Community+Internship

Community Internship-Rich Square Creecy Community Development Center During the summer of 2011, I volunteered at the [|Rich Square W. S. Creecy Training & Community Center]in Rich Square, NC. Rich Square, NC is located in Northampton County which is in northeastern North Carolina. The center provides afterschool tutorial programs, summer enrichment camps, GED classes, Distance Learning Center for Roanoke Chowan Community College. Senior citizens are given the opportunity to meet together to exercise, do arts and crafts, and learn how to use the computer. My job at the center was to provide instruction in reading to students ranging from ages 4-15. This was an unique experience. In spite of the fact that the students lived in a remote area with the nearest school being at least 25 miles away, the majority of the students were eager to learn. They wanted to do better. Throughout the summer, the students read books, used the computer to conduct research, helped to create digital stories, participated in character building activities, and exercises.

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