Our own Tara Cox, Business Development Manager, is a part of the 24th Leadership Bay County Class. This years group project, working on the men’s courtyard at the Good Samaritain Rescue Mission, is almost complete! We are so proud of Tara for her committment to the community.
Read more about the great work they are doing!
BAY CITY — Leadership Bay County class of 2011, through the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced this year’s annual class project.
Leadership Bay County is a program which hopes to train it’s participants to lead the Bay County community through politics, business and non-profit organizations.
The class will be teaming with Good Samaritan Rescue Mission to recreate the outdoor courtyard area in the men’s wing of the Mission’s facility, 713 9th St., in Bay City.
“Being able to give these men a nicer area to sit and forget about all the trouble going on in their daily life is something we’re all really excited to do,” said Rebecca Kaiser, 2011 class member and chair of the marketing group for the project.
Once they begin the project, Kaiser said it is expected to take four to six weekends of work to complete.
The main fundraiser for the project will be the silent auction taking place at the annual Bay Area Chamber Annual Meeting held March 23. This year, the class also will be selling engraved bricks to pave portions of the courtyard, which can be purchased and engraved at a cost of $100 each.
“(The bricks) gives us the opportunity to give people some recognition for donating to the cause,” Kaiser said.
This year Dobson Healthcare is represented in the Leadership Bay County program via Tara Cox, Business Development Manager.
For more information on the project, or to donate to the cause, visit the Leadership Bay County website.
Source: Mlive
Dobson Healthcare Services, Inc is pleased to continue to be a supporter of the Leadership Bay County program, operated through the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. This program takes 25-30 local businessmen and women annually and educates them on local issues while growing them into the leaders of tomorrow for our community.
Each year the participants of this program spend a year learning about Bay County, examining the community’s agriculture, history, educational options, local government, law enforcement, the local natural resources, local arts and culture and the area’s human needs and services that are offered. In addition to learning about the economics’s of Bay County, participants also work on a class project that is aimed to benefit the local community.
This year the Leadership Bay County class have chosen a project to benefit the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission. The rescue mission is a wonderful organization based in the Bay City Community. In the last year they have provided over 17,437 nights of safe lodging for women, children, and men from the community who would otherwise have no where else to go. In addition they serve over 42,685 meals annually to the hungry in our community. The Rescue Mission averages an occupancy around 48 daily.
This years leadership class has chosen to raise funds to benefit the courtyard that the male guests can access. The classes goal is to create a tranquil and inviting place for the mean to utilize during their stay at the Rescue Mission.
The primary method of fund-raising for the class is through an annual silent auction that is held during the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Dinner on March 23rd at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bay City, MI.
Currently the Leadership Class is actively looking for items to be donated to the silent auction, if you would like to donate to this auction you can contact Tara Cox at (866)-866-8984 or through email at taracox@dobsonhealthcare.com
For more information on the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission
For more information on the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
You can find the Leadership Bay County Class on Facebook
Dobson Healthcare has had an active member in the last four years of the Leadership Bay County program that is operated through the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Previous years attendees have included:
Jenna Schrumpf (’07-’08) Danielle Clark Verlinde (’08-’09) Laura Langhart (’09-’10) Tara Cox (’10-’11)