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Camp Promise for Girls held July 22-27, 2013

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Young Women of Promise sponsored Camp Promise 2013 for Girls was held July 22-27, 2013 at Queen Street United Methodist Church.  The summer enrichment program included 
  • Junior Achievement Economics for Success presented by Jacinta Frank
  • Let Them See What They Can Be role model panels featuring Janet Sutton Carter, photographer with Kinston Free Press; Katherine Whitfield: news anchor and reporter with TACC9; Wanda Hall, Executive Director of the GATE; and Jeanine McBride with Lenoir County GEAR UP Program.
  • Arts and Crafts with Rebecca Harrison Smith
  • Zumba with Tekeema Blackwell Parson
  • Free book donations 
  • Healthy Lunches and Snacks
  • Field trip to Charlotte, NC to visit the Charlotte Observer newspaper and Discovery Place Museum
  • Pizza and Pool Party and Overnight stay at Embassy Suites Hotel

Funding support for Camp Promise included a $1,500  grant from the Kinston Rotary Club.  The end-of-camp field trip included funding from the Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties and McDonalds' Children's Charities.  

Self-Help Credit Union presented the 32 Camp Promise participants with a backpack filled with office supplies.
Camp Promise participants also received a One Day Pass from Kinston Parks and Recreation to the Lions Adventure Park at the Woodmen of the World Community Center.




Young Women of Promise, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on September 4, 2001 in the state of North Carolina.
Theresa Williams Bethea, President/Founder
Post Office Box 491, Winterville, NC 28590
​Phone:  252/367-8292
Email:  [email protected]