Junior Leadership

By Susan Vlcek, Junior Leadership Director Blink your eyes and find yourself at the Closing Retreat for the JrLMC Class of 2017. What of value could have possibly transpired in the scintilla of time since we met at the Opening Retreat? JrLMC Class of 2016 alumnus Devon Matson reflected back on both her JrLMC experience…

By Susan Vlcek, Junior Leadership Director Can anybody say it better than Kool & The Gang? It’s a celebration! Our 14th Junior Leadership Medina County class is ready to move on to their next phase of leadership. Please join us for this student-led evening. Meet our newest alumni and their families, hear how they have…

By Susan Vlcek, Junior Leadership Director What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear the phrase Group Projects? I’m no mentalist, but intuition tells me it is not “fun” or “easy.” One of the four Jr. Leadership class projects currently being implemented is SUPPORT: Sharing Uplifting Possibilities, Protecting Others, & Recovering Together.…

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Jim Rohn Referencing Malcolm Gladwell’s vocabulary, Jordan Tekulve is a connector.  An alumnus of the JrLMC Class of 2005 now working as a Compliance Analyst for Alliance Data in Columbus, Jordan has already amassed an impressive and sometimes stellar list of…

By Susan Vlcek, Junior Leadership Medina County Director Consider this to be the initiation of an informal poll. OK, LMC Class of 2003: when envisioning and developing the JrLMC pilot model, how many students did you believe would participate? What did you feel the impact on high school students would be? How, if at all,…

By Susan Vlcek, Class of 2001, Junior Leadership Director August signals the repainting of crosswalk, the peak of flying stinging things, and the welcoming of new classes in each of LMC’s 3 programs: the signature program, Emerging Leaders and Jr. Leadership. New class members means more alumni.  In total we count over 1,300. One of…

On a steamy summer afternoon fourteen years ago, an unusually large group of precocious toddlers came together for a play date.  It all seemed so sweet, summery, and strikingly simple.  Yet by the time the wooden train was derailed, the Cheerios were consumed and the moms had reached consensus on the next playgroup date, something…

Posted by Susan Vlcek On a steamy summer afternoon fourteen years ago, an unusually large group of precocious toddlers came together for a play date.  It all seemed so sweet, summery, and strikingly simple.  Yet by the time the wooden train was derailed, the Cheerios were consumed and the moms had reached consensus on the next…

Junior Leadership Medina County gathered for a reunion on June 2, 2016, at Allardale Lodge. They had a great evening laughing over pizza and roasting s’mores over the bonfire! A Class of 2006 member was the earliest class at the event.

By Susan Vlcek, JrLMC Director On the last day of March 175 community leaders, friends and family celebrated 40 members of the JrLMC Class of 2016 at their graduation banquet. They heard those young leaders share how they, empowered by their JrLMC experience, intend to make a positive impact on their world. When? In their…