Saturday Night Out - In response to a discussion with a panel of Shawano High School students who claim “there is nothing to do in Shawano” the idea of “Saturday Night Out” was created. With school functions being offered on Friday nights; it seemed like Saturday night was the night students were looking for a place to go. A group of the Leadership County Class planned three activities for high school students only. They included a “Let it SNO” an extended open skate at the Crawford Center on January 15, 2008, a “Saturday Night Fever” dance at the County Park on April 5th and a “Saturday Night Pin-buster” a bowling event on May 17th. All events included music, food, drinks , prizes and a safe environment to hang out with their friends!

League of Women Voters –Researched and promoted the possibility of bringing a Chapter of the League of Women Voters to Shawano

Shawano Community Athletic and Recreation Foundation (SCARF)- raised over 3600.00 to improve athletic fields at the Shawano Community Middle School

Farm Family Resource Guide- Resource guide with farm and family information was printed for use throughout Shawano County.

Habitat for Humanity-Did several fund raisers; one at the Folk Music Festival and another by selling building salvage materials which raised over $9000.00 for Habitat for Humanity.

The Leadership Shawano County group decided to create a survey for the Elementary, Middle and High School students, to learn from them how they perceive bullying in their schools.  They wanted to understand the depth of the problem and to determine if their school offered the support needed in dealing with this issue.

A survey was obtained from the Howard-Suamico School District and used as a guideline to develop this survey.  Student Council members from the Shawano Community High School helped convert the Middle School survey into an appropriate survey for the High School students.

Results from the survey were shared with the Shawano-Gresham School District administration.  In turn social workers and guidance counselors helped distribute the surveys and formulate the results.

The Leadership Shawano County group members wanted to choose a project that involved area veterans.  After a meeting on Veterans Day, they decided to create a cookbook with recipes collected from area veteran’s families, friends and co-workers.  The proceeds from the $10.00 cookbook will benefit local veteran’s organizations.

Members from this committee attended meetings of local veterans in the Shawano, Cecil, Bowler, Tigerton and Wittenberg areas to promote this project.

In addition to collecting recipes for the book, places for advertising and dedication lines were sold in the cookbook.