Please join the Community Foundation for our 32nd Annual Founders’ Day: Moving Our Community Forward.

We are looking forward to sharing our report to the community, highlighting the important work of our donors, and presenting a special guest speaker with a message to inspire everyone who works to make our region a better place. This year, Founders’ Day will be held at Sunnehanna Country Club. During ticketing, you can make your dinner selection: prime rib or coconut curry noodle bowl (vegetarian).

Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and remarks: 6:30 p.m.
Dress: Business Casual

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About Our Guest Speaker

Danene Sorace was elected to serve as the City of Lancaster’s 43rd Mayor in 2018, the second woman to hold this post. Before serving as Mayor, Danene served on City Council, chairing the finance committee. Her first taste of local government came while serving as executive director for an environmental organization that was actively partnering with the City of Lancaster to launch the City’s first-ever green infrastructure plan.

Danene brings more than twenty years of non-profit and philanthropy experience to the role of Mayor. She has a proven record of developing and implementing strategies to advance shared goals among public/private partners. Now in her second term as Mayor, she has set forth a vision to build a stronger, more equitable Lancaster, block by block. The City of Lancaster, under her leadership, is laser-focused on four strategic priorities: strong neighborhoods, safe places, sustainable economy, and sound government.

Danene spent her early years in Lancaster County and later moved to Juniata County, where she graduated high school. She graduated from Albright College and received her Master’s in Public Policy from Rutgers University.