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Shatara Farrow (left), of Sanford, smiles as she tosses a ball to Savannah Flowers, as Zoey Davis (center) waits her turn during the Stevens Center’s Party, Paint and Playtime summer camp, held during June and July. Farrow is enrolled in Central Carolina Community College’s early childhood education program. Her ‘Child, Family, and Community’ class collaborated with nursing students from UNC-Chapel Hill to staff and plan activities for the Center’s summer camp for 2-to-4-year-olds and the Kids Can Connect camp for 5-to-8-year-olds. Both camps included children with and without disabilities. The nursing students gained experience working in the community and the CCCC students applied what they had learned in class about working with young children with and without disabilities, individually and in groups.

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Faye McLean (left), of Sanford, assists Angelica Leake in playing with hoops during the Stevens Center’s Party, Paint and Playtime summer camp, held during June and July. McLean is enrolled in Central Carolina Community College’s early childhood education program. Her ‘Child, Family, and Community’ class collaborated with nursing students from UNC-Chapel Hill to staff and plan activities for the Center’s summer camp for 2-to-4-year-olds and the Kids Can Connect camp for 5-to-8-year-olds. Both camps included children with and without disabilities. The nursing students gained experience working in the community and the CCCC students applied what they had learned in class about working with young children with and without disabilities, individually and in groups. 

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Children participating in the Stevens Center’s Party, Paint and Playtime summer camp enjoy running under a billowing parachute held by members of Central Carolina Community College’s early childhood education program and nursing students from UNC-Chapel Hill. The community college and university students collaborated to staff and plan activities for the Center’s summer camp for 2-to-4-year-olds and its Kids Can Connect camp for 5-to-8-year-olds, held during June and July. Both camps included children with and without disabilities. The nursing students gained experience working in the community and the CCCC students applied what they had learned in class about working with young children with and without disabilities, individually and in groups. 

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Coloring becomes a fun joint effort as Mikayla Bray; Amanda Torres, of Sanford, a Central Carolina Community College early childhood education student; and Kaycee Davis put their heads together. The activity was one of many during the Stevens Center’s Party, Paint and Playtime summer camp. Central Carolina C.C. early childhood students and UNC-Chapel Hill nursing students collaborated to staff and plan activities for the summer camp for 2-to-4-year-olds as well as the Kids Can Connect camp for 5-to-8-year-olds, both held during June and July. Both camps included children with and without disabilities. The nursing students gained experience working in the community and the CCCC students applied what they had learned in class about working with young children with and without disabilities, individually and in groups.