Our Commitment to Athens County

Shayne Lopez • April 26, 2024

At Athens County Foundation, we are committed to seeing the strengths of Athens County become even stronger. We are dedicating our programming, investments, and resources to fueling change. We recently launched Project Co-Create , a strategic effort to scale participatory change making throughout the county. We believe that everyone has something to contribute, so our goal is to open the pathways to greater collaboration and spark engagement within the county. We’re committed. We’ll give it everything we have. But we cannot do this work alone. 

We know that people and organizations are also deeply committed to Athens County. To helps us all continue to act on our commitment, we are sharpening the focus what the Commitment to Athens County can look like. Doing one of these things or all of these things will make a difference.

Let us know how you will continue your Commitment to Athens County. We want to hear from you! Please sign up to stay connected and follow us on social media . Together, and with shared commitment, we can Advance Athens County.

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Join us in committing to Athens County:

Be a builder Actively Engage in community conversations and projects
Be an ambassador Represent the spirit of collaboration and inclusion everywhere you go
Be a champion Give the work a greater chance for success by securing and investing resources
Be an innovator Think big and be part of the solution
Be a connector Identify and invite in the strengths and perspectives that surround you
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