The Golden LEAF Foundation

The Rural Internship Initiative (RII) provides Golden LEAF Scholars with professional work experience related to their career field in a rural North Carolina community. Zachary Lewis, a 2024 RII participant, was recently featured in an article by his summer internship site UNC Health- Rockingham. "Zachary, a previous summer youth volunteer at UNC Health Rockingham, returns to the hospital as part of the Golden LEAF Foundation’s Rural Internship Initiative. Ten weeks of Lewis’ summer break will be spent rotating through the clinical departments at UNC Health Rockingham in hopes of identifying a nursing specialty or area of interest to focus his nursing studies. Lewis plans to apply to the UNC School of Nursing at Chapel Hill in the fall." Zachary's plans also include returning to rural NC-- fulfilling The Golden LEAF Foundation's mission of growing the rural communities in our state. We're so proud to call Zachary a Golden LEAF Scholar! Read more of his story here: https://lnkd.in/g8jbiMdM

Today, the Golden LEAF Foundation announced that 215 rural North Carolina students were selected to receive up to a $14,000 Golden LEAF Scholarship. Click the link below to read more... #scholarships #ruralNC #highered https://lnkd.in/gkVG-Cs4

Glad to be in Kinston this morning to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Lenoir Community College Aviation Center for Excellence located at the Global TransPark in Kinston! Great to see leaders from the whole NC Global TransPark Economic Development Region to celebrate this milestone! The Golden LEAF Foundation is proud to be a partner in this project.

Yesterday, The Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors awarded a total of $14,267,573.59 in funding across five Golden LEAF Programs. The awarded funding was for job creation and economic investment, workforce preparedness, industrial site preparation, flood mitigation, and food distribution assistance. Click the link below to learn more about the projects that received funding. @ncLEAFchief https://lnkd.in/ezE38mJa

Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded a total of $14,267,573.59 in funding across five Golden LEAF Programs. The Board awarded $4,403,985 to support 10 projects through the SITE Program, $680,000 to support two projects through the Open Grants Program, $400,000 to support an Economic Catalyst project, $7,704,537 in funding for 10 projects through the Flood Mitigation Program, and $1,079,051.59 in funding for the Food Distribution Assistance Program. Learn more… https://lnkd.in/gBWGM47h

Please share with your networks: There are two new exciting opportunities at Golden LEAF! We're on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team -- Senior Program Officer and Digital Communications Specialist. Find out more about the roles and how to apply on our website. #careeropportunity #hiring #communications #programs https://lnkd.in/gUtDyK3i

Get to know Golden LEAF Program Officer Kimberly Smith! "I am a product of rural eastern North Carolina and knowing that I play a small part in helping to increase economic opportunity across the state motivates me to show up with a smile. I look forward to continuing to help advance and support communities through my role at Golden LEAF." https://lnkd.in/e2-jWM8r

Congratulations to our 168 Golden LEAF Scholar spring 2024 graduates from North Carolina colleges and universities. Many of these students have plans to return to a rural community to live and work. Learn more about the plans of Anna Everette, J.T. Sandlin and Chelsea Walters after graduation. #scholarships #workforce #ruralNC https://lnkd.in/gQ43GGzq

NC State University's Economic Development Partnership works across the state to attract new businesses and industries to North Carolina. Check out this Critical Conversation with its Director Thomas J. White: https://lnkd.in/gNUB2YqK

The Golden LEAF Foundation is growing! We have two new roles: Senior Program Officer and Digital Communications Specialist (part-time). Both roles are hybrid and will work from our office in Rocky Mount. #Programs #Grants #Comms #DigitalComms Click the link below to access the full job descriptions and applications: https://lnkd.in/gUtDyK3i