Parents and students, your window is closing to apply for Touchstone Energy basketball camp. South River EMC is offering a chance for current fifth and sixth graders to apply for the camps offered at NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill.

The camps give boys and girls a unique experience to attend basketball camp on one of two of the state’s largest college campuses.

Students statewide are encouraged to apply for one of 50 all-expenses-paid scholarships to attend the Carolina Basketball Camp at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill June 25-28, 2025, and the Wolfpack Women’s Basketball Academy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh June 15-18, 2025.

The overnight camps are held in the summer, and campers work closely with coaches and players to develop fundamental skills, helping them perform and excel both on and off the court.

Campers must:

• Be a rising sixth or seventh grader. This means the student should currently be in fifth or sixth grade.
• Attend a school in the Cooperative service area.
• Have permission from a parent or guardian to attend. An information sheet must be signed.
• Provide their own transportation to and from camp.

Winners will attend the camps courtesy of South River EMC. The Cooperative funds one scholarship to each camp. 

Applications are scored on academics, extracurricular activities and an essay that must accompany the application.