Horizons is a community leadership program aimed at reducing poverty in small rural communities. It is funded by the Northwest Area Foundation and facilitated through Washington State University. Bingen and White Salmon are fortunate that they are eligible for this program.The Community Circles phase was completed this spring when many participants attended several sessions to understand poverty and develop ideas to reduce it. Following that, four members of our community attended three days of training in Moses Lake, shown in the picture. One person, Bruce Bolme, received intensive media and public relations training. The other three people, Zoe Campbell, Ubaldo Hernandez and Wendi Zeober, received Leadership Plenty instruction.
Leadership Plenty is being offered this summer and will be offered again this fall. Participants in the Community Circles and Leadership Plenty will then work together to lead a community visioning process. That process will produce a community vision that will result in solid action on leadership and poverty.
