Greater Salisbury Committee

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Non-Profit Economic Impact Study

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pictured left to right: Mike Pennington, Tri-County Council; Mike Dunn, Greater Salisbury Committee; Erica Joseph, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore; Kathleen Momme, United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore; not pictured Bill Chambers, Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce.

With the assistance of Maryland Non Profits and spearheaded by The Community Foundation of The Eastern Shore, Greater Salisbury Committee, United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore, Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce and Tri-County Council a survey will be conducted to determine the economic impact and all around community well being that non profits contribute to the Lower Eastern Shore.

GSC and the City of Salisbury Summer Jobs Program

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Anija Singletary, student at Salisbury University, told the GSC Membership her journey from working with the City of Salisbury through the Summer Jobs Program an initiative of GSC and the City of Salisbury that has employed 40+ youth over the summer.  Anija, through hard work and dedication was able to skip her junior year of high school and now at the age of 17 is a freshman at Salisbury University majoring in Early Childhood Education.

Pictured left to right; Jim Thomas, GSC Past Chair; Erica Joseph, President of the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore; Mayor Jake Day; Anija Singletary; Jayme Hayes, President of Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore; Mike Dunn, President/CEO Greater Salisbury Committee.

Through the efforts of Jim Thomas, GSC Past Chair, funding from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore and Junior Achievement, the Summer Jobs Program continues employing youth this summer.

Transformational Community Leadership….Coming Soon

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A GREAT meeting was just held. GSC is launching an idea next Spring, one that was brought our way by some very engaged Salisbury leaders: Chris Eccleston, Robby Sheehan, Heather Duma, and Jake Day. GSC, in conjunction with Salisbury University, will be launching a Transformational Community Leaders program this Spring. Next gen leaders will “drill down” and get to know the key businesses, institutions, and entities in Salisbury/Wicomico County area – all in an effort to take their current knowledge base of our area, and expand on it. Exciting stuff. Stay tuned.

Wicomico Education Foundation

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A great meeting today of the newly forming Wicomico Education Foundation – designed to help bolster support for our Wicomico Public Schools. This idea is a joint effort of the Greater Salisbury Committee and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, with support also from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. Start up committee is moving forward. Exciting stuff. More to come.

YDAC – Making Things Happen

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Greater Salisbury Committee hosted the Salisbury Youth Development Advisory Committee – YDAC – for its’ second meeting this week. Look at that turnout!!! The RIGHT people, around the RIGHT table, working hard to figure out how this city can better invest in our young people. Community Centers? Mobile “Pop Up” Neighborhood presence? #UNITE SBY. We’re trying. YDAC was born, in part, by the GSC commitment to finding ways to help Salisbury’s “At Risk” youth, and by Mayor Jake Day and the Salisbury City Council’s commitment to….doing the same thing. #Partnerships!!

Jobs and Opportunities

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Jayme Hayes of Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore and Sophia Smecker of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, were the featured speakers at the October General Membership Meeting at GSC. Jayme and her JA Fellows Program will be featured in a new jobs grant that was made possible by Wicomico County. Sophia and the Chamber run Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) which launches careers of local teens. Thanks to Jayme and Sophia for  great presentations.