For Billy Shore, Board Chair of First County Foundation (FCF), the future of York County First Responder Training Center and York County Substance Use Recovery Center is “very exciting.”
“Both centers have the potential to be models for the state, if not the region or nation,” he said. “I think they’ll be tremendous assets to the community.”
Founder Executive Chairman of Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry, a national nonprofit in Washington D.C., Shore believes his experience running an organization that deals with childhood hunger translates well to FCF’s mission, especially with the recent acquisition of the First County Food Pantry.
“My focus is fundraising and revenue generation,” he said. “There hasn’t been a lot of asking going on yet, as the board is in its formative stage, but we are entering the asking stage.”
For now, however, Shore is focused on connecting with the community to build a robust constituency. “Certainly, in terms of substance use, almost everybody has been touched in some way,” he added. “Not everyone knows the facilities are under construction, but people are starting to catch on that something big is happening in their community.”