{"id":234114,"date":"2016-08-12T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=234114"},"modified":"2016-08-12T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T20:00:11","slug":"160-join-dcca-dys-2016-summer-youth-empowerment-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/160-join-dcca-dys-2016-summer-youth-empowerment-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"160 join DCCA-DYS 2016 Summer Youth Empowerment Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-234114 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/160-join-dcca-dys-2016-summer-youth-empowerment-camp\/dys-pix-1-jpg-copy\/'>DYS-pix-1.jpg-copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-234118'>\n\t\t\t\tParticipants of the 2016 Summer Youth Empowerment Camp listen to one of the counselors. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/160-join-dcca-dys-2016-summer-youth-empowerment-camp\/dys-pix-2-jpg-copy\/'>DYS-pix-2.jpg-copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-234119'>\n\t\t\t\tThe banner of the 2016 Summer Youth Empowerment Camp is shown in this photo. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/160-join-dcca-dys-2016-summer-youth-empowerment-camp\/dys-pix-3-jpg-copy\/'>DYS-pix-3.jpg-copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-234120'>\n\t\t\t\tPlenty of literature against child abuse and neglect were available for participants of the he 2016 Summer Youth Empowerment Camp. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The DCCA-Division of Youth Services coordinated the 2016 Summer Youth Empowerment Camp, which involved a two-week program with the first week focusing on sports and wellness and second week on arts\/craft. <\/p>\n<p>The sports and wellness covered various sports activities and community presentations ending the week with fun filled water sports activities. The following week featured arts\/crafts activities with a culminating event held on July 29. The camp catered to over 120 youth participants ages 6-13 and close to 40 youth volunteers ages 14-17.<\/p>\n<p>The huge success would not have been possible without the partnership efforts with the following agencies and organizations: DYS parent leaders and volunteers, CNMI Council for Arts and Culture, Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. 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