Next year's Leadership Sherman class will spend its project year raising money for a new freezer at Grand Central Station, the Sherman nonprofit that runs a soup kitchen.
The choice came Thursday afternoon at the program's second annual "Shark Tank," where 12 local nonprofits made their case for being picked, KXII reported Friday. Grand Central Station's request won out.
The class of 2026 bought Evergreen Life Services a new greenhouse after a winter storm destroyed the original building, according to KXII.
Aaron Stotlar, a member of the Leadership Sherman committee, told KXII the benefit reaches past the project itself. "It brings a bigger group of the community together because this class is going to go into the community," he said. "They're going to be looking for fundraising opportunities. They're going to be looking for donations."
The cost of the freezer and a fundraising goal were not given.
