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Thank you HOLA Lakeway for providing a way for the community to contribute donations for the families in Venezuela.

HOLA is collaborating with the Venezuelan Community of Morristown as a drop-off location for relief donations supporting families in Venezuela 🇻🇪🤍Thank you for helping make a difference.

Sharing from our friends at Strong Families NETN!

🌟 June Recharge Lunch & Learn Series 🌟

Join us on June 23 for an inspiring and practical professional learning opportunity featuring Danielle Dye, Community Schools Specialist with the Virginia Board of Education.

🗓 Session Title:

The Human Side of Leadership: Creating Teams Where People Thrive

📖 Session Description:

Supervision is more than managing tasks—it’s about creating the conditions where people can do their best work.

In this interactive Lunch & Learn session, participants will explore how healing-centered leadership practices can help build trust, increase engagement, reduce burnout, and strengthen team culture. Through discussion, reflection, and peer learning, attendees will gain practical strategies for creating workplaces where people feel supported, valued, and empowered to thrive.

✅ Learn ways to foster trust and connection within teams
✅ Explore approaches to support staff well-being and reduce burnout
✅ Strengthen team culture through healing-centered leadership practices
✅ Leave with actionable tools you can implement immediately

Whether you supervise a team, lead a program, or support organizational growth, this session offers valuable insights to help you cultivate a healthier, more engaged workplace.

To register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tIHl_BA5SV6jlNBnutdgrg

Another outstanding SWVA Economic Forum is in the books. Congrats to the team at The University of Virginia's College at Wise for putting on a great event! The STRONG Accountable Care Community was grateful to be a sponsor. It was a pleasure meeting and catching up with partners as well as making new connections.

The energy inside the David J. Prior Convocation Center at UVA Wise was unmistakable Thursday as community leaders, business owners, educators and residents packed the house for the annual SWVA Economic Forum. The crowd gathered not only to discuss the future of Southwest Virginia, but also to welcome keynote speaker Abigail D. Spanberger, making her first-ever visit to the College as Virginia’s governor.

Throughout the day, attendees filled every available seat as conversations continued around innovation, tourism, housing and the future of Southwest Virginia. Other speakers included Vijay Srinivasan, President of U.S. Commercial and State Government Operations at CGI, and Amanda Weinstein, Ph.D., Director of Research at the Center on Rural Innovation.

Read more about the day: www.uvawise.edu/strategic-engagement-government-relations/news/2026/05/uva-wise-hosts-successful-2026-swva-economic

The STRONG ACC was proud to sponsor yesterday’s membership breakfast at the Chamber of Commerce of Smyth County, Inc. It was great seeing many of our partners in attendance as well as meeting a number of people who are interested in joining our work.

Dan Minahan, Vice Chair of the STRONG ACC Leadership Council, and Mark Cruise, Director, spoke about how organizations can participate in the STRONG ACC’s regional agenda spanning early childhood development through career pathways leading to thriving wage employment.