Youth attend BET camp
Nasasha Davis and Lakia Rumph of Clayton, pictured here with Tiffany Evans, recently attended the week-long BET Summer Camp for Girls.
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Special to The Tribune
Published: August 8, 2008
Nasasha Davis and Lakia Rumph of Clayton recently attended the week-long BET Summer Camp for Girls.
The camp is a residential camp program designed to address childhood obesity and promote healthier lifestyles through health literacy, nutrition, fitness, exercise, positive thinking and self-responsibility. The goal is to help young African-American girls 10-12 to make healthier lifestyle choices while understanding the key-risk behaviors that can lead to obesity and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood.
Girls participate in a comprehensive program which include nutrition seminars, daily exercise, sports, creative and therapeutic arts, group and one-on-one guidance counseling and a myriad of fun, age-appropriate play activities.
Participating girls are referred to a four-month after-camp program, which expands on the camp health, nutrition and fitness curriculum.
During their time at the camp, the girls met several celebrities like Tiffany Evans, Miss Black America 2008 Kristen White, Toccara Jones, Teyana Taylor and Keri Hilson.
Nasasha is the daughter of Michael and Tia Boykins and Lakia is the daughter of Chiquita and James Rumph.
Both girls are students at Barbour County Middle School and they are members of Jones Chapel African Methodist Church in Clayton.
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