Leadership Lackawanna
Announces Establishment
of New Fund
Leadership Lackawanna, in partnership with the Scranton Area
Community Foundation, has announced the creation of the H.
Leigh Woehling Fund, which honors the late H. Leigh Woehling,
a co-founder and fi rst director of Leadership Lackawanna.
The Woehling scholarship fund will be awarded based on
fi nancial need to an incoming Leadership Lackawanna participant
who aspires to become an emerging leader. Although he
passed away before experiencing the success of Leadership
Lackawanna’s fi rst graduating class in 1983, Mr. Woehling’s
vision and determination served as one of the pillars of the
organization, helping the original founding committee transform
a vision into reality. The Woehling family has continued to remain
active with the organization for the past 36 years.
This fund will be housed at the Scranton Area Community
Foundation and will make a permanent contribution to the life of
this region.
“These funds are very important and vital to our organization
because they help reduce the cost of tuition, allowing
participants from non-profi ts, small businesses and even
sole proprietors to experience our programs,” said Nicole
A. Morristell, Leadership Lackawanna director. “Thanks
to the creation of this permanent fund at the Foundation,
Leigh’s memory will be kept alive by future generations of
community leaders.”
For more information, visit www.leadershiplackawanna.com. To contribute
to the H. Leigh Woelhing Fund, please contact Leadership Lackawanna at
570-342-7711 or contribute online and earmark it for the Woelhling fund at
www.leadershiplackawanna.com.
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