Communities may apply individually or in cooperation with other communities to initiate a LeadershipPlenty South Dakota program locally. Applications will be reviewed by the LeadershipPlenty South Dakota Advisory Board
	LeadershipPlenty Community Participants
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Paul Weidenbach, LeadersipPlenty South Dakota participant

"I have gained skills and enthusiasm to use in any organization in which I am involved. It gave me an awareness of tools I can use to generate ideas in the organizations in which I am involved, and to become a leader and see that the ideas will be followed through with cooperation and success."

Diane M. Sandhoff, LeadersipPlenty South Dakota participant

"The LeadershipPlenty program has helped me look at my community with new eyes. I never thought about what is necessary to keep a community healthy and growing. I took that for granted as many others in the community probably do. After all, what did I have to offer? I learned that we all have something to offer and it takes everyone working together to maintain and continue to build a strong community. The group process really helped us identify some of our community strength. It also raised the question of where to go from here. What do we need to keep our community viable in the future? What is the plan and how do we reach it? The leadership skills that were offered will assist us in reaching the goal. LeadershipPlenty also offered us a glimpse of the resources that are available to help communities remain stable."

Lyle Weekly, LeadersipPlenty South Dakota participant

"I have gained friendship, conflict resolution, knowledge of resources inside the community, and that working together we can get more accomplished."

LeadershipPlenty South Dakota is presented by Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Citigroup Foundation and Qwest.

The Pew Partnership for Civic Change LeadershipPlenty Program is a national community leadership program. LeadershipPlenty South Dakota was selected as one of twenty-one partners. The Pew Partnership connects LeadershipPlenty South Dakota through publications, the Internet and trainings to a national network of people and organizations building community leaders. To learn more about LeadershipPlenty on the national scale, visit their website at www.pew-partnership.org.

Current LeadershipPlenty South Dakota Partners are South Dakota Rural Enterprise, Inc. (SDREI), Avera Health, Central Enhancement District & East River Electric Power Cooperative