4 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5,2016
Dreamer’s Entrepreneurial Club gets $10,000 grant
BY CINDY BEAMON
The Daily Advance
A local program to teach
girls how to start their own
businesses won new finan
cial support last week.
Royal Neighbors of Amer
ica presented Lena Council
a $10,000 check on Thursday
to expand her Dreamer’s En
trepreneurial Club.
Council, a Hertford native
and the Dreamer’s direc
tor, said the contribution
will double the number of
middle school girls who can
benefit from the program.
It’s run by the Northeastern
North Carolina chapter of
the National Council of Ne
gro Women.
Council was one of 10
recipients who received
$10,000 each from the phil
anthropic arm of Royal
Neighbors of America, a
women-led life insurance
company.
Council said the North-
eastern North Carolina chap
ter of the National Council
of Negro Women has sought
and won grants from vari
ous organizations over the
years to fund programs that
benefit youth and women.
Council was born in
Hertford but moved with
her family to New York, at
tended college there and
taught elementary school
for 30-plus years. During
those years, she joined the
National Council of Negro
Women and remained active
in helping the community.
Council, 80, helped found
the group in 1997 after she
moved back to the area.
Last year the program was
kicked off with 25 girls and
hands-on lessons about how
to run a company. Then the
girls formed teams, created
their own business, selected
a product and came up with
a plan to sell and promote it.
Those newly formed busi
nesses then sold T-shirts,
jewelry, decorated hats and
other items at the Elizabeth
City Downtown Waterfront
Market
Council said the pro
gram’s BizWorld curricu
lum is a starting point for
children who may not have
been exposed to one of their
future options. Because par
ticipants come from families
who do not own businesses,
they may not be aware of all
that is involved, she noted.
Council said this year,
the program will be offered
twice, once starting in No
vember and then starting
in March. The 13-week Sat
urday morning sessions are
designed to help the girls
learn while also having fun,
said Council.
“The thing is to have fun,
give respect and learn at the
same time,” said the retired
educator.
She said the girls also
take trips and invite guest
speakers to expose them to
the business world.
Council said program
leaders will be speaking at
area schools and churches
in October to recruit partici
pants. Interested students
will be invited to fill out an
application with their par
ents’ permission. Most of
past participants came from
minority, low-income fami
lies, she said.
‘REAL WORLD’
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get. The “job” came with a
salary. Based on one per
son’s slip that was working
in agriculture or natural re
sources with a high school
diploma the gross annual sal
ary came to $20,050. Doesn’t
PERQUIMANS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PERQUIMANS COUNTY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IS PUTTING THE EXPO TO BED
UNTIL APRIL 27 TH , 2017
Due to the threat of continued inclement
weather and the desire to protect your
investment & your customer’s experience we
are rescheduling the Expo to April 27 th , 2017
sound bad to a teenager, but
once taxes, Social Security
and Medicare is deducted
it falls to a net of $1,358 a
month. That particular job
had no medical benefits.
Aples said each were then
told they had to deduct $200
monthly for food and $25
for miscellaneous medical
expenses.
Only then did they head
out to one of the 25 booths
to shop for things like hous
ing, a phone, a car or even a
pet.
Nysheeke Clark just got a
job paying $2,135 a month.
He started out with a nice
car, a dog and phone when
he got a visit from the lady
handing “Life Happens” no
tices.
Clark wasn’t smiling
when he was asked about
how much money he had
left. He looked down and
held up is hand and with his
thumb and index figure he
made the figure for zero.
“I’m broke,” he said.
There was also a “Life
Happens” wheel partici
pants could spin. Sometimes
you’d land on something
good, like a graduation gift.
Sometimes it might be bad,
like your glasses broke and
it will cost $250 to replace
them.
Participants were encour
aged but not required to put
some of their earnings away
in a savings account. That
provides a cushion when
you get a flat tire or an in
jury.
HURRICANE
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many areas,” the weather
statement said. “In addition,
due to the wet ground, trees
may be more susceptible to
being downed even from
moderate winds.”
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce
wasn’t taking any chances.
It’s rescheduled the Busi
ness Expo that has been
set for Oct. 13 until April 27
because concern over the
weather.
How people react with
others can also be a factor.
The session on social skills
addressed that.
“If you go into a business
with a bad attitude they
might not give you a break,
but if you go in there with a
positive attitude and explain
your situation they might be
able to work with you on a
solution,” Aples said.
Aples said the Commis
sion will put on the “Real
World” program again.
“I wasn’t expecting such
a great response from the
schools,” Aples said. Seven
school systems sent stu
dents and some had to be
turned away because of lack
of space. Perquimans Coun
ty High School had about
10 students attend. Some of
the other six school districts
At least one local horse
stable is making plans to
move their horses further
inland if needed. Carla Bun
dy said New Hope Stables
boards about 15 horses and
can transfer them to the
Sen. Bob Martin Eastern
Agriculture Center in Wil
liamston It has the capabil
ity to house more than 500
horses.
On Monday afternoon
Gov. Pat McCrory declared
a State of Emergency for 66
counties to allow the move
ment of any resources that
may be needed to respond
sent far more.
“Next time I think we’ll
put a limit on how many
each school can attend.”
Julie Solesbee with PNC
Bank attended the program
and applauded the effort.
“This is what students
need to learn, she said. “At
this age they don’t under
stand how life is.”
Sgt. Lamont Butts and
Deputy Lamond James from
the Camden County Sher
iff’s Office were there to
help. One of the issues get
ting a “Life Happens” note is
you get a traffic ticket. That
means spending money that
you probably hadn’t bud
geted for.
Sgt. Butts said he was
glad to play a role.
“If we get them at a young
age, it makes a difference.”
to the storm. It also waives
truck weight, size and hours
of service restrictions so
that farmers can quickly
harvest their crops before
the storm hits.
“Although this storm may
change course, we are mon
itoring the situation closely,
and are working proactive
ly because of the amount
of crops still in fields,” said
Agriculture Commissioner
Steve Troxler. “We urge ev
eryone to take this situation
seriously and take precau
tions as the storm moves
toward North Carolina.”
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