Chamber Foundation

Since 1985 over 640 area residents have graduated from the LFC Community program. With expanded offerings in 2009 with the addition of our LFC Youth program, we are able to provide more opportunities for leadership skills development to a broader audience.

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 (most members are LFC alumni) deliver these quality programs year after year.  Graduates continue to volunteer all over our county and participate in our active LFC Alumni group.

For more information and to apply for any of the Leadership Franklin County programs, click here. 

Follow Leadership Franklin County on Facebook or Leadership Franklin County on LinkedIn

 

LFC COMMUNITY

LFC Community is the flagship leadership program with this mission -- “Developing an inclusive continuum of civic leaders engaged in the advancement of the quality of life in Franklin County” Participants are taken through a nine month course where they learn about leadership and their community.

For more information and to apply for the Leadership Franklin County Community program, click here. 

LFC 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.

For more information and to apply for the Leadership Franklin County Youth program, click here.

LFC Youth is sponsored by Wilson College.

 

LFC ALUMNI

LFC Alumni are graduates of our LFC Community program who stay involved in the community long after their class has graduated. LFC Alumni can connect via their LFC Alumni Facebook Group or can learn about other alumni activities by contacting Alumni Committee Chair Angi Quigley at aquigley@sek.com

LFC Alumni want to increase the participation of local professionals in community organizations which will advance the community's quality and growth.  Check out this directory for non-profit, non-paid leadership organization boards and committees in Franklin County.

LFC Alumni also work with the IceFestPa committee hosting the Run Your Ice Off 5k   

Annually, an LFC Alumni of the Year award is given to acknowledge one alumna's accomplishments within the community.

 

Technology Innovation Challenge Grants for Educators

Technology grants for teachers in Franklin County public schools are awarded annually to encourage the innovative use of technology in grades K-12. The Foundation offers the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants to educators in all public school districts thanks to contributions from area businesses.

2021 Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Applications will be accepted through Monday April 5, 2021. 

Contributing businesses are eligible for Educational Improvement Tax Credits (EITC) through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). As an approved Educational Improvement Organization (EIO), the Greater Chambersburg Chamber Foundation partners with area businesses to provide these grant dollars.

In 2021 the Foundation grant program is supported though generous EITC funds from Orrstown Bank, Truist (formerly BB&T) and Waste Management

                  

 

 

 

 

July 2021

Presented by ACNB Bank, Scoop-A-Palooza has traditionally been held at Chambersburg Area Senior High School on the second Saturday in July with over 1700 people attending in 2019.   Due to the COVID pandemic, Scoop 2020 presented some unique challenges, but the adjusted format provided safe family fun, supported local businesses with 21 regional ice cream vendor stops, and exceed expectations for community engagement. THANK YOU to businesses and community members that supported us in 2020.  As we begin to plan for Scoop 2021, we are not sure what form Scoop will take as the pandemic continues to linger – one thing is for certain – we will have Scoop!

Check out the Scoop website for more information on the 2020 event and updates on 2021.  All proceeds benefit educational programs throughout Franklin County funded by the Greater Chambersburg Chamber Foundation.

For more information on 2021 sponsorships and how to become involved on our committee, contact Ginny Harriger at gharriger@chambersburg.org or click here for our sponsorship form.

Thank you to all our 2020 sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor - ACNB Bank

Scoop Kids Virtual Coloring Contest Sponsor - Orrstown Bank

Scoop Celebrity Sundae Sponsor  - Volvo Construction Equipment

Double Scoop Sponsors - Corning Credit Union, Patriot Federal Credit Union, Starr Insurance, Superior Floor Coverings, Your Hometown Real Estate

Single Scoop Sponsors - Corpus Christi Catholic School, DiLoreto, Cosentino & Bolinger P.C., SEK CPAs & Advisors

Baby Scoop Sponsors - Barra Orthodontics, Chambersburg Noontime Lions Club, Franklin County Library System, Shetter Insurance.

