Ashley Winters Served as Youth Camp Volunteer at Alvernia University

2013 Jul 8

Ashley Winters, of Maple Glen, Pa., is serving as a volunteer for a free, 10-day-long youth camp this summer at Alvernia University. Winters is a Freshman Special Education Pre K-8 major at Alvernia University.

Alvernia's Holleran Center for Community Engagement hosts two camp programs each summer for students in its South Reading Youth Initiative program. Creativity Camp, held June 10-21, offers 11-14 year-olds a chance to explore activities on and off campus with the help of staff and volunteers like Winters. Junior Creativity Camp, held July 22 to August 2 follows the same theme, but is tailored to elementary students in the South Reading Youth Initiative program. Winters is volunteering for the Creativity Camp this year.

The South Reading Youth Initiative aims to promote continued education, mentoring and support for healthy choices in children who live or go to school in the South Reading area. Since its inception in the summer of 2006, the Initiative has interacted with more than 150 youth, providing annual summer camps, after-school mentoring programs during the academic year and a variety of cultural activities including museum visits, sporting events and educational field trips all within the Greater Reading and Philadelphia area.

ALVERNIA is a fast growing Franciscan university, grounded in the Catholic and liberal arts traditions, that combines diverse academic opportunities with personal attention and an unmatched commitment to community service. Situated on a scenic 121-acre suburban campus in historic Berks County, Pa., the university supports a rigorous and caring learning community that is home to more than 3,000 students. For more information visit alvernia.edu.