Summer camp in southern Indiana helps middle schoolers explore non-traditional careers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Some young students are spending their summer vacation thinking about their futures and possible careers.

Prosser Career Education Center began their week-long Women in Non-Traditional Careers (WINC) Camp with an electrical tribute to women empowerment.

WINC is a free four-day summer camp program that showcases typically male-dominated careers in tech and trade to girls in sixth to eighth grade. This year's event was funded by a $15,000 donation from the Duke Energy Foundation.

"We truly wanted to show our young females that they have no barriers, no obstacles. We wanted to help them see all of the potential jobs and opportunities that they cannot only study while at Prosser but can go forth and do in our community as they get older," Prosser Career Education Coordinator Emory Jones said.

Several middle school students met with Duke employees on Tuesday for a live wire demonstration, that gave the young girls a look into what it takes to work in the field.

"We learned about the dangers and how to - safety precautions of working on power poles and just energy and like what you should do for safety," seventh grader Greta Schockling said.

Sixth through Eighth graders from six southern Indiana counties will take part in WINC. Students can expect a heavy machinery demonstration, a welding demonstration and more as the week unfolds.

Prosser was also offering a Safesitter Camp and a Career Awareness and Explortion Camp for middle school students this week, but those events are closed. The school will also offer a Gene Haas CNC and Manufacturing summer camp for high school students interested in factory tools and machinery from July 15-19. Registration for the event begins Tuesday, June 4 at 8 a.m.

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