Leadership Huntingdon County Class of 2012 – Group 1 Project

Group Members: Jinny Cooper, Lori Hughes, Maggie Hays, Pam Stern, Glenda Strong

This group chose the Huntingdon County Humane Society as the community organization we wanted to help for our Class Project.
After meeting with the Humane Society Executive Director, Kim Whittaker, the group was surprised to learn of the safety concerns that the shelter staff deals with every day.  Unfortunately, the Humane Society has been the victim of multiple break ins and, while no money is left overnight, the damage to the building has been extensive at times. And, there is a safety risk to the animals in their care. The group asked Whittaker, “What is the one thing that would help you the most with this situation?” Kim’s reply was simple: security cameras. The Leadership Huntingdon County Class Project took legs from there.

Fundraising began with a bake sale at Mayfest and ended with a Full-Moon Boat Cruise for the Critters with over 100 people in attendance.  More than 40 Huntingdon, Fulton and Bedford county businesses made donations in support of the cause and more than 100 people enjoyed a three-hour cruise on Raystown Lake on the Princess tour boat, with Seven Points Marina donating the boat and crew for the evening.

At graduation ceremonies on May 24, 2012, the LHC 2012 Class, Group 1, delivered a check to the Sandee Warsing (President of the HCHS Board of Directors) and Kim Whittaker made out to the Huntingdon County Humane Society in the amount of $6,500.00.  The news got even better when it was announced that the security cameras have been donated, anonymously, which left all additional funds for shelter operations, which are so desperately needed at this time.

 

 

The Leadership Library

By: The Leadership Huntingdon County Class of 2012

The following collection is now available at the Huntingdon County Library.

Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. New York: Hyperion, 2003. Recommended by: Gail Hurley.

Anderson, David. Lifeskills to Success. Minnetonka, Minn.: Famous Dave’s Foundation, 2003. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Bennett, Alan. The Uncommon Reader. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Blanchard, Kenneth. Situational Leadership. New York: Harper Collins, 2005. Recommended by: Kris Clarkson.

Blanchard, Kenneth, and Spencer Johnson. The One Minute Manager. New York: Harper Collins, 2005. Recommended by: Carol Gracey, John Hille, and Gail Ulrich.

Blanchard, Kenneth, and Mark Miller. Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life. San Francisco, Calif.: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2012. Recommended by: Curt Steele.

Bolles, Richard. What Color is Your Parachute? Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 1971. Recommended by: Doug Tietjens.

Bowden, Bobby, and Mark Schlabach. Called to Coach. Reflections on Life, Faith, and Football. Brentwood, Tenn.: Howard Books, 2010. Recommended by: John Buskirk.

Buckingham, Marcus. First Break All the Rules. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1999. Recommended by: Gail Hurley.

Buckingham, Marcus. Now: Discover Your Strength. New York: Free Press, 2001. Recommended by: Commissioner Gary O’Korn.

Carr-Ruffino, Norma. The Promotable Woman. Pompton Plains, New Jersey: Career Press, 2004. Recommended by: Athena Frederick.

Coehlo, Paulo. The Alchemist. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Recommended by Doug Tietjens.

Collins, James. Good to Great. New York: William Collins, 2001. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett, Jen Cushman, Tom Kepple, Joe Peluso, and Steve Sliver.

Conwell, Russell. Acres of Diamonds. Philadelphia: John Y. Huber, 1890. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Cottrell, David. Monday Morning Leadership. Dallas, Texas: Cornerstone Leadership Institute, 2002. Recommended by: Athena Frederick.

Covey, Stephen. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Free Press, 1990. Recommended by Allen Hess.

DeBono, Edward. Six Thinking Hats. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. Recommended by: Amy Christopher.

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. Recommended by: John Mumford.

Dungy, Tony. Quiet Strength. Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale, 2007. Recommended by: John Buskirk.

Dungy, Tony. The Mentor Leader. Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale, 2010. Recommended by: John Buskirk.

Dryer, Wayne. Excuses Be Gone. Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, 2009. Recommended by: Rev. Dr. Stanley Bhasker.

Flaum, Sander A., et al. The 100-Mile Walk: A Father and Son on a Quest to Find the Essence of Leadership. New York: AMACOM, 2005. Recommended by: Curt Steele.

Foese, Paul. America’s Four Gods. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2010. Recommended by: Rev. Dr. Stanley Bhasker.

Frankel, Lois. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Conscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers. New York: Business Plus, 2004. Recommended by: Amy Christopher.

Frankel, Lois. See Jane Lead:  99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work. New York: Business Plus, 2007. Recommended by: Amy Christopher.

Fried, Jason. Rework. New York: Crown Business, 2010. Recommended by: Chad Herzog.

Gawande, Atul. The Checklist Manifesto. Tom Ball, Texas: Metropolitan Books, 2009. Recommended by: Rick Brown.

Gaynor, Mitch. The Healing Power of Sound. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala, 2002. Recommended by: Lynda Kukenbrod.

Goldratt, Eliyahu M. The Goal. Great Barrington, Mass.: North River Press, 1984. Recommended by: Amy Christopher.

Gould, Vanessa. Between the Folds — The Science of Art. Documentary. Brooklyn, New York: Green Fuse Films, 2008. Recommended by: Ilona Ballreich.

Halberstam, David. The Powers That Be. New York: Knopf, 1979. Recommended by: John Wall.