 

 

 

The Foundation's job board FranklinCountyWorks offers job listings from employers in Franklin County.  Chamber members, from all Franklin County Chambers, are eligible for discounted job postings.  Small business discounts (for employers with less than 25 employee) are also available. Complete job posting information can be found here.

Franklin County Works is Presented by:

 

The Community Education Coalition (CEC) Employability  was created in 2015 as a workforce development initiative for Franklin County. The coalition defined a vision "To develop a strong community where all individuals have the opportunity to grow and prosper"

 

Led by Angela Austin of WellSpan and Dr. Michael Doncheski of Penn State Mont Alto, the employability group addresses workforce development needs in our community and brings our business partners and educators together to discuss development and sustaining ways to improve the overall workforce.

WellSpan Health is the official workforce development sponsor of the Greater Chambersburg Chamber Foundation

 

CEC Events - The Franklin County High School Business Challenge

The Purpose
The Franklin County High School Business Challenge encourages area high school students to create their own fictional, yet profitable and sustainable business plans. This task allows students to use both creative thinking and critical analysis skills in establishing plans for a sustainable enterprise that are socially and environmentally responsible and financially effective.

Plans are evaluated by area business leaders, and finalists are invited to pitch their plans at the Franklin County High School Business Challenge event in April 2020 at the Franklin County Career and Technology Center. Scholarship dollars are awarded to the top three highest scoring teams. The Franklin County High School Business Challenge allows students and business people to be actively engaged in each other’s worlds.

The Scenario
In today’s world there is a new market for businesses that are socially responsible, environmentally conscious and economically viable. The Franklin County High School Business Challenge invites teams of student entrepreneurs to develop and pitch business plans for sustainable enterprise they believe would meet the criteria, best serve the region and its residents, and financially succeed in Franklin County, Pa.

Each business proposal must address and embrace the principles of triple bottom-line sustainability: people, planet and profit. All proposed plans will be evaluated to determine which company could generate the largest and quickest return on investment, create the newest jobs in the region, and operate in a socially impactful and environmentally conscious way.

Judging
Written business plans will be evaluated by members of the members of the Chambersburg Chamber Foundation’s Community Education Coalition. Judging criteria will be based on:

Ingenuity shown in the selection of a business and target market
Thoroughness and completeness of the plan
Integration of triple bottom-line sustainability
Accuracy of the research provided.
Final judging and selection of the Challenge winner will be via oral presentations (pitching of proposals like on the TV show Shark Tank), judged by a panel of local business leaders. Judges will consider teams’ business plans, their overall proposal pitches and the way students respond to judges’ extemporaneous questions during presentations.

Scholarship prizes will be awarded to the top three highest-scoring team. First place wins $750, second place wins $500 and third place wins $250

Information for the 2020 contest is available here.

Franklin County High School Business Challenge is presented by the CADC and these sponsors:

 

Franklin County High School Business Challenge Winners:

2018: Greencastle-Antrim High School: AssemBuild - Collin Griffin, Matthew Lynerd, Clare Hudak

2017: Greencastle-Antrim High School: Grean Bag - Collin Griffin, Matthew Lynerd, Nick Starkey, Austin Straley, Dylan Starkey

 

 

Sunday February 2, 2020

LFC Alumni Committee hosted the 2020 IceFestPa 'Run Your Ice Off" 5K on Sunday Feb. 2, 2020. The race is one of the final events of IceFest, the largest community event in Chambersburg. Beginning right through the middle of the festival down Main Street, the Run Your Ice Off 5k is a refreshing way to end the 4 day festival.

Proceeds from the 5k benefit IceFest, Leadership Franklin County Alumni Scholarship and Relay for Life.

Here are the 2020 RYIO results.

Thank you to our 2020 race sponsors:

Race Sponsor - Rotary Club of Chambersburg
Mile Marker Sponsors - Rodney B. Smith Plumbing Heating & Cooling, Kristian Frank - Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor
Supporting Sponsors - ACNB Bank, Organic Remedies PA. Brad Etchberger, CPA
Sponsor - Michael A. Starr Insurance