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.Put your dedication, knowledge, and passion to work for the continued success of our diverse and dynamic community. Here, you’ll find the info and resources for leadership volunteerism opportunities right here in Lancaster County.

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Whether you’re a recent LL graduate, a nonprofit seeking committee or board volunteers or a member of the community interested in broadening your leadership horizons, the Opportunities section of our site connects nonprofit opportunities with leadership and volunteer candidates. Here, you’ll find the information and resources to better connect to the needs and opportunities that exist in our County.

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Lancaster Education Foundation
Mission Statement: The mission of the Foundation is to support teaching excellence and student success in the School District of Lancaster.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Foundation is to support teaching excellence and student success in the School District of Lancaster.
Our Vision: Our goal is to support excellence and equitable education for our 10,400 students across 13 Elementary Schools 5 Middle Schools 2 High School Buildings 3 Alternative Learning Communities
LEF has been in existence since 1989 solely to support teaching excellence and student success for the students in the School District of Lancaster.
Contact Name: Sandra Mauer
Number of Board Positions: 3
Expertise: LEF is seeking diverse candidates to represent the children and their families in the School District of Lancaster.
Submitted 5/23/23
Advoz
Mission Statement: Mission: Advoz provides conflict mediation, restorative practices, and education to transform personal and structural conflicts into constructive actions and resilient relationships.
Mission Statement: Mission: Advoz provides conflict mediation, restorative practices, and education to transform personal and structural conflicts into constructive actions and resilient relationships.
Our Vision: Vision: Advoz envisions an empowered community that engages diversity, embraces differences, and promotes collaboration and justice.
Advoz formed in 2017 from two long-serving community-based organizations in Lancaster County providing conflict mediation for families, neighbors and businesses, restorative justice dialogue for youthful offenders and those they harm and conflict skills training for people of all ages throughout the region. Both Lancaster Mediation Center, founded in 1981, and Center for Community Peacemaking/LAVORP in 1994, were started by veteran peacemakers, legal professionals and community and faith leaders who saw a “third way” out of many conflicts and harm. These visionaries, many now established leaders in the field, saw the potential and moral imperative to offer deeper resolution and healing with “third party” facilitated face-to-face dialogue methods developed in the 1980s and 1990s. Those methods promise more effective outcomes in resolution and healing than courts and many other crisis response options, and that effectiveness drives our passion to continue this work to you. Drawing initially from expertise in local international development organizations and colleges, Lancaster County has developed a unique set of programs in Advoz. Unlike many other states and countries, Pennsylvania lacks statewide mandates or funding for using mediation and restorative justice. Only through continued community partnerships and support from hundreds of individuals, congregations and businesses, has Advoz been able to rise to meet a changing community with truly transformative approaches. In 2017, Advoz was formed to provide not only mediation and restorative justice as in the original organizations, but also combine resources and expertise to change the way our communities “does” conflict and crime more proactively. That includes an expanded set of services, partnerships with schools and police, and new trainings in communication, conflict, and restorative practices at schools, organizations, and other groups to prevent situations from erupting in violence or crime.
Contact Name: Chris Wendon
Number of Board Positions: 1
Expertise: TREASURER - The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall be responsible for keeping full and accurate accounts of the receipts and expenditures of all Corporation funds in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall cause the deposit of all moneys and valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors and shall sign, or monitor the execution of, all checks, drafts, notes and orders for the payment of money. The Treasurer shall cause the deposit of all moneys and valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors and shall sign, or monitor the execution of, all checks, drafts, notes, and orders for the payment of money. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct.
Submitted 5/19/23
Lancaster Improv Players
Mission Statement: Serving through laughter, Lancaster Improv Players (LIP) is a comedy theatre group that studies, performs, and teaches long- and short-form improv comedy locally and regionally.
Mission Statement: Serving through laughter, Lancaster Improv Players (LIP) is a comedy theatre group that studies, performs, and teaches long- and short-form improv comedy locally and regionally.
Our Vision: LIP is dedicated to making Lancaster, PA a funnier place!
