Stay Connected & Keep Making an Impact
Graduation may mark the end of your nine-month LINC experience, but it is not the end of your connection to the program. As a LINC alum, you can continue building on what you learned, help create meaningful experiences for future cohorts, and stay involved throughout Redwood County.
Carry Your Experience Forward
Support Future Cohorts
Stay Connected to LINC
Strengthen Redwood County
Your LINC Experience Continues After Graduation
Every LINC graduate agrees to help plan and coordinate one program session during the following cohort year. Review the responsibilities, planning expectations and resources available to help your Day Chair team prepare.
Stay connected with people you met through LINC and watch for future opportunities to reconnect, learn and engage with other program alumni.
Access information and resources created specifically for LINC graduates, including details you may need as you complete your post-program responsibilities.
Keep Making a Difference Across Redwood County
LINC was designed to do more than provide a nine-month experience. The goal is to help participants become more informed, engaged contributors who use what they have learned to strengthen the places where they live and work.
Your next chapter can take many forms.
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Put Your Skills Into Practice
Use the communication, problem-solving and people skills developed through LINC in your workplace, organizations and everyday life.
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Get Involved Locally
Consider serving on a board, volunteering, running for elected office, participating in civic organizations or finding another way to contribute to a cause or community that matters to you.
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Share What You Discovered
Continue introducing others to the businesses, organizations, resources and communities you discovered through your LINC experience.
Help Create the LINC Experience for Future Cohorts
LINC stands for Lead • Inspire • Network • Create
Alumni understand firsthand what makes LINC valuable. That makes you one of the program's most important advocates. There are several ways you can help LINC continue to Lead, Inspire, Network and Create throughout Redwood County.
Encourage Someone to Participate
Know someone who would benefit from LINC? Share your experience and encourage them to learn more when applications open.
Host a Future Site Visit
If your business or organization has something valuable to share with a future cohort, consider helping provide an educational site visit.
Support LINC Financially
Donations help support program administration and financial assistance that makes participation more accessible to future applicants.
Connect LINC With Others
Introduce the program to businesses, organizations and individuals who may be interested in sponsoring participants, hosting sessions or otherwise supporting LINC.
Frequently Asked Questions for LINC Alumni
What am I required to do after graduating from LINC Redwood County?
LINC participants commit to serving as a Day Chair for one session during the program year following their graduation. You will typically work with one or two fellow alumni to plan and coordinate the session with guidance from the LINC Program Coordinator.
What does a LINC Day Chair do?
Can I stay involved with LINC after completing my Day Chair responsibilities?
How can I find out about LINC alumni events?
Continue the Impact You Started With LINC
Your cohort experience gave you an opportunity to learn more about yourself, meet people from across Redwood County and see local communities from a new perspective. Now you can carry that experience forward.
Complete your Day Chair commitment, stay connected with fellow alumni, support future participants and continue finding ways to make Redwood County a stronger place to live, work and serve.