The Greater Saint John Community Foundation will be getting a new chair. Dr. Stephen Willis, who has chaired the Foundation for the past two years, is giving up that job.
The Foundation’s assets are up to 9 million dollars and last year, more than 290 thousand dollars were donated to local charities.
In the meantime, the Saint John Volunteer Centre is receiving 55 thousand dollars in federal funding for an 18-month leadership project in Saint John.
The project will identify barriers to young women’s participation in leadership roles, particularly membership on boards of directors of community organizations. Project participants will receive training on leadership, governance and committee procedures as well as opportunities for mentorship and internship on a community board.
