Butler SUCCEED celebrates first anniversary
You never know who you will run into at the Butler Slippery Rock University Center for Community Engagement, Empowerment and Development.
Alice Del Vecchio, director of the Institute of Nonprofit Leadership at SRU, said SUCCEED, the acronym for the downtown office, hosts events aimed at bringing community organizations together with the people who need them. She said the center has been successful at connecting people to help, including people going through addiction, people struggling to maintain housing and those experiencing food insecurity.
“This space is right in town for us to ask people, ‘What do you think you need?’” Del Vecchio said. “Most people have an idea of what they need, so we give them that chance to say it — that’s how great things happen.”
Butler SUCCEED opened Sept. 10, 2021, at 150 North Main Street, and has played host to more than 40 other community organizations that have partnered with the university branch to address local needs.
On Friday, SUCCEED celebrated its first anniversary by inviting many of those partner agencies to the facility to debrief on the first year of operation and plan for the future.
Josette Skobieranda-Dau, associate director of Butler SUCCEED, said seeing many community leaders together in the room Friday was a sign the organization was succeeding in its mission.
A portion of this story is shared with you as a digital media exclusive. Subscribers can read the full story at the link below. To support our local, independent newsroom, please subscribe at butlereagle.com.