Harvey, Eric, and Steve Ventura. Walk Awhile in My Shoes: Gut-Level Real World Messages Between Managers and Employees. Flower Mound, Texas: Walk the Talk, 1996. Recommended by: Amy Christopher.

Heath, Chip, and Dan Heath. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck. London: Arrow Books, 2007. Recommended by: Jen Cushman.

Hill, Napoleon. Think and Grow Rich. Cleveland, Ohio: The Ralston Society, 1937. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Hunter, James C. The World’s Most powerful Leadership Principle — How to Become a Servant Leader. Chicago, Ill.: Johnson Publishing, Inc., 1992. Recommended by: Carlee Ranalli and Richard Stahl.

Johnson, Dani. First Steps to Wealth. Las Vegas, Nev.: Call to Freedom International Press, 2011. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Johnson, John. Succeeding Against the Odds. New York: Crown Business, 2004. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese? New York: Putnam, 1998. Recommended by: Carla Irvin, Joanne Krugh, Joe Peluso, and Doug Tietjens.

Jones, Susan. Ed. The New Jerusalem Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print. Recommended by: John Buskirk.

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. Change Masters. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1984. Recommended by: Kris Clarkson.

Kessler, David, and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss. New York: Scribner, 2007. Recommended by: Lynda Kukenbrod.

Kessler, David, and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us the Mysteries on Life and Living. New York: Scribner, 2001. Recommended by: Lynda Kukenbrod.

Kidder, Tracy. House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Recommended by: John Wall.

Kidder, Tracy. Mountains Beyond Mountains. New York: Random House, 2003. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Kotter, John P. Leading Change. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Business Review Press, 1996. Recommended by Richard Stahl.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, and Raymond Moody. Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon—Survival of Bodily Death. New York: HarperOne, 2001.  Recommended by: Lynda Kukenbrod.

Lapin, Rabbi David. Thou Shall Prosper. Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley, 2002. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Levine, Stuart R. The Six Fundamentals of Success. New York: Crown Business, 2006. Recommended by: Athena Frederick.

Lewis, C.S. The Four Loves. Philadelphia, Penn.: Harvest Books, 1960. Recommended by: Rev. Suzanne Morelli.

Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince. Florence, Italy: Antonio Blado d’Asola, 1532. Recommended by: Tom Kepple.

Maggio, Rosalie. How To Say It. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Mandine, Og. The Greatest Salesman in the World. New York: Bantam, 1974. Recommended by: Athena Frederick.

Maxwell, John C. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, 1998. Recommended by: Allen Hess and Richard Stahl.

Meyer, Joyce. Beauty for Ashes. Nashville, Tenn.: FaithWords, 2003. Recommended by: Rev. Sylvia Morris.

Miller, Terry, and Dan Savage. It Gets Better. New York: Plume, 2012. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Morley, Patrick. Man Alive. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Multnomah Books, 2012. Recommended by: John Buskirk.

Morley, Patrick. Man in the Mirror. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1997. Recommended by: John Buskirk.

O’Shea, Kevin, and James Windell. The Fatherstyle Advantage: Surefire Techniques Every Parent Can Use to Raise Confident and Caring Kids. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2006. Recommended by: Curt Steele.

Payleitner, Jay. 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad: What Fathers Can Do to Make a Lifelong Difference. Philadelphia, Penn.: Harvest House, 2010. Recommended by: Curt Steele.

Peterson, Eugene. The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Navpress Publishing Group, 2002. Recommended by: Rev. Sylvia Morris.

Phillips, Donald. Lincoln on Leadership. New York: Warner Books, 1993. Recommended by: Rep. Mike Fleck.

Phillips, Donald. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership. New York: Business Plus, 2000. Recommended by: Rev. Suzanne Morelli.

Rath, Tom. Strengths Based Leadership. Washington, D.C.: Gallup Press, 2009. Recommended by: Carlee Ranalli.

Rath, Tom. Strengths Finder 2.0. Washington, D.C.: Gallup Press, 2007. Recommended by: Carlee Ranalli.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic, 2003. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. New York: Scholastic, 2005. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. New York: Scholastic, 2007. Recommended by: Genna Welsh Kasun.

Sanborn, Mark. The Fred Factor. Red Fern NSW, Australia: Currency, 2004. Recommended by: Allen Hess.

Sharma, Robin.  The Leader Who Had No Title. New York: Free Press, 2010. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett.

Tracy, Brian. Eat That Frog — 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time. San Francisco, Calif.: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007. Recommended by: Carlee Ranalli.

Tzu, Sun. The Art of War. Available Online: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/132, Circa 100 A.D. Recommended by: Tom Kepple.

Woodson, Carter. The Miseducation of the Negro. Available Online: http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/misedne.html, 1933. Recommended by: Anthony Bullett. 

If you want to learn more about Huntingdon County, enhance your leadership skills or make lifelong connections you should consider participating in Leadership Huntingdon County. Applications for the Class of 2012 are now being accepted.

The mission of Leadership Huntingdon County is to stimulate positive community change through leadership training designed to identify, involve, educate, and motivate leaders.

The program consists of a kick-off reception and retreat in September, monthly sessions until May, and a fall and spring field trip. The Class of 2012 will graduate May 24, 2012.

Among other things, class members will learn about economic development, local government, tourism, education, healthcare, and human services in Huntingdon County. Team building, conflict management and leadership skills will also be covered.

The deadline to apply is Friday, July 29. Anyone with a sincere interest in civic leadership, and a desire to make positive changes in the community is encouraged to apply.

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