Meadowcreek to Host Performing Arts Summer Camp

For parents who are still looking for a summer camp for their kids, "The Moral of the Story" may be the answer for you.

Lois Chisolm, the founder and president of The Melanie Thorton Youth Arts Foundation Inc. in Lilburn, calls it a "performing arts summer camp program with a purpose" because it goes above and beyond simply getting kids into theatre. There's an underlying moral message that kids take away from it with the stories they tell. 

Chisolm, who runs theatre programs at the Lilburn Cultural Arts Center, said she felt compelled to help the young community after seeing multiple media reports of youth substance abuse and teens committing suicide because of bullying early last year.

"How can do what we do and help them learn [life lessons] at the same?" she said. "How can we do it in such a way where the kids aren't like, 'Oh god, they're lecturing me again?'"

Read the full story on Lilburn Patch.

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