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The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center
The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center
About The Program
The Civic Engagement Leadership Institute is an intensive summer enrichment experience that empowers high school students to impact Triangle communities through socially conscious thought and action.
By exploring the root causes of social issues, working with nonprofit agencies, and formulating service projects, students will develop a combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to help shape the future of the Triangle and beyond.
How can you become a change agent in your community?
This leadership camp is an intensive summer enrichment experience that helps high school students answer these questions and empowers them to impact Triangle communities through socially conscious thought and action. Students explore social issues, work with nonprofit agencies, and formulate service projects. Students will develop a combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to help shape the future of the Triangle and beyond.
Graduation includes a Capstone Project presentation by student teams that addresses a community need – Think “Shark Tank”! A panel of community judges will evaluate presentations and select the winning team.
Benefits
*We ask that students bring a laptop/tablet and charger each day if possible*
Camp will be located at the Duke Corporate Education building.
More information will be emailed to participants prior to the beginning of camp.
Program Eligibility
Rising 10th through 12th grade students.
Registration Requirements
Tuition
The cost to attend CELI is $575
The Center works hard to ensure no student is turned away for inability to pay.
There are a limited number of scholarships available for need-based financial assistance for CELI.
Registration Link
Schedule
The Institute runs July 22 – 26, 2024, Mon-Thu, from 9:00am – 4:00pm. On Friday the schedule is 9:00am-5:00pm. Presentations of projects will be held on Friday from 4-5pm. Parents and family are invited to attend. All participants are expected to be present and help their team with their Friday project presentations.
Students can be dropped off at 8:45am and picked up no later than 4:00pm at
Duke Corporate Education
310 Blackwell Street
Durham, NC 27701
Only students that have signed parental waivers will be allowed to go off campus for lunch. If you choose to pack a lunch for your student, please note that there is no refrigerator or microwave available. Snacks are provided daily. If your student has food allergies, please pack a snack for them.
Dress Code
Since CELI sessions will be held in a professional office environment, students are asked to wear clothing that is appropriate for that environment.
The dress code for CELI is business casual Monday-Thursday (July 22-16):
For Friday the dress code is business professional- this is to accommodate the project presentations. (Students could bring a change of clothes for this day.)
This can include:
– Dress slacks/khaki pants
– Dresses/Skirts
– Dress shirts/polos
– Suits
– Closed-toed shoes (no flip flops)
Payment
Payments can be made online or by check.
Paying by check, please make checks out to: The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center (TNVLC) With “Institute” In The Memo Line. Mail To PO Box 3374, Durham, NC 27702.
Cancellation/Refunds
There is a $50 non-refundable administration fee for all registrations.
Full Refunds (less non-refundable administration fee) will be issued if cancellation notification (in writing) is received two weeks in advance of program start date.
Cancellations received less than two weeks prior to programs start date are not eligible for refunds. (Please contact program staff for emergency exceptions.
Health & Wellness
Students are not required to have a COVID vaccination to attend camp. Any student who has COVID-19 symptoms or known exposure to COVID-19 will be required to stay at home until the symptoms have passed. The student will be required to provide results of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to the site or beginning of any camp.
If a student becomes sick during camp a family member will be contacted. If the student is not feeling better after having the opportunity to rest, you will be asked to pick-up your child. We will also try to find a place to rest that is isolated from the other children. Additionally, if your child demonstrates COVID-like symptoms (fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, gastrointestinal issues, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea) during the program they will also be moved to an isolated location and the family will be notified for immediate pickup. Once a family member has been called, the parent or emergency contact must pick up the student within 60 minutes.
Please submit the negative test results to Alice Smith, Community Programs & Operation Manager. Email – Alice@TNVLC.onmicrosoft.com or call (919)321-6926.
