Opening Retreat

• Objective: to foster team-building among Youth Leadership Shelby County class participants and to introduce the Leadership program concepts and processes.

Over these two days, the new Leadership Shelby County class builds their initial bonds with one another and start to make plans for the months to come. Team-building exercises, keynote speeches from local leaders, and valuable time spent with one another always make the Opening Retreat a special weekend for the class and one of the program highlights. After a weekend of getting to know each other, the class learn which of their classmates they will work with in a year-long community service project that benefits a community service agency of their choosing. Each group presents and celebrates the impact of their project at the YLSC Graduation Ceremony.