RALEIGH, N.C.--Camp Millstone in Ellerbe, N.C. was the site of a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the SECU 4-H Learning Center – a new state-of-the-art facility that will mark a significant milestone in North Carolina’s 4-H history.
The extreme cold weather didn’t hinder the large crowd of 4-H leaders and supporters, including SECU Foundation officials and State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) volunteers and staff, who gathered for the celebration and formal presentation of SECU Foundation’s $750,000 grant for the 3,500 square foot multi-use Center.
SECU Foundation Board Chair McKinley Wooten presented a check to Dean Richard Linton for the Learning Center, an initiative in partnership with the North Carolina 4-H Foundation and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
The Learning Center will provide 4-H with the ability to strengthen and expand year-round education programs for a variety of audiences, including summer 4-H outdoor programs and specialty camp sessions, day-trips and overnight retreats for K-12th grade school groups from the surrounding 34 counties. The facility will offer reserved areas for historical displays and artifacts, a conference room and two meeting/classrooms – all designed to preserve and celebrate the collective heritage and contributions of 4-H’s past, present and future.