Wanted: Executive Director

 The Connection Homeless Shelter, Inc. has served the rural homeless in North Platte, Nebraska for 17 years in both Emergency and Transitional housing programs. Our new, 2 story facility houses up to 60 people per night providing beds, meals, case management and connections to appropriate resources. Clients of the shelter come from within North Platte and the surrounding area, as well as many other places in the country while looking for work, housing or a better life situation. Our campus includes a prosperous thrift store, a small green house and room for more innovations.

North Platte is a city of 25,000 with a wide variety of shopping, dining and outdoor recreation. Primary employers are the Union Pacific Railroad, a variety of health care facilities and the local school system. It is located in the middle of the state and sitting at the crossroads of Highway 83 and Interstate 80. There is a commuter air service and easy driving access to Denver, Lincoln, and Omaha.

The salary is negotiable based on experience. Interested applicants are invited to email their resume to huskernelson@gmail.com.

Time for a Fresh Perspective

Ron Snell, the Executive Director of The Connection Homeless Shelter, Inc. for the past 11 years, notified the Board that he will be leaving his position by mid summer, 2012. "I can not think of a more interesting, rewarding and challenging job that this one," Snell says, "but it's time to let someone with new ideas and perspectives take over."

Snell's vision continues to be seeing the shelter as an integral part of the community in every way possible. The search committee shares this goal and is comprised of key leaders who are volunteering their time to ensure that the next director will not only provide leadership and vision within the shelter, but also outside the shelter amongst the community of which it is a part.