Leadership Asheville Seniors (LAS)

The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement's Leadership Asheville Seniors, established in 1987, is a program for retirement aged people in Buncombe County. During eight day-long sessions in a variety of locations around the community, participants meet with community leaders, activists, and politicians to gain in-depth understanding of the area's history, people, institutions, challenges, and opportunities. Leadership Asheville Seniors participants often use the program to reevaluate their choice of volunteer roles or to find new ones. Graduates may join the Leadership Asheville Forum, the alumni organization of Leadership Asheville and Leadership Asheville Seniors.

2009 LAS 23 application

Contact Michelle Rogers at 828-250-3871 or mrogers@unca.edu for more information.

Leadership Asheville Seniors:
Community Service and Older Adult Education
Article by David Stewart on his experiences in LAS XI.

  
LAS XX visited Warren Wilson College to study environmental issues ("The Environment: Finding Balance"). They took the Warren Wilson "green walkabout" to look at green architecture and landscaping techniques as well as activities that are part of their Environmental Leadership Program (composting, farming, etc.).