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Supporting Hanging Rock State Park

Sign Our Petition

Camp Sertoma summer staffer, Joey Jones, wrote the Change. org petition to Save Sertoma. Please sign it and share.  

Call to Action #2

We have an urgent need for letters of support. Write one positive, enthusiastic, passionate email and copy it to many people. Ask them to commit to working with community stakeholders to develop a strategy for the  continued operation of Sertoma 4-H Educational Center as an Extension outreach of NCSU and North Carolina 4-H. Here is the list. Kevin Howell – Vice…
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Save Sertoma featured on Fox 8

Chad Tucker interviewed a number of members of the Save Sertoma group this past Monday at Singletree Inn Gun and Plough. STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — County leaders say they are working to get a one year moratorium on the closure of Camp Sertoma. The popular camp and conference center, owned by North Carolina State, is one of four scheduled to…
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Historic Newspaper Articles

Big shout out to Jessica Johnson from the Stokes News who posted these pictures to the Save Sertoma facebook page.  

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor – The Stokes News Don’t Close Sertoma 4-H Center It was announced on 10/16/13 that the State 4-H Office will close Sertoma 4-H Educational Center on January 1, 2014. Sertoma, which is located off of Moore’s Spring Road, has served as a valued resource for education and youth development for the children of North Carolina for…
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Contact Holloway & Randleman

photo by Liu Yunxia

Contact the two senators where Camp Sertoma is. First, either call or email Bryan Holloway at 919-733-5609 or Bryan.Holloway@ncleg.net Second, either call or email Shirley Randleman at(919) 733-5743 or Shirley.Randleman@ncleg.net Claire-Marie Hannon has come up with some talking points to use when discussing the closure of the three 4-H Centers with folks. The Centers are more valued by the citizens of North…
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Call to Action #1

As you guys know, I bleed green. I love 4-H and the camping program. It has made me the adult I am today. Yesterday, I received a text from a good friend saying that Sertoma was to be shut down. I couldn’t believe it. I received a copy of the original memo 4-H Camps Update_10-16-13 today. Spurred to action by former…
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