LIP is a growing organization seeking individuals with non-profit Board experience to help us execute our strategic goals! About LIP: Serving through comedy, Lancaster Improv Players is a LIP is a growing organization seeking individuals with nonprofit Board experience to help us execute our strategic goals! About LIP: Serving through comedy, Lancaster Improv Players is a nonprofit theater dedicated to making Lancaster, PA a funnier place. Founded in 2015, we offer hilarious shows, classes and business workshops that feature long- and short-form improv comedy. In addition to our home theater at 16 South Prince Street in Downtown Lancaster, LIP teams perform at comedy festivals, events and regionally. Social responsibility is at the forefront of LIP's mission. We carry out fundraising initiatives for local charities and regularly perform benefit shows for our nonprofit colleagues. About the LIP Board of Directors: *Each Director holds office for a term of TWO (2) years, running July 1-June 30 with our fiscal year. *Each Director must participate in the annual meeting, held each year in July with the confirmation of new members, as well as monthly meetings, currently held on the second Sunday of every month, at 11 AM. *Strategic planning meetings and committee activities are planned at the discretion of the Board members, depending on the demands of our jobs and events at the theater. *Officer elections are held at the annual meeting of the Board and serve for a term of one year. Officer positions on the Board include President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. *The Board makes decisions on behalf of our nonprofit, hears concerns and comments from our community and performing body, and oversees the roles of Artistic and Operations Directors.
Contact Name: Andrea Irving
Number of Board Positions: 3
Expertise: Desired qualifications include: Any level of experience with improv comedy (it's OK, we'll win you over soon enough) Service on any nonprofit Board of Directors Passion for the Lancaster community Expertise in one or more of the following: Education/ Training & Development Theater Operations Fundraising Social Media Project Management
Submitted 5/9/23
Susquehanna Waldorf School
Mission Statement: The Susquehanna Waldorf School inspires resilience and compassion in our students, awakens capacities for innovating learning and prepares them to engage with purpose in the world.
Mission Statement: The Susquehanna Waldorf School inspires resilience and compassion in our students, awakens capacities for innovating learning and prepares them to engage with purpose in the world.
Our Vision: The Susquehanna Waldorf School educates children out of a strong anthroposophical understanding of the developing child, so that they may go forth with resilience, compassion, purpose and capacities for innovative thinking.
The early days of a Lancaster County Waldorf education began in the early 1980's initially meeting at the Lancaster Friends Meeting House. By 1987, the school is renamed Susquehanna Waldorf School serving the York and Lancaster communities. By 2002, the SWS purchases and fully occupies a historic building in Marietta and has continuously operated in that location. In 2017, SWS celebrated its 30th anniversary in the tri-county region and offers high quality Waldorf education through Parent-Child classes, mixed-age Kindergartens and First through Eighth Grades.
Contact Name: Kathy Clark
Number of Board Positions: 3
Expertise: We are searcing for individuals with expertise in development, finance, marketing, governance and strategic plan implementation.
Submitted 4/24/23
Penn State Alumni Association – Lancaster County Chapter
Mission Statement: We believe in serving the community as we represent the Penn State family in Lancaster County and beyond. We serve students and their inter-generational alumni representing Lancaster County alumni with Penn State Alumni Association.
Mission Statement: We believe in serving the community as we represent the Penn State family in Lancaster County and beyond. We serve students and their inter-generational alumni representing Lancaster County alumni with Penn State Alumni Association.
Our Vision: We represent the Penn State community by conducting fundraising events and community events to provide assistance to our students and to share our Penn State experience with others. Our chapter's student scholarship fund is among the most robust of all chapters in Pennsylvania.
Our Penn State Association, Lancaster County Chapter has achieved an increased presence since the early days in the 1950's. We evolved from separate men's and women's chapters into one strong Lancaster County Alumni Chapter. The merger occurred in the early 1980's and has continued to serve Lancaster County since the merger
Contact Name: Helen Ebersole
Number of Board Positions: 2
Expertise: Community Service Oriented. Creative ideas for developing chapter events. Organization skills. People oriented. Financial, Technology, marketing experience
Submitted 3/30/23
Prima Theatre
Mission Statement: Invigorate lives through fresh theatrical experiences.
Mission Statement: Invigorate lives through fresh theatrical experiences.
Our Vision: Bold experiential concerts and boutique musicals
IMAGINE PEOPLE FULLY ALIVE, SHARING IN BOLD & EXCITING EXPERIENCES. That’s what we’re after — invigorating lives through fresh theatrical experiences. Prima presents experiential concerts and boutique musicals. The theatre’s home is on the west side of Lancaster City at Culliton Stage, which offers free parking, comfortable seating, and top-of-the-line audio and lighting. Since 2010, thousands of culturally adventurous patrons have attended Prima experiences. Join them for an energizing dose of music and theatrics. Prima is a 501(c3) community-benefitting non-profit organization.
Contact Name: Pam Bauer
Number of Board Positions: 3
Expertise: Prima is seeking interested parties for the organization’s Board of Directors. Prima especially encourages candidate submissions from female-identifying leaders and people of color. The organization is seeking those with expertise in one or more of these areas: - Accounting - Legal - Fundraising - Marketing - Organizational leadership, management, and culture - Administrative assistance/secretarial skills Time commitment: 3-6 hours per month
Submitted 3/22/23