The Rural Non-Profit Networking Group (RNNG) is an opportunity for the organizations that do so much good in our rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partnership opportunities, bring in experts to facilitate growth and professionalism, and simply connect to maximize the efficiency and impact that participants can bring to Fayette, Colorado, Lavaca, and surrounding counties. Since reactivating post-pandemic shutdown, the group is more energized than ever, back to meeting monthly, and incorporating an educational aspect into each gathering. This month Alliance for College & Career Student Success in South CentralTexas (ACCSS) will be hosting the RNNG gathering on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m.. The gathering will be held at the Blinn College Schulenburg Campus Student Center (100 Ranger Dr., Schulenburg). ACCSS is housed at Blinn College Schulenburg Campus as the Blinn College District is their fiscal agent. Susie Shank, ACCSS Director, will be facilitating the discussion regarding workforce training opportunities. The ACCSS initiative planning incorporated data from Texas Workforce Solutions that helped direct pathway development towards regional employment needs that were both high demand and high wage. Along with providing local access to college classes, Blinn College Schulenburg Campus provides a wide variety of community education courses along with workforce training. Loraine Orellana, Coordinator of Distance and Community Education at the Schulenburg Campus, will share recent opportunities provided by Blinn while attendees will be asked to workshop immediate needs for their non-profit workforce training. This includes the potential for local “experts” being identified and recruited to provide this very necessary training.
