With the pandemic and restrictions over the last 10 months, some organizations have found creative ways to work with youth in the county. Speak Life and Live was unable to host its regular camp this year, so it came up with a unique solution: Zoom camp.
The Statesville nonprofit organization is dedicated to mentoring youth in the area. Instead of its usual summer camp this year, it brought in the participating Iredell-Statesville Schools students online. The camp still focused on reading and writing, with an added element this year of an essay contest to conclude it.
âWith our focus being on literacy and the students losing valuable in-class education, we wanted to make sure we were helping fill the gap in our community,â Executive Director Leslie Morrison stated.