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DCCA-DYS wraps up summer youth camp
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Posted on Jul 30 2015
The Department of Community & Cultural Affairs’ Division of Youth Services wrapped up the two-weeklong Summer Youth Empowerment Camp on July 24, 2015.
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- Participants in the Summer Youth Empowerment Camp of the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs’ Division of Youth Services have their group picture taken with the DPS Boating Safety and Special Enforcement Action section. (Contributed Photo)
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- A story-telling session with the man’amko. (Contributed Photo)
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- The second week’s activities featured various arts/craft sessions. (Contributed Photo)
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- Participants in the Summer Youth Empowerment Camp of the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs’ Division of Youth Services pose with some of the volunteers. (Contributed Photo)
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- The second week’s activities also featured bead making. (Contributed Photo)
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- The first week featured various sports activities to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles among the 114 youth participants. (Contributed Photo)
The first week, which began on July 13, featured various sports activities to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles among the 114 youth participants ages 6 to 13. These activities included baseball, mini track, volleyball, basketball obstacle courses and a series of health presentations coordinated by the “CNMI Let’s Move Marianas.” To provide additional empowerment opportunities for the older youth groups, DYS extended an invitation and recruited a total of 38 volunteers to lead the camp participants in the daily activities. Most of the recruited volunteers signed up to meet community hour requirements for their respective schools.
Local artists from the DCCA Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture, man’amko from the Office on Aging, and the Carolinian Affairs Office highlighted the second week’s activities with various arts/craft sessions, which included coconut shell painting, cultural dances, music, man’amko storytelling, mwar making, bead making, leaf painting, paper art, and flower designs.
The last day concluded the arts/craft program with additional stations featuring the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library Bookmobile and public safety awareness by the DPS Boating Safety and Special Enforcement Action section.
The success of the 2015 DCCA-DYS Summer Youth Empowerment Camp was made possible by the tireless efforts and commitment of the following partnering agencies: Carolinian Affairs Office, Northern Marianas College AHEC Program, Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.’s Public Health/Let’s Move Marianas, Northern Marianas Sports Association, Cultura Athletics, G Rollers Basketball Association, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, DCCA Office on Aging, DCCA Nutrition Assistance Program, and the DCCA Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture. (PR)
