VISTA Elizabeth McIntosh helps Appalachian girls dream new stories with PAGE

Though originally from sunny Winter Park, Florida, NC Campus Compact VISTA Elizabeth McIntosh is no stranger to the Appalachian mountains. Elizabeth’s mother runs a summer camp for girls, Camp Glen Arden, in Tuxedo, NC, where Elizabeth has spent every summer of her life. Now Elizabeth works just 70 miles from Tuxedo in Madison County, and is following in her mother’s footsteps.

In partnership with the Madison County School system, Elizabeth works with PAGE, the Partnership for Appalachian Girls Education, a project with a mission to foster 21st century literacy, social equity, and economic opportunity for Appalachian girls and young women. PAGE was founded in 2010 and has since hosted 50 girls (grade 6-9) in their summer camp program. Elizabeth officially began her year of AmeriCorps service in August of 2013 as PAGE’s first VISTA member, but she had previously worked with the organization’s summer camp through a Duke University internship in 2012, and then as part of the strategic development committee from 2012-2013.

Read the full article on NC Campus Compact Vista’s website: http://nccampuscompactvista.blogspot.com/2014/03/vista-elizabeth-mcintosh-helps.html