LCC Youth Club Donates Items

Members of the Lenoir Community College Youth Club recently presented Kinston's InterChurch Out Reach a variety of canned goods and non-perishable items. ICOR is a united effort of Kinston area churches, civic organizations and individuals. It provides assistance to neighbors with medicine, fuel, food, housing or utilities in emergency crisis. All food is donated to ICOR. The outreach program is staffed by volunteers from various churches and civic organizations. ICOR provides referrals to mobile food banks.

This program is part of leadership development that is encouraged in the WIA Youth Club, said LCC WIA Youth Career Case Manager Tezra Parker. "Volunteering teaches our youth the value of community involvement." "The WIA Youth Club is an out-of-school program for qualified males and females 16 to 21 years of age that provides assistance with obtaining your GED, AHS diploma or two-year degree," Parker said. "That assistance comes in the form of paid tuition, books, supplies, feeds and supportive services such as child care services for parents and transportation, job referrals, job placements, assistance with career, educational and personal development tutoring and counseling." Parker said participants stay in the program until they accomplish their goals that are set. "We will also follow them for a year after they have completed the program."

ICOR project participants, front row, left to right are: Josie Bradshaw, Director of ICOR Inez Dale, Betty Bright, and Maria Murphy; second row, Shaketa Nobles, Kamesha Rhem, Tineka Pridgen, and Sam McGee; third row, Shemica Brown, Krystal Whitfield, Tabitha Hilton, and WIA Youth Staff Assistant Lisa Stancill; fourth row, Keith Council, Jessica Rogers, Youth Service Coordinator for the Eastern Council Workforce Development Board Joe McCarthy, and LCC WIA Youth Career Case Manager Tezra Parker.