Santee church site of Saturday youth summit
Thursday, August 06, 2009SANTEE -- Low Country Healthy Start, the USC Claflin Center of Excellence, Greater Friendship AME Church and the Department of Health and Environmental Control Region 5 office will join forces to present a Community Youth Summit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Greater Friendship AME Church in Santee.
The event will feature food, motivational speakers and spiritual entertainment. Topics including education, career planning, health and self-esteem will be covered. Speakers will include Virginia Berry White from LCHS; Gerald Wright, associate superintendent of Orangeburg Consolidated School District 3; Patricia Funderburk from the Regional Medical Center; Elaine Zimmermon from the One-Stop WIA program; and representatives from the USC Claflin Center of Excellence.
Greater Friendship AME Church is at 3669 Tee Vee Road in Santee, across from Lake Marion High School.
For more information, call Rubena Fogle or Windy Cocklin at 803-378-7166 or 1-888-581-0319.
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