-: I love the fact that I'm meeting and interacting
with people who are positive, enthusiastic,
who want to better themselves,
but more importantly, better our community.
The kind of people who're attracted
to leadership programs, who are going to spend the time
and money it takes to invest in that kind
of professional development and self-development,
are usually people who are positive,
who are enthusiastic, who see the potential
in themselves and in others.
So, when you get to spend your time around people
who have hope, and who have great potential,
and great talent, it's very encouraging.
Funding. As a not-for-profit organization.
That's always the challenge,
you know, we're very blessed to have
a great number of donors and sponsors and supporters,
and so, I'm so grateful for the people who do contribute.
But, like any not-for-profit organization,
we're on soft money.
So for me, and what I do as a professional,
is I'm always thinking about,
it's my job to raise $230,000 every single year
for Shafer Leadership Academy,
or we're not there, and we don't exist, and so.
And there are so many needs, in this community,
there's over 600 not-for-profits,
that, whatever we can do to best tell our story,
and also generate our own revenue and income,
is gonna be critical so we can continue to do our work.