Liz Zimmerman Keitt, former Mayor pro-tem of Orangeburg, and the president of the Claflin University International Alumni Association gave us food for thought on August 12. Currently, she is the founder and director of Project Life: Positeen Program, and this was main focus of her presentation. The program was founded in 1992 and is an after school program tutoring and counseling students, ages K-5 – 12th Grade. Held at 349 Summers Avenue and on the campus of Brookdale Elementary School in Orangeburg, SC, the program is designed to help students after school with reading, science, math and character building. We could use your support,” she told about 30 Rotarians and guests who had assembled to hear her. “Many of these kids have no where else to study after school.” Bernice Tribble pointed out that one of their prize students had traveled with the Orangeburg County team that competed for (and won) the All-American Town designation. “We wouldn’t have won without him,” she said. “We help them become what they can be,”Ms. Keitt said.
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