Mentoring

Hopa Mountain helps citizen leaders further develop their skills to deliver strength-based programs, services, and organizational efforts that meet needs expressed in their individual communities.

Hopa Mountain matches resources of all kinds to rural and tribal citizen leaders to help them achieve their goals.

Training

Hopa Mountain works to expand and enhance community-based opportunities for youth and adults. The majority of these efforts are informal (out-of-school) trainings for community leaders, with an emphasis on rural education, program development, non-profit organization, marketing, communication, facilitation, and planning.

Creating Boards that Lead in Bozeman March 26-27, 2010

If you are a member of a nonprofit board, or would like to become one, this nonprofit board training workshop is for you. Taught by Terry Profota, past president of the Montana Nonprofit Association and Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, executive director of Hopa Mountain, this board development workshop will focus on the roles and responsibilities of nonprofit Board members and getting Boards energized, especially in these challenging times. For more information, please email info@hopamountain.org or call (406) 586-2455. The workshop will take place in Bozeman on Friday, March 26 from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, March 27 from 8:30 - noon. The cost is $35 per person. Board members and executive staff are encouraged to attend together.

2010 Youth Leadership Programs

Junior high and high school students are invited to participate in Hopa Mountain’s youth leadership programs in Bozeman and Livingston. Organized by Hopa Mountain and LINKS for Learning, these teen programs start with weeklong summer camps and continue throughout the school year with weekly meetings, outdoor adventures and community service projects.

The youth participants support local community organizations while preparing to become contributing members of their families, peer groups, and communities.  This year, there is a special emphasis on college access and preparation.  Gallatin County youth meet in Bozeman on Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Hopa Mountain office, 234 E. Babcock.  Park County youth meet on Wednesdays from 4 - 5:30 p.m. at the Livingston Public Library.  Meetings include planning time for projects, youth mentoring, and time to socialize and build friendships. 

The youth leadership programs are designed to provide opportunities for all youth to gain valuable life skills to use in service to others. They are made possible with support from the O. P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation, the Walter and Lucille Braun Family Charitable Gift Fund, the Beim Foundation, and the Gilhousen Family Foundation. For more information, please contact Jamie Diehl at (406) 586-2455 or jamiekdiehl@gmail.com. More information can be found on our blog.

Networking

Hopa Mountain facilitates regional networks of rural and tribal citizen leaders along with forums to exchange ideas, collaborate on projects and offer one another support.

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