This past week, Genesis had the pleasure of participating in the Jefferson Awards Foundation’s Fall Students in Action Leadership Conference. This conference promotes, encourages, and recognizes high achieving, high school students across the state who represent a community-oriented mentality, something we are very passionate about Genesis Healthcare.

Represented by our Director of Marketing, Howard Nettles, we facilitated a workshop entitled “What’s Our Service?” The workshop was geared towards helping students determine which community organizations and causes they would like to participate in and provide support for.

The students were engaged in such topics as conducting a Community Needs Assessments, understanding the role of demographics in community work, and how to garner and maintain volunteers and stakeholders.

This year’s conference held at the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library in Florence, had 116 students representing 11 high schools located from the Midlands to the Coast.

We would like to thank all the students that came out and participated, and congratulate Howard Nettles for being named an honorary Jefferson Awards Foundation member. Let’s all continue to focus on coming together to create impactful change in the community.