TARBORO —
Former Tarboro Lady Vikings basketball standout Marquetta Dickens is looking to give back to the community that gave so much to her and helped her go on to college to play at N.C. State and also professionally for two years in Europe. Dickens is now an assistant coach at Monmouth University. She was an assistant at North Carolina Central before taking the job at Monmouth.
Dickens and several of her friends have put a camp together called #TEAM252.
The camp was named #TEAM252 because Together Everyone Achieves More and this is for the entire 252 community not just Tarboro.
Our pride is not just in our individual community, but all of our communities, Dickens said.
The camp will be on Saturday August 4, starting at 9 a.m. and will last until 12 p.m. for boys and girls ages 8-17 at Tarboro High School.
Dickens will also have former teammate, Casey Collins, Michael "Moe" Deloach and Edgecombe County Deputy Tony Harper helping her with the camp.
Tarboro Lady Vikings basketball coach Jamie Willoughby and Linda Draughn have also been instrumental in helping get the camp set up.
"Positive interest comes along with positive people," Dickens said. "Which is why I reached out to those in the area who have helped me along the way and who I know have the same interest in our 252 community."
The clinic session will end at 12 p.m., which will be followed with the Gang Prevention and Anti-Bullying session.
Dickens is asking that parents go online and register their kids at githypellc@yahoo.com so that will help prepare them for activities for the day.
Also if anyone would like to sponsor t-shirts for the campers, gatorades or anything else they would like that as well.
Dickens will be able to be hands on at the camp, because her name is not on the camp title.
In 2009, Dickens started a company named Git Hype, which stands for Gathering Individuals Together to Prosper and Excel, shortly after she got her first coaching job on the college level.
"God has been placing on my heart to do something with the area youth," Dickens said. "The area was a huge part in my success and nothing was given to me. I had to work for everything."
Dickens gives a lot of the credit to the people in the community, because of the support that helped push and motivate her.
"I wasn’t just doing it for me, I was doing it for everyone who believed in me," Dickens said. "Even those who didn’t. I could easily give money back to the community but I wanted to do more."
Dickens wants the youth in the area to know that she cares about them and that there was no better way to let people know then to show really how much she did care by doing the camp.
"My time is very limited in the coaching world so time is very important," Dickens said. "That is why I figured to give my time to a place that has given so much to me. No one charged me a dime for their support through the years. I am all about giving back, which is why I placed my own dreams on hold in order to help the next person’s dream come true."
Dickens is hoping to have a good turnout at the camp, so maybe she can make the camp an annual tradition.
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