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SUMMER PROJECTS
The Summer Project Team focuses on initiatives representing all three of the community focus areas. The Junior League of Jackson conducts six different camps throughout the summer months to provide interactive, educational experiences to youth while on school break.
MANAGEMENT TEAM CHAIR
VIRGINIA HOLLINGSWORTH
ARTS EXPLOSION CAMP
HIS HEART MINISTRIES
Volunteers provide a week-long camp for children ages 5-10 that provides activities centered around art, music, movement, dance, drama, and beginning architecture and engineering.
CHAIR Lea Freeny Browne CO-CHAIR Lauren Stratton VOLUNTEERS 20
ARTS IN MOTION (A.I.M.)
MISSION FIRST
Volunteers provide a week-long summer camp focused on creative physical activity, crafts, drama, and music.
CHAIR Jennifer Heard
CO-CHAIRS Whitney Allen, Precious Malembeka VOLUNTEERS 23
JPS SUMMER CAMP
JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Rising 3rd and 4th grade students volunteers on skills to prepare for the Mississippi Curriculum Tests, as well as art, drama, and physical education in this weeklong summer camp.
CHAIR Shelita Brown
CO-CHAIRS Rubina Sethi, Angela Bass VOLUNTEERS 20
READ TO SUCCEED
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
Volunteers assist with a weeklong summer camp hosted by the Mississippi Children’s Museum for JPS students who have failed their 3rd grade reading test and are in danger of retention.
CHAIR Mary Kendall Gibson CO-CHAIR Devin Martin VOLUNTEERS 20
SUMMER HELPING HANDS
VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Volunteers work on several different summer initiatives, including Stewpot’s Lunch-n-Learn series, Operation Shoestring’s Summer Reading Program, Language of Art summer camp at Magnolia Speech School, and Backpack Buddies with JPS.
CHAIR Mackenzie Arnold
LANGUAGE OF ART CHAIR Hope Marsh LANGUAGE OF ART CO-CHAIR Maggie Smith VOLUNTEERS 22