HYPE Wayne County Awarded Two Grants
HYPE Wayne County (Helping Young Professionals Engage) has received two grants from the Wayne County community to increase programs for the young professional community.
The Urban Enterprise Association (UEA) has agreed to cover all expenses to send 20 young professionals to the upcoming Leadercast conference. Leadercast’s day-long conference will be hosted in various communities across the world, with Richmond being one of the selected host sites. This year’s conference, appropriately titled, “The One Thing” will be the spark that ignites your excitement and motivation to grow into a leader worth following. You will experience transformational insights from incredible speakers such as Angela Duckworth, Diana Trujillo, Steven Kotler, Andy Stanley, and hosted by Tarik Davis.
The UEA sees this investment in young professionals to upskill our community’s future leaders. Ed DeLaPaz, their Project Coordinator states, “HYPE is doing incredible work and it just feels like the perfect fit to have them at a leadership conference that is focused on what makes a leader worth following.”
HYPE also has received funding to create a scholarship for the 2022 WC Leads cohort from the ladies of Tri Kappa, Delta Zeta. Tri Kappa is a local philanthropic group dedicated to service, community, and education. This scholarship will cover one young professional to participate in HYPE’s newest leadership academy. The scholarship will be awarded based on need. More information on how to apply for this scholarship will be available in early June. The president of Tri Kappa, Barb Blaford said, “Tri Kappa is excited to award HYPE Wayne County with this grant. WC Leads has made an impact on two of our members and we are excited to see this program grow.”
HYPE Wayne County is Wayne County’s only young professional organization. Operating under the umbrella of the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce, HYPE exists to provide young professionals (21-40ish) with professional development, social networking, and volunteer opportunities in hopes of creating a community where our future leaders love to live, work and play. To learn more about HYPE Wayne County, click here.
For questions regarding HYPE Wayne County, please contact Roxie Deer at Roxie@wcareachamber.org.