PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION

PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

PHOENIXVILLE, PA – Would you like to be more involved in your community or your neighborhood, but don’t know how to begin? Then consider the Community Health Leadership Academy and follow in the footsteps of seventy-three graduates over the past seven years.

The Phoenixville Community Health Leadership Academy is offered through a partnership between the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation and the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Dr. Louis J. Beccaria, President and CEO of the Foundation, shared the mission of the Academy is to, “Provide a vehicle to identify, train and empower greater Phoenixville area citizens for leadership roles that promote our community’s health and advance the quality of life.”

This will be the eighth year for the Academy. The 2010 Community Health Leadership Academy will begin Tuesday, September 7th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and will run for ten consecutive weeks. Classes are held at the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation at 821 Gay Street, Phoenixville. The curriculum covers diversity issues, community collaborations, project planning, good citizenship, ethics, public speaking and more. The curriculum also incorporates the design and implementation of a community service project by each student. Lynn Pike Hartman, Foundation Senior Program Officer and Academy facilitator, said, “If you want to become more involved in your community; if you want to do something to help make the community a better place to live, to work and to play, then the Phoenixville Community Health Leadership Academy is what you need to give you the confidence to get started or move to the next level of leadership.”

The Academy is limited to fifteen participants, and geared toward community volunteers. Applications are accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. For an informational packet and an application form please call Lynn Pike Hartman at 610-917-9890 or e-mail at LPHartman@pchf1.org.