The camp addressed teen sexuality, dating, self-defense, personal hygiene, goal setting, etiquette, cooking, sewing and other topics and activities. Local teachers, physicians, the sheriff’s department, entrepreneurs and a representative from The Haven served as guest facilitators. Some 25 girls, ages 12 to 18. participated, said the Rev. Rioland.

The camp was sponsored by Grace Episcopal Church, Rivers Community Foundation, Bay Aging and Macedonia Baptist Church. The girls participated in a college tour to Norfolk State University and traveled to Baltimore to visit the Great Blacks in Wax Museum. The biggest treat this year was having author Lillian Lambert of Richmond address the girls, she said.

Lambert is the first female African-American MBA graduate of Harvard University. She shared growing up in a small rural town in the 1950s as described in her book, The Road to Some Place Better, said Rev. Rioland. The event was sponsored by Shelia Chestnut of Lottsburg, said Rev. Rioland.