Fall.
Alumni can connect via their LFC Alumni Facebook Group or can learn about other alumni activities by contacting LFC Alumni Chairperson Angi Quigley at aquigley@sek.com
The LFC Alumni of the Year award is given annually to recognize a former graduate student of Leadership Franklin County Community who has distinguished themselves in their professional and volunteer capacities and who has shown continuing service, interest, and support in the growth of Franklin County.
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Congratulations Duane Bock- 2022 LFC Alumni of the Year
Leadership Franklin County is a program of the Greater Chambersburg Chamber Foundation.
