Purpose Learning Lab

🤖 Meet Botley 2.0!
Our newest addition to the Coding with Purpose class made a grand entrance today — and the scholars were all in!

We’re not just having fun — we’re preparing our youth for the 21st century with hands-on robotics, coding skills, and innovation that sparks curiosity. 💡✨

🌟 Shout Out to Our Outdoor Club Champs! 🌟

Congratulations to our two Recreation Winners who not only crushed the Outdoor Club Challenge — but went from strangers to best friends along the way! 💚

Camp to camp, they showed what happens when courage, kindness, and competition come together.
Keep shining and exploring — this is what Purpose looks like in motion!

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🍕 Teen Legacy Training Hour @ Brixx Pizza 🍕
Date: 6/18/25
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Brixx Pizza

We’re blending food + future at our Teen Legacy Training Hour!

🍽️ Hospitality Role Play: “Serving as Leaders”
Teens will:
✅ Learn how to serve campers with confidence
✅ Practice greeting families and guiding younger students
✅ Build leadership through body language, tone, and etiquette

This hands-on training builds the heart of what we do: leadership through service. Legacy isn’t about titles — it’s about how you show up.

🎉 Camp Purpose Came to PLAY @ Dorothea Dix Park! 🎉
Week 1, Day 3 – and we’re outside soaking up the sun, laughter, and leadership!

From open fields to open hearts, our scholars explored, connected, and made memories that matter. Purpose + Play = Unstoppable Summer Energy 💥🌳☀️

📍 Dorothea Dix New Park
🎒 Camp Purpose 2025: Where Fun Meets Future

Purpose Learning Lab, Inc. & P**F Teen Center worked together to BringLIGHT to the Bull City! 🔦💡

Which organization is next to partner ? We are stronger together.

Together, we did something POWERFUL:
✨ 59 Teens
✨ 13 Incredible Parent Chaperones & Volunteers
✨ 2 Purpose-Driven Organizations
= 1 Unforgettable Teen Retreat @ Fantasy Lake — Absolutely FREE!

We’re creating safe spaces, bold conversations, and lifelong memories—by teens, for teens.

📣 What’s Next?
🔸 Kingdom Reigns – July 3, 2025
🔸 Overnight Teen Trip – September 12–14, 2025

Let’s keep showing up and showing out for our youth! 💪💫
United Way of the Greater Triangle Triangle Community Foundation MyiShanka Mya McMillian

☀️🎉 24 Hours Until Summer Camp 2025 Begins! 🎉☀️

The countdown is officially ON — in just 24 hours, the doors to Purpose Learning Lab’s Summer Camp 2025 will open, and we are READY to bring the energy, fun, and purpose all summer long!

Get ready for:
✅ Field trips
✅ STEM labs
✅ Culinary creations
✅ Dance, music, and leadership
✅ Lifelong friendships
✅ And memories you’ll never forget

This is more than camp — it’s a summer of growth, joy, and becoming.
Let’s go, Purpose family! See you bright and early!

🍕✨ Food, Fun & Purpose — A Year Worth Celebrating! ✨🍕

The best way to grab a teen’s attention? Food. The best way to keep it? Purpose.

As we press pause to celebrate an entire year of offering FREE extended day programs for teens in Durham County, we want to give a heartfelt thank you to the durhamabc for believing in our mission. From prevention, to wellness, to stem, to scholarships, to building a strategic plan, to sending interns we can't scream THANK YOU enough.

Because of your support, teens in Durham had access to more than just snacks and smiles — they had a safe third space to grow, connect, lead, and just be.

Here’s to more moments, more mentorship, and more meals shared with meaning.

🔥 Teen Liberation Leader Training Night 🔥

Tonight was one for the books! 📚✨

Our Summer Camp 2025 Teen Liberation Leaders showed up with heart and hustle. From signing their official summer commitment forms to reviewing key policies & procedures, and diving into some much-needed team bonding — these teens are ready to lead with purpose.

They aren’t just attending camp…
They’re shaping it. 💪🏾🌟
Leonardo Williams
United Way of the Greater Triangle
Triangle Community Foundation

We are proud to walk beside the next generation of changemakers — because when youth lead, transformation follows.

Summer Camp Volunteer Training | Group 2 💪🏾🌞
Shout out to Group 2 for showing up, learning the ropes, and preparing to lead with purpose! These volunteers are ready to make this summer unforgettable for our scholars. Let’s go, Team!

🌱 Ready, Set, Grow! 🌱

We’re thrilled to kick off our 9-Week Summer Garden Club — where purpose meets planting, and growth happens from the inside out!

Shout out to Honey Child Studio, & Feed Durham
For hosting an awesome eventTuesday, May 20, 2025

From seed planting to harvesting, this hands-on experience will teach our scholars the power of patience, responsibility, and nourishment — for both the earth and themselves.

Let’s grow together — one garden bed, one lesson, one harvest at a time.